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خِرْصٌ خرص a subst. from خَرَصَ as explained above; (S, A, Msb, K) Conjectural computation of quantity: (ISh:) or quantity computed by conjecture of the fruit upon palm-trees. (A, Mgh.) You say, كَمْ خِرْصُ نَخْلِكَ [What is the conjectural computation of the quantity, or the quantity computed by conjecture, of the produce of thy palm-trees?]. (TA.) And كَمْ خِرْصُ أَرْضِكَ [What is the conjectural computation, or the quantity computed by conjecture, of the produce of the palm-trees of thy land?]. (S, A, K.) -A2- See also خُرْصٌ. -A3- And see خَرْسٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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