خسف
Root: خسف
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
خسف kašafa i (kasf, خسوف kusūf) to sink, sink down, give way, cave in, disappear, go down; to be eclipsed (moon); -- i (kasf) to cause to sink, cause to give way │ خسف الله به الأرض k. llāh bihī l-arḍa God made him sink into the ground, God made the ground swallow him up VII to sink, sink down, go down
Entry 2
خسف kasf baseness, ignominy, disgrace, shame; inferiority │ سام خسفا sāma kasfan to humiliate, abase, degrade (.s.o.)
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