adjective describing someone or something as physically or materially weak, lacking strength, feeble, or powerless, often in contrast to those possessing capability, health, or authority. Used both literally (of persons or physical states) and metaphorically (of positions, power, or spiritual condition).

Etymology From the Hebrew root ח-ל-ש (חלש), which conveys the idea of being weak, lacking strength, or being in a state of enfeeblement. The form חַלָּשׁ is the adjective derived from this verbal root, emphasizing the state or quality of weakness.

Reflexes  · not yet grouped by proto-form

LanguageWordMeaningSegmentationRoot
Kikongo kosa to err, to sin, to miss the mark kosa
Kimbundu kosa to err, to go wrong kosa
Lingala kosa to deceive, to err, to be mistaken kosa
Shona kosa to err, to commit an error kosa
Swahili kosa lack (to lack, to err, to miss) -kosa