خَشِنٌ
Root: خشن
Full Definition
خَشِنٌ
Rough, harsh, or coarse; applied to a thing of any kind; as also
أَخْشَنُ : in relation to a stone, they seldom or never say otherwise than أَخْشَنُ: the fem. of the former is with ة; and the pl. is خُشُنٌ, [also said to be a pl. by poetic license of أَخْشَنُ, for خُشْنٌ, as will be seen below,] or خِشَانٌ, which is applied in the sense explained above to land [or lands]: the fem. of
أَخْشَنُ is خَشْنَآءُ; and the pl. is خُشْنٌ. You say أَرْضٌ خَشِنَةٌ
Rough, or rugged, ground or land. And أَرْضٌ
Rugged ground or land, in which are stones and sand. And مُلَآءَةٌ
[A wrapper for the body] in which is roughness, harshness, or coarseness, either from newness or from make.
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