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خُصُوص
particularity; regard, concern /xuˈsˤuːsˤ/
nounA1#490 most common
Also: regarding, concerning (in بِخُصُوص), respect, regard (in فِي هٰذَا الخُصُوص), especially (in the accusative خُصُوصًا)
Example sentences
عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ بِخُصُوصِ الكِتَاب.
I have a question about the book.
أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَكَ بِخُصُوصِ العَمَل.
I want to talk with you about work.
أَرْسَلْتُ لَهُ رِسَالَةً بِخُصُوصِ المَوْعِدِ الجَدِيد.
I sent him a message regarding the new appointment.
لَمْ تَصْدُرْ أَيُّ تَعْلِيمَاتٍ رَسْمِيَّةٍ فِي هٰذَا الخُصُوص.
No official instructions have been issued in this regard.
يُحِبُّ القِرَاءَةَ، وَعَلَى وَجْهِ الخُصُوصِ كُتُبَ التَّارِيخ.
He loves reading, and in particular history books.
تَدُورُ المُنَاقَشَةُ حَوْلَ العُمُومِ وَالخُصُوصِ فِي دَلَالَةِ النَّصِّ الشَّرْعِيّ.
The discussion turns on generality and particularity in the meaning of the legal text.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خُصُوصٌ | خُصُوصَاتٌ |
| Genitive | خُصُوصٍ | خُصُوصَاتٍ |
| Accusative | خُصُوصًا | خُصُوصَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا خُصُوصُ | يَا خُصُوصَاتُ |
Word family
خاصّspecial, private
خاصّةًespecially
خَصَّto single out, to specify
خُصُوصِيّةprivacy, particularity
تَخَصُّصspecialization
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root خ-ص-ص (kh-ṣ-ṣ), which carries the idea of singling out and being special. خُصُوص is its verbal noun on the فُعُول (fuʿūl) pattern, so the long ū breaks up the doubled ṣ of the root. It stands as the conceptual opposite of عُمُوم (ʿumūm), generality.
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