خَمِيسٌ
1.
: see خُمُسٌ:
2.
and مَخْمُوسٌ, in two places.
3.
An army; because consisting of five parts, namely, the van, the body, the right wing, the left wing, and the rear; (S, A, K;) or because the spoils are divided into fifths among it; but this latter assertion requires consideration; (ISd, MF;) for this division of the spoils is an affair of the Muslim law, whereas خميس [thus applied] is an old term: (MF:) or an army having numerous weapons; synonym جَيْشٌ خَشِنٌ. (TA.)
4.
يَوْمُ الخَمِيسِ, (S, Msb, K,) and simply الخَمِيسُ, Thursday; the fifth day of the week; thus used for الخَامِسُ, in like manner as الدَّبَرَانُ is applied to the star [that follows the Pleiades, for الدَّابِرُ]: (TA:) plural [of pauc.] أَخْمِسَةٌ and [of mult.] أَخْمِسَاءُ (S, Msb, K) and أَخَامِسُ. (Fr, TA.) AZ used to say, مَضَى
الخَمِيسُ بِمَا فِيهِ [Thursday passed with what happened in it], making it singular and masculine: but Abu-l-Jarráh used to say, مَضَىالخَمِيسُ بِمَ فِيهِنَّ, making it plural and feminine, and using it as a n. of number. (Lh, TA.) It has no diminutive (Sb, S in article امس.)
5.
See also خِمْسٌ, last signification.
6.
مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ خَمِيسِ النَّاسِ هُوَ means I know not what company of men it is. (Ibn-' Abbád, Sgh, K.)