خصين
Arabic
FWOTD – 4 September 2025
خَصِّين
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Aramaic חֲצִינָא / ܚܰܨܺܝܢܳܐ (ḥaṣṣīnā, “axe”), or even directly from Akkadian 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (ḫaṣṣinnum, “hoe”) via the Gulf into the pre-Arabic dialects spoken there.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xasˤ.sˤiːn/, /xa.sˤiːn/
Noun
خَصِّين or خَصِين • (ḵaṣṣīn or ḵaṣīn) f or m (plural خُصُن (ḵuṣun) or أَخْصُن (ʔaḵṣun)) (Gulf, Oman)
- adze, hoe
- Alternative forms: (metathesis) صَخِّين (ṣaḵḵīn), صَخِين (ṣaḵīn)
- 2017 November 8, “حملة لتقليم أشجار الغاف في العين”, in الخليج[1], archived from the original on 8 November 2017:
- تَأْتِي ٱلْحَمْلَةُ إِحْيَاءً لِعَادَةٍ مُتَوَارَثَةٍ كَانَ يُمَارِسُهَا مُوَاطِنُو ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَٱلدَّوْلَةِ قَدِيمًا، وَبِٱلتَّحْدِيدِ فِئَةُ كِبَارِ ٱلسِّنِّ، وَهِيَ تَقْلِيمُ أَشْجَارِ ٱلْغَافِ فِي فَصْلِ ٱلشِّتَاءِ بِٱسْتِخْدَامِ -الْخَصِّينِ- وَهِيَ ٱلْأَدَاةُ ٱلْمُسْتَخْدَمَةُ لِقَطْعِ ٱلْأَشْجَارِ، لِمَا تُشَكِّلُهُ شَجَرَةُ ٱلْغَافِ مِنْ أَهَمِّيَّةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ فِي ٱلْمَوْرُوثِ ٱلثَّقَافِيِّ وَٱلزِّرَاعِيِّ لِلدَّوْلَةِ.
- taʔtī l-ḥamlatu ʔiḥyāʔan liʕādatin mutawāraṯatin kāna yumārisuhā muwāṭinū l-madīnati wad-dawlati qadīman, wabi-t-taḥdīdi fiʔatu kibāri s-sinni, wahiya taqlīmu ʔašjāri l-ḡāfi fī faṣli š-šitāʔi bistiḵdāmi -al-ḵaṣṣīni- wahiya l-ʔadātu l-mustaḵdamatu liqaṭʕi l-ʔašjāri, limā tušakkiluhu šajaratu l-ḡāfi min ʔahammiyyatin kabīratin fī l-mawrūṯi ṯ-ṯaqāfiyyi waz-zirāʕiyyi li-d-dawlati.
- The campaign is a revival of an inherited custom that the citizens of city and state have practised from yore, in particular groups of elderly people; it is the clipping of the Prosopis tree in the winter period using a haṣṣīn, that is the instrument used for logging trees, because the Prosopis tree is of great importance for the cultural and agricultural heritage of the state.
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | خَصِّين; خَصِين ḵaṣṣīn; ḵaṣīn |
الْخَصِّين; الْخَصِين al-ḵaṣṣīn; al-ḵaṣīn |
خَصِّين; خَصِين ḵaṣṣīn; ḵaṣīn |
| nominative | خَصِّينٌ; خَصِينٌ ḵaṣṣīnun; ḵaṣīnun |
الْخَصِّينُ; الْخَصِينُ al-ḵaṣṣīnu; al-ḵaṣīnu |
خَصِّينُ; خَصِينُ ḵaṣṣīnu; ḵaṣīnu |
| accusative | خَصِّينًا; خَصِينًا ḵaṣṣīnan; ḵaṣīnan |
الْخَصِّينَ; الْخَصِينَ al-ḵaṣṣīna; al-ḵaṣīna |
خَصِّينَ; خَصِينَ ḵaṣṣīna; ḵaṣīna |
| genitive | خَصِّينٍ; خَصِينٍ ḵaṣṣīnin; ḵaṣīnin |
الْخَصِّينِ; الْخَصِينِ al-ḵaṣṣīni; al-ḵaṣīni |
خَصِّينِ; خَصِينِ ḵaṣṣīni; ḵaṣīni |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | خَصِّينَيْن; خَصِينَيْن ḵaṣṣīnayn; ḵaṣīnayn |
الْخَصِّينَيْن; الْخَصِينَيْن al-ḵaṣṣīnayn; al-ḵaṣīnayn |
خَصِّينَيْ; خَصِينَيْ ḵaṣṣīnay; ḵaṣīnay |
| nominative | خَصِّينَانِ; خَصِينَانِ ḵaṣṣīnāni; ḵaṣīnāni |
الْخَصِّينَانِ; الْخَصِينَانِ al-ḵaṣṣīnāni; al-ḵaṣīnāni |
خَصِّينَا; خَصِينَا ḵaṣṣīnā; ḵaṣīnā |
| accusative | خَصِّينَيْنِ; خَصِينَيْنِ ḵaṣṣīnayni; ḵaṣīnayni |
الْخَصِّينَيْنِ; الْخَصِينَيْنِ al-ḵaṣṣīnayni; al-ḵaṣīnayni |
خَصِّينَيْ; خَصِينَيْ ḵaṣṣīnay; ḵaṣīnay |
| genitive | خَصِّينَيْنِ; خَصِينَيْنِ ḵaṣṣīnayni; ḵaṣīnayni |
الْخَصِّينَيْنِ; الْخَصِينَيْنِ al-ḵaṣṣīnayni; al-ḵaṣīnayni |
خَصِّينَيْ; خَصِينَيْ ḵaṣṣīnay; ḵaṣīnay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | خُصُن; أَخْصُن ḵuṣun; ʔaḵṣun |
الْخُصُن; الْأَخْصُن al-ḵuṣun; al-ʔaḵṣun |
خُصُن; أَخْصُن ḵuṣun; ʔaḵṣun |
| nominative | خُصُنٌ; أَخْصُنٌ ḵuṣunun; ʔaḵṣunun |
الْخُصُنُ; الْأَخْصُنُ al-ḵuṣunu; al-ʔaḵṣunu |
خُصُنُ; أَخْصُنُ ḵuṣunu; ʔaḵṣunu |
| accusative | خُصُنًا; أَخْصُنًا ḵuṣunan; ʔaḵṣunan |
الْخُصُنَ; الْأَخْصُنَ al-ḵuṣuna; al-ʔaḵṣuna |
خُصُنَ; أَخْصُنَ ḵuṣuna; ʔaḵṣuna |
| genitive | خُصُنٍ; أَخْصُنٍ ḵuṣunin; ʔaḵṣunin |
الْخُصُنِ; الْأَخْصُنِ al-ḵuṣuni; al-ʔaḵṣuni |
خُصُنِ; أَخْصُنِ ḵuṣuni; ʔaḵṣuni |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
خصين (form I)
- خَصَيْنَ (ḵaṣayna) /xa.sˤaj.na/: third-person feminine plural past active of خَصَى (ḵaṣā)
- خُصِينَ (ḵuṣīna) /xu.sˤiː.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of خَصَى (ḵaṣā)
References
- “خصين” in Almaany
- Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012), Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, pages 317–318
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “خصين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 377
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 86–87
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “خصين”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 494