خَٰمِسَة

[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.)