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^[1], 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]

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Adverb

خاصّةً • (ḵāṣṣatan)

1. especially, mainly

   Synonym: خصوصا (ḵuṣūṣan)

See also

• خاصّ (ḵāṣṣ, “special, particular”)