How to say "to lose" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningto lose
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَسِرَ
khasiraח'סר
خسر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הפסיד
hifsidهِفْسِيد
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
خ-س-رHebrew root
ח-ס-רkhasira is Hebrew חסר by the regular خ↔ח shift — both describe something missing. Arabic 'to lose' (a game, a deal) and Hebrew 'to lack, be short of' are two faces of the same deficit; khusrān (loss) and חיסרון (a shortcoming) grow from the same root.
Related Hebrew word:חסרkhasarخَاسَار
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In a phrase
خَسِرَ الْفَرِيق الْمُبَارَاة
khasira al-farīq al-mubārāhח'סר אל-פריק אל-מבאראהThe team lost the match