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عبقس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to describing difficult or formidable situations, as well as specific physical and lineage characteristics of people. It touches upon terms for a calamity, a person of bad character, and someone of mixed or foreign ancestry.

Derived headwords

العَبَقَسname
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A formidable or difficult situation, a calamity.

العَبَنْقَسname
  1. 1.
    ill-temperedclassical

    A person of bad character or disposition.

العَبَنْقَسname
  1. 1.
    tall and slender manclassical

    A man who is tall and slender, often implying a certain grace or refinement.

العَبَنْقَسname
  1. 1.
    foreign ancestryclassical

    One whose maternal and paternal grandmothers are non-Arabs.

الفَلَنْقَسname
  1. 1.
    pure Arab lineageclassical

    One who is Arab, whose parents are Arab, and whose grandmothers are also Arab, with an Arab wife.

Parallel reading

من أسماء الداهية
It is one of the names of a calamity.
والعبنقس: السيء الخلق
And al-'abanaqas is the ill-tempered one.
والعبنقس: الناعم الطويل من الرجال
And al-'abanaqas is the slender and tall man.
شوق العذارى العارم العبنقسا
He stirred the desire of virgins, the formidable, the tall one.
والعبنقس: الذي جدتاه من قبل أبيه وأمه أعجميتان
And al-'abanaqas is one whose grandmothers on both his father's and mother's side are non-Arabs.
وقد قيل إنه بالفاء
And it has been said that it is with a 'fa'.
العبنقس الذي جدتاه من قبل أبيه وأمه عجميتان وامرأته عجمية
Al-'abanaqas is one whose grandmothers on his father's and mother's side are non-Arabs, and his wife is a non-Arab.
والفلنقس الذي هو عربي لعربيين وجدتاه من قبل أبويه أمتان وامرأته عربية
And al-falanqas is one who is Arab, of Arab lineage, whose grandmothers on his parents' side are slave women (or non-Arabs), and his wife is an Arab.