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هرمس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to strong, fierce, or aggressive animals, particularly lions. It also extends to concepts of hardness, firmness, and potentially geographical locations or foreign names.

Derived headwords

الهِرْمَاسname
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    One of the names for a lion.

  2. 2.
    Fierce beastclassical

    It is said to be the strong one among wild beasts.

  3. 3.
    Aggressive lionclassical

    The lion that attacks people.

هَرْمَاسname
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    An adjective describing a lion as brave and strong.

هَرْمَاسname
  1. 1.
    Place or riverclassical

    A name for a place or a river.

هَرْمَاسname
  1. 1.
    Syriac proper nameclassical

    A proper name of Syriac origin.

هَرْمَاسname
  1. 1.
    Young of a leopardclassical

    According to Ibn al-Arabi, it refers to the young of a leopard.

هَرْمَسname
  1. 1.
    Syriac proper nameclassical

    A proper name of Syriac origin.

الهِرْمِيسname
  1. 1.
    Rhinocerosclassical

    The rhinoceros, described as larger than an elephant with a horn, found in or on the shores of the sea.

الهِرْمُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    Firm in opinionclassical

    One who is firm in opinion and experienced.

Parallel reading

من أسماء الأسد
One of the names of the lion.
هو الشديد من السباع
He is the strong one among the wild beasts.
اشتقه بعضهم من الهرس الذي هو الدق
Some derive it from al-hars, which is crushing.
أسد هرماس وهرامس وهو الجريء الشديد
A lion that is hermas and haramis, meaning brave and strong.
الهرماس الأسد العادي على الناس
The hermas is the lion that attacks people.
الهرماس ولد النمر
The hermas is the young of the leopard.
يعدو بأشبال أبوها الهرماس
He runs with cubs whose father is the hermas.
الهرميس: الكركدن
Al-hermis: the rhinoceros.
وهو أكبر من الفيل له قرن وهو يكون في البحر أو على شاطئه
It is larger than an elephant, has a horn, and is found in the sea or on its shore.
والفيل لا يبقى ولا الهرميس
And the elephant does not remain, nor does the hermis.
هرماس: موضع أو نهر
Hermas: a place or a river.
هرمس: اسم علم سرياني
Hermes: a Syriac proper name.
الهرموس: الصلب الرأي المجرب
Al-harmus: firm in opinion and experienced.