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هلقس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes something or someone as intensely strong, robust, or severe. It is primarily used for people and camels exhibiting great physical power or a harsh disposition, and also for extreme hunger.

Derived headwords

الهِلْقِسّnoun
  1. 1.
    strong personboth

    A strong, robust, or powerful person.

  2. 2.
    strong camelboth

    A strong, robust, or powerful camel.

هِلْقِسّadjective
  1. 1.
    severeclassical

    Describing someone or something as severe, harsh, or intense.

هِلْقِسّnoun
  1. 1.
    extreme hungerclassical

    A state of intense or extreme hunger.

Parallel reading

الهلقس، بتشديد اللام: الشديد من الناس والإبل
Al-hilqis, with a shaddah on the lam: the strong one among people and camels.
وعم به بعضهم
And some of them used it generally.
وهو ملحق بجردحل
And it is attached to jurdahal.
أنصب الأذنين في حد القفا، ... مائل الضبعين هلقس حنق
Perk up your ears at the nape of the neck, ... with slanting shoulders, a severe, angry one.
أبو عمرو: جوع هنبغ وهنباغ وهلقس وهلقت أي شديد
Abu Amr said: hunger is hunbag, hunbagh, hilqis, and halqat, meaning severe.