خُمُسٌ
Root: خمس
Full Definition
خُمُسٌ
and
خُمْسٌ
A fifth part; as also
خَمِيسٌ , (S, in art. ثلث, and IAmb and Msb,) agreeably with a rule applicable in the case of every one of the units, except ثَلِيثٌ: some allow this last; but AZ disallows it, and خميس also: (S in art. ثلث:) pl. أَخْمَاسٌ.
2 [Hence, app.,] ضَرَبَ أَخْمَاسَهُ فِى أَسْدَاسِهِ He turned his five senses towards his six relative points; [namely, above, below, before, behind, right, and left:] an allusion to the collecting all the thoughts to examine a thing, and turning the attention in all directions.
2 [Hence, app.,] ضَرَبَ أَخْمَاسَهُ فِى أَسْدَاسِهِ He turned his five senses towards his six relative points; [namely, above, below, before, behind, right, and left:] an allusion to the collecting all the thoughts to examine a thing, and turning the attention in all directions.
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