Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خَسِيسَةٌ

Root: خس

Full Definition

خَسِيسَةٌ fem. of خَسِيسٌ.
2 You say also, رَفَعَ ٱللّٰهُ خَسِيسَةَ فُلَانٍ God raised the condition of such a one after it had been low: or رَفَعْتُ مِنْ خَسِيسَتِهِ I did to him a deed whereby he became raised to a high condition.

def.2 The teeth of a she-camel within the period of the shedding of the central incisors: you say, جَاوَزَتِ النَّاقَةُ خَسِيسَتَهَا [The she-camel passed beyond the period of her خَسِيسَة]: this is in the sixth year, when she sheds her central incisor: she is then such as is allowable for sacrifice.


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