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عمص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a type of food, specifically a raw, thinly sliced meat dish. It also touches upon the act of preparing this dish and a person who is fond of eating it.

Derived headwords

العَمَصnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of foodboth

    A specific kind of food, understood to be a raw, thinly sliced meat dish.

عَمَصَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To prepare itboth

    To prepare the specific type of food mentioned (al-'amṣ). This term is commonly used by the general populace, not in Bedouin speech.

عامِصnoun
  1. 1.
    Raw meat dishclassical

    A dish made from thinly sliced meat, eaten uncooked and not grilled. It is something that drunkards are known to prepare and consume.

  2. 2.
    Jellyclassical

    A gelatinous substance, similar to jelly or aspic.

عامِصadjective
  1. 1.
    Foreign/Loanwordclassical

    Indicates that the word 'al-'āmiṣ' is a loanword, likely from another language.

العامِصnoun
  1. 1.
    Raw meat dishclassical

    A dish made from thinly sliced meat, eaten uncooked and not grilled. It is something that drunkards are known to prepare and consume.

  2. 2.
    Jellyclassical

    A gelatinous substance, similar to jelly or aspic.

عامِصnoun
  1. 1.
    Raw meat dishclassical

    A dish made from thinly sliced meat, eaten uncooked and not grilled. It is something that drunkards are known to prepare and consume.

  2. 2.
    Jellyclassical

    A gelatinous substance, similar to jelly or aspic.

العَمَصnoun
  1. 1.
    One fond of raw meatclassical

    A person who is excessively fond of eating al-'āmiṣ (the raw meat dish or jelly).

Parallel reading

العمص: ضرب من الطعام.
Al-'amṣ: a type of food.
وعمصه: صنعه، وهي كلمة على أفواه العامة وليست بدوية يريدون بها الخاميز، وبعض يقول عاميص.
And 'amṣahu: to prepare it; it is a word on the tongues of the common people, not Bedouin, by which they mean al-khāmīz, and some say 'āmīṣ.
عمصت العامص والآمص، وهو الخاميز، والخاميز: أن يشرح اللحم رقيقا ويؤكل غير مطبوخ ولا مشوي؛ يفعله السكارى.
I prepared al-'āmiṣ and al-āmiṣ, which is al-khāmīz, and al-khāmīz is: to slice the meat thinly and eat it uncooked and un-grilled; drunkards do this.
قال الأزهري: العامص معرب،
Al-Azhari said: Al-'āmiṣ is a loanword,
وروي عن ابن الأعرابي أنه قال: العمص المولع بأكل العامص، وهو الهلام.
And it was narrated from Ibn al-A'rābī that he said: Al-'amṣ is one who is addicted to eating al-'āmiṣ, which is jelly.