خَنْسَرٌ
Root: خسر
Full Definition
خَنْسَرٌ
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خَنْسَرِىٌّ A man in a place [or condition] of
خُسْرَان [or loss, &c.]: (K in the present art. and in art. خنسر:) pl. خَنَاسِرَةٌ. (K in art. خنسر.)
2 And [the pl.] الخَنَاسِرَةُ, in several copies of the K, in other copies of the K , but correctly , The weak of mankind; and the small, or little, of them; as also , in the former sense, (K and TA in art. خنسر,) and in the latter sense also: and أَهْلُ الخِيَانَةِ; (K and TA in this art.; and K in art. خنسر, accord. to several copies;) i. e. The people of perfidy, unfaithfulness, or treachery; and of baseness, ignobleness, ungenerousness, or meanness: or اهل الجبانة; because of their weakness; (TA in art. خنسر;) [as though meaning the people of cowardice (الجَبَانَة): or it may mean the people of the burial-ground (الجَبَّانَة); for, accord. to AHát, signifies those who conduct [to the burial-ground] the corpse or the bier with the corpse; perhaps from خَنَاسِرُ meaning “ small, or little, and weak men. ”
2 And [the pl.] الخَنَاسِرَةُ, in several copies of the K, in other copies of the K , but correctly , The weak of mankind; and the small, or little, of them; as also , in the former sense, (K and TA in art. خنسر,) and in the latter sense also: and أَهْلُ الخِيَانَةِ; (K and TA in this art.; and K in art. خنسر, accord. to several copies;) i. e. The people of perfidy, unfaithfulness, or treachery; and of baseness, ignobleness, ungenerousness, or meanness: or اهل الجبانة; because of their weakness; (TA in art. خنسر;) [as though meaning the people of cowardice (الجَبَانَة): or it may mean the people of the burial-ground (الجَبَّانَة); for, accord. to AHát, signifies those who conduct [to the burial-ground] the corpse or the bier with the corpse; perhaps from خَنَاسِرُ meaning “ small, or little, and weak men. ”
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