خالص

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, to be pure, to be clear, to be free from), from the root خ ل ص (ḵ-l-ṣ).

Adjective

خَالِص (ḵāliṣ) (feminine خَالِصَة (ḵāliṣa), masculine plural خُلَّص (ḵullaṣ), elative أَخْلَص (ʾaḵlaṣ))

  1. pure, unmixed
  2. clear
  3. sincere, true
  4. free (from), exempt, liberated

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خالص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خلص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

خَالِص (ḵāliṣ) m (plural خُلَّص (ḵullaṣ))

  1. the best of a thing, essence, extract

Declension

References


Egyptian Arabic

Adverb

خالص (khaaleṣ) (خَالِص)

  1. (with negative) at all
    • احنا مش عايزين كده خالص.
      i7na mish 3ayezeen kada 5ales.
      We don't want that at all.
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