خَمَسَ
Root: خمس
Form: 1
Full Definition
خَمَسَI
, Present.T
ـُ [Verbal.Noun خَمْسٌ,] He took the fifth part of the possessions of the people. And خَمَسَ المَالَ, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun خَمْسٌ, He took the fifth part of the property. خَمْسٌ signifies The taking one from five: and hence the saying of 'Adee Ibn-Hátim, رَبَعْتُ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّة وَخَمَسْتُ فِى الإِسْلَامِ [I took the fourth part of the spoil in the Time of Ignorance, and I took the fifth part thereof in the time of El-Islám]; meaning, I headed the army in both those states; for the commander, in the Time of Ignorance, used to take the fourth part of the spoil; and in El-Islám, the fifth part was assigned to him.
2 خَمَسَ القَوْمَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَمْسٌ, He was, or became, the fifth of the people: or he made them five by [adding to their number] himself.
3 خَمَسَ also signifies He made fourteen to be fifteen. (T in art. ثلث.)
4 And He made forty-nine to be fifty with himself.
5 خَمَسَ الحَبْلَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَمْسٌ, He made the rope of five strands twisted together.
def.2 خَمَسَتِ الإِبِلُ The camels drank on the fifth day, counting the day of the next preceding drinking as the first. [See خَمْسٌ.]
2 خَمَسَ, said of a horse, He came fifth in the race. (T, M, L; all in art. ثلث.)
2 خَمَسَ القَوْمَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَمْسٌ, He was, or became, the fifth of the people: or he made them five by [adding to their number] himself.
3 خَمَسَ also signifies He made fourteen to be fifteen. (T in art. ثلث.)
4 And He made forty-nine to be fifty with himself.
5 خَمَسَ الحَبْلَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَمْسٌ, He made the rope of five strands twisted together.
def.2 خَمَسَتِ الإِبِلُ The camels drank on the fifth day, counting the day of the next preceding drinking as the first. [See خَمْسٌ.]
2 خَمَسَ, said of a horse, He came fifth in the race. (T, M, L; all in art. ثلث.)
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