خُمَاسِىٌّ
Root: خمس
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خُمَاسِىٌّ
A boy five spans (أَشْبَار) in height: said of him who is increasing in height [but has not attained his full stature]: fem. with ة: and in like manner you say رُبَاعِىٌّ: but you do not say سُبَاعِىٌّ, nor سُدَاسِىٌّ; [i. e., in speaking of a boy;] for when he has attained seven spans, or six spans, he is a man: or to a slave you apply the epithet سداسىّ also; and to a garment, or piece of cloth, سباعىّ.
2 See also مَخْمُوسٌ.
3 [Also A word composed of five letters, radical only, or radical and augmentative.]
2 See also مَخْمُوسٌ.
3 [Also A word composed of five letters, radical only, or radical and augmentative.]
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