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فقعس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a specific tribe or lineage within the Arab world, identified by the name 'Faq'as'. The origin and linguistic classification of this name within Arabic are noted as uncertain by a prominent lexicographer.

Derived headwords

فَقْعَسname
  1. 1.
    Tribe/Lineage Nameclassical

    The name of a tribe or lineage belonging to the Banu Asad. The progenitor of this lineage is Faq'as bin Tarif bin Amr bin al-Harith bin Tha'labah bin Dudan bin Asad.

فَقْعَسother
  1. 1.
    Uncertain originclassical

    A statement indicating uncertainty about the Arabic origin or etymology of the name 'Faq'as'.

Parallel reading

فَقْعَس: حَيٌّ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ أَبُوهُمْ فَقْعَسُ بْنُ طَرِيفِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَرْثِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ دُودَانَ بْنِ أَسَدٍ
Faq'as: A tribe from Banu Asad, their father is Faq'as bin Tarif bin Amr bin al-Harith bin Tha'labah bin Dudan bin Asad.
وَلا أَدْرِي مَا أَصْلُهُ فِي الْعَرَبِيَّةِ
And I do not know its origin in Arabic.