حرص

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense desire, greed, and covetousness for something. It also extends to meanings related to tearing, piercing, or making incisions, particularly in the context of wounds and fabric.

Derived headwords

الحِرْصnoun

1.
Greed, covetousnessboth
Intense desire and eagerness for something sought after; avarice.
2.
Tear, ripclassical
A tear or rip, especially in fabric or skin.
3.
Incision, woundclassical
A wound that pierces or makes an incision, particularly one that does not fully penetrate the skin.
4.
Peeling, scrapingclassical
The act of peeling or scraping, used metaphorically for greed.

حَرِصَverb

1.
To be greedyboth
To be intensely desirous or covetous of something.
2.
To be eagerboth
To be very keen or anxious to do something.
3.
To tear, to ripclassical
To tear or make a rip in something.

ولقد حرصت بأن أدافع عنهم — And I was eager to defend them

حِرْصًاnoun

1.
Greediness, eagernessboth
The state of being greedy or intensely eager.

حَرِيصadjective

1.
Greedy, covetousboth
Possessing intense desire or eagerness for something.
2.
Eager, keenboth
Very keen or anxious to achieve or obtain something.

ورجل حريص — And a greedy man

حِرْصَاءadjective

1.
Greedy (pl.)both
Plural form of 'greedy' or 'covetous'.

وقوم حرصاء — and a people who are greedy

حُرَّاصadjective

1.
Greedy (pl.)both
Plural form of 'greedy' or 'covetous'.

وقوم حرصاء وحراص — and a people who are greedy and covetous

حَرِيصَةadjective

1.
Greedy (fem.)both
Feminine form of 'greedy' or 'covetous'.
2.
Tearing (cloud)classical
A cloud that tears or scrapes the earth with its rain.

وامرأة حريصة — and a greedy woman

وله انهلال حريصة — and it has a tearing downpour

حِرَصَةnoun

1.
Incision, woundclassical
A wound that pierces or makes an incision, especially one that does not break the skin.
2.
Center, coreclassical
The middle or core of something.

وحِرْصَةٌ يَغْفُلُهَا المَأْمُومُ — and a wound that the follower overlooks

حَرَسَverb

1.
To tear, to ripclassical
To tear or make a rip in something, especially by piercing or rubbing.

حرص الثوب يحرصه حرصا — The tailor tore the garment, tearing it.

حارِصَةnoun

1.
First woundclassical
The first type of wound, which tears the skin.
2.
Tearing cloudclassical
A cloud that tears or scrapes the earth with its rain.

والحارصة والحريصة: أول الشجاج — And the harisa and the harisa: the first of the wounds

الحِرْصِيانnoun

1.
Inner skin layerclassical
The inner layer of skin, between the outer skin and the flesh, which peels off after skinning.
2.
Inner belly skinclassical
The inner skin of the belly.

هي الحرصيان والغرس والبطن — It is the inner skin, the fetus, and the belly.

مَحْرُوسَةadjective

1.
Grazed, troddenclassical
Land that has been grazed upon or trodden down.

وأرض محروصة — and grazed land

Parallel reading

الحرص: شدة الإرادة والشره إلى المطلوب.

Greed: intense desire and covetousness for what is sought.

وقال الجوهري: الحرص الجشع، وقد حرص عليه يحرص ويحرص حرصا وحرصا وحرص حرصا؛

Al-Jawhari said: Greed is avarice, and he was greedy for it, he is greedy, with greed, and greed, and greed.

وقول أبي ذؤيب: ولقد حرصت بأن أدافع عنهم، ... فإذا المنية أقبلت لا تدفع

And the saying of Abu Dhu'ayb: And I was eager to defend them, ... but when death approached, it could not be repelled.

عداه بالباء لأنه في معنى هممت، والمعروف حرصت عليه.

It is transitive with 'bi' because it is in the meaning of 'I intended', and the known usage is 'I was eager for it'.

الأزهري: قول العرب حريص عليك معناه حريص على نفعك،

Al-Azharī: The Arabs' saying 'harīṣun 'alayka' means eager for your benefit,

واللغة العالية حرص يحرص وأما حرص يحرص فلغة رديئة،

And the elevated language is 'harisa' (he was greedy), but 'harasa' (he tore) is a poor dialect.

والقراء مجمعون على: ولو حرصت بمؤمنين ؛

And the reciters are in agreement on: 'And even if you were eager to believe them (they would not)'.

ورجل حريص من قوم حرصاء وحراص وامرأة حريصة من نسوة حراص وحرائص.

And a man is greedy from a people who are greedy and covetous, and a woman is greedy from women who are greedy and covetous.

والحرص: الشق.

And al-ḥirṣ: the tear.

وحرص الثوب يحرصه [يحرصه] حرصا: خرقه، وقيل: هو أن يدقه حتى يجعل فيه ثقبا وشقوقا.

And he tore the garment, he tore it, with tearing: he ripped it, and it was said: it is to pound it until it makes holes and tears in it.

والحرصة من الشجاج: التي حرصت من وراء الجلد ولم تخرقه، وقد ذكرت في الحديث؛

And the ḥirṣah from the wounds: is that which tears behind the skin without piercing it, and it has been mentioned in the Hadith;

قال الراجز: وحرصة يغفلها المأموم

The rajaz poet said: And a wound that the follower overlooks

والحارصة والحريصة: أول الشجاج، وهي التي تحرص تحرص الجلد أي تشقه قليلا؛

And the ḥāriṣah and the ḥarīṣah: are the first of the wounds, and it is that which tears the skin, meaning it slightly tears it;

ومننه قيل: حرص القصار الثوب يحرصه [يحرصه] شقه وخرقه بالدق.

And from this it is said: the tailor tore the garment, he tore it, by ripping and tearing it with pounding.

والحريصة والحارصة السحابة التي تحرص [تحرص] وجه الأرض بقشره وتؤثر فيه بمطرها من شدة وقعها؛

And the ḥarīṣah and the ḥāriṣah are the clouds that tear the face of the earth with their scraping and affect it with their rain due to the intensity of their fall;

قال الحويدرة: ظلم البطاح، له انهلال حريصة، ... فصفا النطاف له بعيد المقلع

Al-Ḥuwaydirah said: The plains were darkened, it had a tearing downpour, ... so the drops became clear from afar.

وقيل للشره حريص لأنه يقشر بحرصه وجوه الناس.

And the greedy person is called ḥarīṣ because he peels the faces of people with his greed.

والحرصيان: فعليان من الحرص وهو القشر، وعلى مثاله حذريان وصليان.

And al-ḥirṣiyān: is a pattern from al-ḥirṣ, which is peeling, and similar to it are ḥadhariān and ṣaliān.

يقال لباطن جلد الفيل حرصيان،

The inner skin of an elephant is called ḥirṣiyān,

وقيل في قوله تعالى: في ظلمات ثلاث؛ هي الحرصيان والغرس والبطن،

And it is said regarding the Almighty's saying: 'in three darknesses'; they are the inner skin, the fetus, and the belly,

والحرصيان باطن جلد البطن؛

And al-ḥirṣiyān is the inner skin of the belly;

والغرس ما يكون فيه الولد؛

And al-ghars is what the child is in;

وقال ابن السكيت: الحرصيان جلدة حمراء بين الجلد الأعلى واللحم تقشر بعد السلخ.

And Ibn al-Sikkīt said: Al-ḥirṣiyān is a red skin between the outer skin and the flesh that peels off after skinning.

قال ابن سيده: والحرصيان قشرة رقيقة بين الجلد واللحم يقشرها القصاب بعد السلخ، وجمعها حرصيانات ولا يكسر،

Ibn Sīdah said: And al-ḥirṣiyān is a thin peel between the skin and the flesh that the butcher peels off after skinning, and its plural is ḥirṣiyānāt and it is not broken;

وقيل في قوله ذو ثلاثها في بيت الطرماح عنى به بطنها، والثلاث: الحرصيان والرحم والسابياء.

And it was said regarding his saying 'dhū thalāthahā' in the verse of Al-Ṭarmaḥ, he meant its belly, and the three are: al-ḥirṣiyān, the womb, and the amnion.

وأرض محروصة: مرعية مدعثرة.

And a grazed land: is land that has been grazed and trampled.

والحرصة كالعرصة، زاد الأزهري: إلا أن الحرصة مستقر وسط كل شيء والعرصة الدار؛

And al-ḥirṣah is like al-'arṣah, Al-Azharī added: except that al-ḥirṣah is the resting place in the middle of everything, and al-'arṣah is the dwelling;

وأما الصرحة فمعروفة.

But al-ṣarḥah is known.