خاصة

See also: خاصه

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ). Sense 5 is used in the Shi'ite vernacular and derives from the people that were closer to the Shi'ite's Imams (their "private" (people)), as opposed to the general public (اَلْعَامَّة (al-ʕāmma)).

Noun

خَاصَّة • (ḵāṣṣa) f (plural خَوَاصّ (ḵawāṣṣ))

  1. private possession
  2. property, characteristic
  3. essence, nature
  4. leading personalities, elite, the upper class
  5. (Shia Islam, definite, collective) people close to Ahl al-Bayt and the Shi'ite Imams, i.e. the Shia
    Synonym: شِيعَة (šīʕa)
    Antonym: عَامَّة (ʕāmma)
    • 1694-1698, Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar‎, Al-Wafa' Foundation edition, volume 29, page 106:
      نُزُولُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فِي فَدَكَ رَوَاهُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْمُفَسِّرِينَ ، وَوَرَدَتْ بِهِ الْأَخْبَارُ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْخَاصَّةِ وَالْعَامَّةِ.
      nuzūlu haḏihi l-ʔāyati fī fadaka rawāhu kaṯīrun mina l-mufassirīna , wawaradat bihi l-ʔaḵbāru min ṭuruqi al-ḵāṣṣati wālʕāmmati.
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Declension
Declension of noun خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خَاصَّة
ḵāṣṣa		 الْخَاصَّة
al-ḵāṣṣa		 خَاصَّة
ḵāṣṣat
Nominative خَاصَّةٌ
ḵāṣṣatun		 الْخَاصَّةُ
al-ḵāṣṣatu		 خَاصَّةُ
ḵāṣṣatu
Accusative خَاصَّةً
ḵāṣṣatan		 الْخَاصَّةَ
al-ḵāṣṣata		 خَاصَّةَ
ḵāṣṣata
Genitive خَاصَّةٍ
ḵāṣṣatin		 الْخَاصَّةِ
al-ḵāṣṣati		 خَاصَّةِ
ḵāṣṣati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خَاصَّتَيْن
ḵāṣṣatayn		 الْخَاصَّتَيْن
al-ḵāṣṣatayn		 خَاصَّتَيْ
ḵāṣṣatay
Nominative خَاصَّتَانِ
ḵāṣṣatāni		 الْخَاصَّتَانِ
al-ḵāṣṣatāni		 خَاصَّتَا
ḵāṣṣatā
Accusative خَاصَّتَيْنِ
ḵāṣṣatayni		 الْخَاصَّتَيْنِ
al-ḵāṣṣatayni		 خَاصَّتَيْ
ḵāṣṣatay
Genitive خَاصَّتَيْنِ
ḵāṣṣatayni		 الْخَاصَّتَيْنِ
al-ḵāṣṣatayni		 خَاصَّتَيْ
ḵāṣṣatay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خَوَاصّ
ḵawāṣṣ		 الْخَوَاصّ
al-ḵawāṣṣ		 خَوَاصّ
ḵawāṣṣ
Nominative خَوَاصُّ
ḵawāṣṣu		 الْخَوَاصُّ
al-ḵawāṣṣu		 خَوَاصُّ
ḵawāṣṣu
Accusative خَوَاصَّ
ḵawāṣṣa		 الْخَوَاصَّ
al-ḵawāṣṣa		 خَوَاصَّ
ḵawāṣṣa
Genitive خَوَاصَّ
ḵawāṣṣa		 الْخَوَاصِّ
al-ḵawāṣṣi		 خَوَاصِّ
ḵawāṣṣi

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣa).

Adverb

خَاصَّةً • (ḵāṣṣatan)

  1. especially, particularly, in particular
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خاصةً (hassaten)
    • Turkish: hassaten
  • → Somali: khaasatan
  • → Swahili: hasa

South Levantine Arabic
Root
خ ص ص
6 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic خَاصَّةً (ḵāṣṣatan).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xaːsˤ.sˤa.tan/, [ˈxɑsˤ.sˤɑ.tˤɑn]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Adverb

خاصّةً • (ḵāṣṣatan)

  1. especially, mainly
    Synonym: خصوصا (ḵuṣūṣan)

See also
  • خاصّ (ḵāṣṣ, “special, particular”)
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