فلقس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses terms related to a person's lineage and social standing, particularly concerning mixed or questionable parentage. It also extends to describe someone as stingy or base.

Derived headwords

الفَلْقَسnoun

1.
Stingy, base personclassical
Refers to a person who is both stingy and of low character or base origin.

الفَلَنْقَسnoun

1.
Person of mixed lineageclassical
A term used to describe someone whose parentage is mixed, often implying a lower social status or questionable origin, particularly when one parent is of free birth and the other a freedman/freedwoman, or when parents are Arab but grandmothers are non-Arab.
2.
Stingy, base personclassical
Also used to denote a stingy and base individual.

العَبْنَـقَسnoun

1.
Person with foreign grandmothersclassical
Specifically describes someone whose grandmothers on both the paternal and maternal sides are non-Arab, and whose wife is also non-Arab.

الهَجِينnoun

1.
Hybrid, mongrelclassical
A person whose father is of free birth (عتيق) and whose mother is a freedwoman (مولاة), indicating mixed lineage.

المُقْرَفnoun

1.
Person of mixed lineage (father freedman)classical
A person whose father is a freedman (مولى) and whose mother is not of that status (ليست كذلك).

الحُرّnoun

1.
Freeborn personclassical
Refers to a person born free, specifically contrasted with those of mixed or questionable lineage.

Parallel reading

الفلقس والفلنقس: البخيل اللئيم.

Al-Falqas and al-Falanqas: the stingy, the base.

والفلنقس: الهجين من قبل أبويه الذي أبوه مولى وأمه مولاة

And al-Falanqas: the hybrid from his two parents, whose father is a freedman and whose mother is a freedwoman.

والهجين: الذي أبوه عتيق وأمه مولاة

And al-Hajīn: he whose father is of free birth and whose mother is a freedwoman.

والمقرف: الذي أبوه مولى وأمه ليست كذلك.

And al-Muqraf: he whose father is a freedman and his mother is not so.

العبنقس الذي جدتاه من قبل أبيه وأمه عجميتان وامرأته عجمية

Al-'Abnaqas is he whose grandmothers from his father's and mother's side are both non-Arab, and his wife is non-Arab.

والفلنقس الذي هو عربي لعربيين، وجدتاه من قبل أبويه أمتان أو أمه عربية.

And al-Falanqas is he who is Arab from two Arabs, and his grandmothers from his parents' side are slave women, or his mother is Arab.

الحر ابن عربيين والفلنقس ابن عربيين لأمتين

The freeborn is the son of two Arabs, and al-Falanqas is the son of two Arabs from two slave women.

الفلنقس الذي أبوه مولى وأمه عربية

Al-Falanqas is he whose father is a freedman and his mother is Arab.

العبد والهجين والفلنقس ... ثلاثة، فأيهم تلمس؟

The slave, the hybrid, and al-Falanqas... three, which one do you touch/approach?

الفلنقس الذي أبواه عربيان، وجدتاه من قبل أبيه وأمه أمتان

Al-Falanqas is he whose parents are Arab, and his grandmothers from his father's and mother's side are slave women.

هو ابن عربيين لأمتين

He is the son of two Arabs from two slave women.

هو الذي أمه عربية وأبوه ليس بعربي.

He is the one whose mother is Arab and his father is not Arab.