[1]
خَمَسَ القَوْمَ , (S, A, Mgh, K,) aor.
خَمُسَ , (S,
Mgh, K,) [inf. n. خَمْسٌ,] He took the fifth part
of the possessions of the people. (S, A, Mgh, K.)
And خَمَسَ المَالَ, (A, Msb,) aor.
خَمُسَ , inf. n. خَمْسٌ,
(Msb,) He took the fifth part of the property.
(A, Msb.) خَمْسٌ signifies The taking one from
five: and hence the saying of 'Adee Ibn-Hátim,
رَبَعْتُ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّة وَخَمَسْتُ فِى الإِسْلَامِ [I took
the fourth part of the spoil in the Time of Ignorance, and I took the fifth part thereof in the
time of El-Islám]; meaning, I headed the army
in both those states; for the commander, in the
Time of Ignorance, used to take the fourth part
of the spoil; and in El-Islám, the fifth part was
assigned to him. (TA.) ―
2-b2- خَمَسَ القَوْمَ, (S, A,
Msb, K,) aor.
خَمِسَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. خَمْسٌ,
(Msb,) He was, or became, the fifth of the people:
(S, A, Msb, K:) or he made them five by [adding
to their number] himself. (S, K.) ―
2-b3- خَمَسَ also
signifies He made fourteen to be fifteen. (T in
art. ثلث.) ―
2-b4- And He made forty-nine to be fifty
with himself. (A'Obeyd, S in that art.) ―
2-b5-
خَمَسَ الحَبْلَ, aor.
خَمِسَ , inf. n. خَمْسٌ, He made the
rope of five strands twisted together. (TA.) ＝
1-A2-
خَمَسَتِ الإِبِلُ The camels drank on the fifth day,
counting the day of the next preceding drinking
as the first. (TA.) [See خَمْسٌ.] ―
2-b2- خَمَسَ, said
of a horse, He came fifth in the race. (T, M, L;
all in art. ثلث.)