خسارة

See also: جسارة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ س ر (ḵ-s-r). Compare Hebrew חיסרון / חִסָּרוֹן (khisarón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.saː.ra/

Noun

خَسَارَة • (ḵasāra) f (plural خَسَارَات (ḵasārāt) or خَسَائِر (ḵasāʔir))

1. verbal noun of خَسِرَ (ḵasira, “to lose, go astray”) (form I)
2. loss
   1. damage
   2. perdition, death, casualty
   3. abortion, miscarriage
3. error, deviation from the right way
4. baseness, ignobleness, ungenerousness, meanness

Declension

Declension of noun خَسَارَة (ḵasāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَسَارَة ḵasāra	الْخَسَارَة al-ḵasāra	خَسَارَة ḵasārat
Nominative	خَسَارَةٌ ḵasāratun	الْخَسَارَةُ al-ḵasāratu	خَسَارَةُ ḵasāratu
Accusative	خَسَارَةً ḵasāratan	الْخَسَارَةَ al-ḵasārata	خَسَارَةَ ḵasārata
Genitive	خَسَارَةٍ ḵasāratin	الْخَسَارَةِ al-ḵasārati	خَسَارَةِ ḵasārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَسَارَتَيْن ḵasāratayn	الْخَسَارَتَيْن al-ḵasāratayn	خَسَارَتَيْ ḵasāratay
Nominative	خَسَارَتَانِ ḵasāratāni	الْخَسَارَتَانِ al-ḵasāratāni	خَسَارَتَا ḵasāratā
Accusative	خَسَارَتَيْنِ ḵasāratayni	الْخَسَارَتَيْنِ al-ḵasāratayni	خَسَارَتَيْ ḵasāratay
Genitive	خَسَارَتَيْنِ ḵasāratayni	الْخَسَارَتَيْنِ al-ḵasāratayni	خَسَارَتَيْ ḵasāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَسَارَات‎; خَسَائِر ḵasārāt‎; ḵasāʔir	الْخَسَارَات‎; الْخَسَائِر al-ḵasārāt‎; al-ḵasāʔir	خَسَارَات‎; خَسَائِر ḵasārāt‎; ḵasāʔir
Nominative	خَسَارَاتٌ‎; خَسَائِرُ ḵasārātun‎; ḵasāʔiru	الْخَسَارَاتُ‎; الْخَسَائِرُ al-ḵasārātu‎; al-ḵasāʔiru	خَسَارَاتُ‎; خَسَائِرُ ḵasārātu‎; ḵasāʔiru
Accusative	خَسَارَاتٍ‎; خَسَائِرَ ḵasārātin‎; ḵasāʔira	الْخَسَارَاتِ‎; الْخَسَائِرَ al-ḵasārāti‎; al-ḵasāʔira	خَسَارَاتِ‎; خَسَائِرَ ḵasārāti‎; ḵasāʔira
Genitive	خَسَارَاتٍ‎; خَسَائِرَ ḵasārātin‎; ḵasāʔira	الْخَسَارَاتِ‎; الْخَسَائِرِ al-ḵasārāti‎; al-ḵasāʔiri	خَسَارَاتِ‎; خَسَائِرِ ḵasārāti‎; ḵasāʔiri

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xəsarət
• → Swahili: hasara

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “خسارة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خسارة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen