خــسو
2 خسّى, (so in some copies of the
K, and in the
TA,) in [some of] the copies of the
K تخسّى, but the former is the right, (
TA,)
inf. n. تَخْسِيَةٌ, He played with walnuts at the game of odd or even; (
K,
TA;) as also ↓ اخسى: and ↓ خاساهُ, (
inf. n. مُخَاسَاةٌ,
TA,) He played with him at that game: (
K:) or you say, هُوَ يُخَسِّى وَ يُزَكِّى He plays, and says, “Is it even or odd?” (
TA.) 3 خَاْـ
ـسَوَand 4: see above.
6 تَخَاسَا They (two men) played together at the game of odd or even. (
JK, *
TA.) خَسَا, (
JK,
K, * and
TA in art. زكو,) without tenween, and
accord. to some with tenween, and not having the article ال prefixed to it; and in like manner زَكَا, which is coupled with the former, is without tenween, and
accord. to some with tenween, and not having the article ال prefixed to it; (
TA in that art.;) [but each has ال prefixed to it in the
K;]
accord. to
Fr, some make it
quasi-coordinate to فَتًى [i. e. with tenween, and
masc.]; some, to زفر [
app. meaning the proper name زُفَرُ i. e. without tenween, and
masc.]; and some, to سَكْرَى [
app. meaning without tenween, and
fem.]: (
TA:) a word that is said in playing with walnuts; (
JK;) An odd number: (
Lth,
Fr,
K,
TA:) and زكا signifies an even number: (
Lth,
Fr,
TA:)
accord. to
IB, its final letter is hemzeh, for one says, يُخَاسِئُ meaning يُقَامِرُ [he contends in a game of hazard]; but it is pronounced without ء to assimilate it to زكا: (
TA:) the
pl. is أَخَاسٍ, (
K,
TA,)
accord. to the
M, مَخَاسٍ, like مَسَاوٍ, (
TA, [but the former
pl. occurs in a verse cited in the
TA,]) which is
anomalous. (
K.) One says, خَسًا أَوْ زَكًا, [so in my copies of the
S, with tenween,] i. e. Odd or even? (
S:) [or خَسَا أَوْ زَكَا, as shown above:] and some say, خَسَا زَكَا, like خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ. (
IB,
TA.) And it is said in a
trad., مَا أَدْرِى كَمْ حَدَّثَنِى
أَبِى عِنْ رَـ
ـسُولِ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ أَخْسَا أَمْ زَكَا, or أَخْسًا أَمْ زَكًا, [for the vowel-signs are not written in my original,] meaning فَرْدًا أَمْ زَوْجًا [i. e. I know not how many times my father told me, from the Apostle of God, God bless and save him; whether an odd or an even number: or, perhaps, once or twice]. (
TA.)
