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هجرس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root 'هجرس' primarily refers to the young of a fox, but its usage extends to encompass foxes in general, and by extension, it can be used metaphorically to describe a base or ignoble person. It also has a less common association with monkeys.

Derived headwords

الهَجْرَسnoun
  1. 1.
    fox cubboth

    The young of a fox.

  2. 2.
    foxclassical

    A type of fox, or foxes in general.

  3. 3.
    ignoble personclassical

    A metaphor for a base, ignoble, or wicked person.

  4. 4.
    monkeyclassical

    A monkey, according to some dialects.

الهجرس: ولد الثعلب — The fox cub.
الهجرس: ولد الثعلب — The fox cub.
الهجرس: القرد — The monkey.
الهَجَارِسnoun
  1. 1.
    foxesclassical

    The plural of 'هجرس', referring to foxes.

  2. 2.
    wild animalsclassical

    All predatory animals smaller than a fox but larger than a jerboa.

والهجارس تنحب — And the foxes cry out.
بين الهجارس — among the wild animals.

Parallel reading

الهجرس، بالكسر: ولد الثعلب
The h-j-r-s, with kasra: the cub of the fox.
وعم بعضهم به نوع الثعالب
And some generalized it to mean a type of fox.
أبلغ بني عبس، فإن نجارهم ... لؤم، وإن أباهم كالهجرس
Inform the sons of 'Abs, for their lineage is... ignoble, and their father is like the h-j-r-s (ignoble person).
الهقالس والهجارس الثعالب
Al-haqalis and al-hajaris are foxes.
وترى المكاكي بالهجير نحيبها، ... كدر بواكر، والهجارس تنحب
And you see the macaques crying out in the midday heat, ... turbid early ones, and the foxes cry out.
وقيل: الهجارس جميع ما تعسس من السباع ما دون الثعلب وفوق اليربوع
And it was said: Al-hajaris are all the predatory animals that creep, smaller than the fox and larger than the jerboa.
بعيني قطامي نما فوق مرقب، ... غدا شبما ينقض بين الهجارس
By the eyes of a Qattami (a type of bird of prey) that grew on a lookout post, ... it went swiftly, swooping down among the wild animals.
الهجرس من أولاد الثعالب
The h-j-r-s is from the offspring of the foxes.
وقد يوصف به اللئيم
And it may be used to describe the ignoble person.
وهجرس مسكنه الفدافد
And a h-j-r-s whose dwelling is the desolate lands.
رمتني الأيام عن هجارسها
The days have thrown me into its hardships (lit. 'its h-j-r-s').
يا عين الهجرس، أتمد رجليك بين يدي رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم؟
O eye of the h-j-r-s (ignoble one), do you extend your legs in front of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him?
الهجرس: ولد الثعلب.
The h-j-r-s: the cub of the fox.
والهجرس أيضا: القرد.
And the h-j-r-s also: the monkey.
أهل الحجاز يقولون الهجرس القرد، وبنو تميم يجعلونه الثعلب.
The people of Hijaz say al-hajras is the monkey, and the Banu Tamim make it the fox.