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عنبس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the lion, with derived terms referring to the animal itself and its characteristics. It also extends to concepts of humility, subservience, and emergence.

Derived headwords

العِنَبِسname
  1. 1.
    Lionboth

    One of the names for a lion.

عَنَابِسname
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    A plural form used to refer to the lion, similar to how 'Usamah' and 'Sa'idah' are used for specific names.

عِنَبْسَةname
  1. 1.
    Lion (specific name)classical

    A specific name given to a lion, analogous to 'Usamah' and 'Sa'idah'.

العِنَبِسnoun
  1. 1.
    Frowning personclassical

    Refers to a person who is frowning or scowling.

العِنَبِسnoun
  1. 1.
    Ignorant slave girlclassical

    An ignorant and foolish female slave.

تَعَنبَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To be humbledclassical

    A man becomes humbled or submissive due to service or other reasons.

عَنبَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To emergeclassical

    To come out or emerge.

العَنبَسِيّname
  1. 1.
    Descendant of 'Amrclassical

    A descendant of 'Amr, one of the sons of Umayyah ibn Abd Shams al-Akbar.

العَنَابِسname
  1. 1.
    Children of Umayyahclassical

    Refers to the children of Umayyah ibn Abd Shams al-Akbar, specifically the six: Harb, Abu Harb, Sufyan, Abu Sufyan, 'Amr, and Abu 'Amr, who were named after the lion.

Parallel reading

العنبس: من أسماء الأسد
Al-'Anbas: one of the names of the lion.
إذا نعته قلت عنبس وعنابس
If you describe it (the lion), you say 'Anbas and 'Anabis.
وإذا خصصته باسم قلت عنبسة كما يقال أسامة وساعدة
And if you give it a specific name, you say 'Anbasah, just as Usamah and Sa'idah are said.
العنبس الأسد لأنه عبوس
Al-'Anbas is the lion because it is frowning.
العنبس الأمة الرعناء
Al-'Anbas is the foolish slave girl.
تعنبس الرجل إذا ذل بخدمة أو غيرها
A man becomes humbled if he is submissive due to service or something else.
وعنبس إذا خرج
And 'anbasa if he emerged.
وسمي الرجل العنبس باسم الأسد
And a man was named Al-'Anbas after the lion.
وهو فنعل من العبوس
And it is a pattern (derived) from frowning.
والعنابس من قريش: أولاد أمية بن عبد شمس الأكبر وهم ستة
And Al-'Anabis from Quraysh are the children of Umayyah ibn Abd Shams al-Akbar, and they are six.
وسموا بالأسد والباقون يقال لهم الأعياص
And they were named after the lion, and the rest are called Al-A'yas.