H2637 חָסֵר châçêr → Root

7 languages

Root of the חסר châçêr family (8 members).

To be lacking, to be without, to have less than what is needed; the state or process of not having enough, experiencing deficiency, or being deprived. Depending on context, it may refer either to literal absence (such as food or resources), diminished circumstances, or the experiencing of want, need, or deprivation. It can also describe the action of causing someone or something to lack, to decrease, or to reduce the amount or quality of something.

Etymology Root is חסר (ח־ס־ר), which in its verbal form generally conveys the idea of lacking or being deficient. The noun form, חֶסֶר (cheser), means 'lack' or 'want.' The verbal form חָסֵר (chasêr) can be either intransitive ('to lack, be lacking') or transitive ('to cause to lack, deprive, reduce, cause decrease').

Reflexes  · not yet grouped by proto-form

LanguageWordMeaningSegmentationRoot
Chichewa kosa to err, go astray, make a mistake -kos-
Kikuyu gũkosa to miss, fail, be deficient -kos-
Kinyarwanda kosa to make a mistake, err, miss -kos-
Kirundi kosa to err, make a mistake, miss -kos-
Luganda kosa to err, be at fault, mistake -kos-
Swahili kosa to lack, fail, be without kos
Zaramo kosa to lack, miss -kos-

Family members (7)

Lexemes that inherit from this canonical via the SilexRoot family or an additional inheritance edge. Tags show the cognate-propagation status.

  • H2627 חַסִּיר chaççîyr unset

    Lacking, deficient, or being in a state of want; describes a person or thing that does not possess what is expected or n

  • H2638 חָסֵר châçêr unset

    To lack, be without, be missing, or be in need of something; to have less than is necessary or desired, to be diminished

  • H2639 חֶסֶר cheçer unset

    A state or condition of lacking, especially in reference to material resources or necessities; deficiency, want, or pove

  • H2640 חֹסֶר chôçer unset

    A state or condition of lacking, deficiency, or insufficient supply, particularly of material resources such as food, go

  • H2641 חַסְרָה Chaserah unset

    Chasrah: a personal name designating an Israelite woman. The term occurs as a proper noun in reference to an individual

  • H2642 חֶסְרוֹן cheçrôwn unset

    A state or condition of lacking, deficiency, or insufficiency; the abstract concept of that which is missing, needed, or

  • H4270 מַחְסוֹר machçôwr unset

    A state or condition of lacking what is needed, particularly material goods or necessities; deficit, shortcoming, or wan

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