عربس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a flat, level stretch of land. It can also be used metaphorically to describe a cunning or shrewd person.

Derived headwords

العَرَبَسnoun

العَرَبْسِيسnoun

1.
level groundboth
A flat, even expanse of land, often used as an adjective to describe such terrain.
2.
cunning personclassical
A shrewd, cunning, or crafty individual.

عربسيسadjective

1.
level and barrenclassical
Describing land that is flat, even, and barren or desolate.

العربس والعربسيس: متن مستو من الأرض

Al-'arabas and al-'arabasis: a level expanse of land.

أرض عربسيس

Level and barren land.

أو في فلا قفر من الأنيس، ... مجدبة حدباء عربسيس

Or in a desolate wilderness devoid of company, ... barren, uneven, level-grounded.

تراكل عربسيس المتن مرتا، ... كظهر السيح، مطرد المتون

The level expanse of the back was traversed, ... like the back of a smooth plain, with continuous level stretches.

ومنهم من يقول عربسيس، بكسر العين، اعتبارا بالعربس

And some of them say 'arabasis, with a kasra on the 'ayn, by analogy with 'arabas.

وهذا وهم لأنه ليس في كلامهم على مثال فعلليل، بكسر الفاء، اسم

And this is an error because there is no noun in their speech on the pattern of fa'alil, with a kasra on the fa'.

وأما فعلليل فكثير من نحو مرمريس ودردبيس وخمجرير وما أشبهها

But fa'alil is common, like marmaris, dardabis, khamjarir, and what resembles them.

ابن سيده: العربسيس الداهية؛ عن ثعلب

Ibn Sidah: Al-'arabasis is the cunning one; according to Tha'lab.