حمق

حُمُقٌ أحمق حمق Foolishness, or stupidity; i. e. unsoundness in the intellect or understanding; (T, Mgh, Msb;) and stagnancy, or dulness, therein; (T, Mgh;) or deficiency, or defectiveness, therein; (IF, Mgh;) or paucity, or want, thereof; and ↓ حُمُقٌ and ↓ حَمَاقَةٌ signify the same: (S, K:) [all are said to be inf. ns.; but the last, accord. to the Msb, is a simple subst.: (see 1:)] the proper and primary signification of حُمْقٌ is [said to be] the putting a thing in a wrong place, with knowledge of its being bad [ to do so ]. (TA.) [Hence,] نَوْمَةُ الحُمْقِ The sleep after [ the period of the afternoon called ] the عَصْر; when no one sleeps except one who is intoxicated, or one who is insane, or unsound in mind. (Har p. 223. [See also خُرْقٌ and خُلُقٌ.]) ― -b2- And Deceit; or a deception. (TA.) ― -b3- [It is said that] الحُمْقُ also signifies Wine: (Z, K:) as being a cause of حُمْق; like as wine is called اـِثْمٌ as being a cause of اـِثْم: (Z, TA:) but Ez-Zejjájee disallows this: and [it is also said that] ↓ الحُمَيْقَاآءُ signifies the same, because wine occasions حُمْق to its drinker. (TA.)