خُشْعَةٌ

A low hill: (S:) or a hill cleaving to the ground: (IAar, K:) and a piece of rugged ground: (IDrd, K:) or [elevated ground such as is termed] قُفّ that is for the most part soft, i. e. neither stone nor clay: (Lth:) and a rock growing in the sea: (TA:) plural خُشَعٌ. (K.) It is said in a tradition, كَانَتِ الأَرْضُ خُشْعَةً عَلَى المَاءِ ثُمَّ دُحِيَتْ [The earth was a low hill, &c., upon the water: then it was spread out]: (S:) but this tradition is variously related. (TA.)