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وَكَس
to diminish, to reduce /ˈwakas/
verbB1#1477 most common
Also: to give short measure, to shortchange, to defraud in a transaction, to cause a loss
Example sentences
وَكَسَ التَّاجِرُ الثَّمَنَ.
The merchant reduced the price.
لَا تَكِسْ أَخَاكَ حَقَّهُ.
Do not shortchange your brother of his due.
وُكِسَ الرَّجُلُ فِي تِجَارَتِهِ فَخَسِرَ مَالًا كَثِيرًا.
The man took a loss in his trade and lost a lot of money.
إِذَا وَكَسْتَ النَّاسَ حُقُوقَهُمْ فَقَدْ ظَلَمْتَهُمْ.
If you diminish people of their rights, you have wronged them.
لَمْ يَكِسِ التَّاجِرُ الأَمِينُ زَبَائِنَهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ بِضَاعَتِهِمْ.
The honest merchant did not shortchange his customers any of their goods.
مَنْ وَكَسَ غَيْرَهُ فِي مِيزَانِهِ وَكَسَهُ اللَّهُ فِي رِزْقِهِ.
Whoever shortchanges another in his measure, God will diminish his provision.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَكِسُ | وَكَسْتُ | سَأَكِسُ |
| 2sg | تَكِسُ | وَكَسْتَ | سَتَكِسُ |
| 3sg | يَكِسُ | وَكَسَ | سَيَكِسُ |
| 1pl | نَكِسُ | وَكَسْنَا | سَنَكِسُ |
| 2pl | تَكِسُونَ | وَكَسْتُمْ | سَتَكِسُونَ |
| 3pl | يَكِسُونَ | وَكَسُوا | سَيَكِسُونَ |
Word family
وَكْسloss, decrease, deficiency
وَاكِسone who diminishes or defrauds
أَوْكَسَto cause a loss, to diminish
مَوْكُوسdiminished, shortchanged
وُكِسَto suffer a loss (passive)
Etymology
وَكَس comes from the triliteral Semitic root و-ك-س, which carries the sense of decrease and shortfall. In classical use the verb meant to make something deficient, often by handing over less than was owed in a trade. The matching noun وَكْس names the loss itself. The word is now rare and mostly literary.
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