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هيص

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the action of birds, specifically their droppings or excrement. It also extends to meanings of violence, force, and the act of throwing or striking.

Derived headwords

هاصَverb
  1. 1.
    to drop droppingsclassical

    Said of birds, meaning to release their excrement.

  2. 2.
    to throwclassical

    To cast or throw something.

هَيَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to drop droppingsclassical

    Said of birds, meaning to release their excrement.

هَيَصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dropping droppingsclassical

    The act of birds releasing their excrement.

  2. 2.
    throwingclassical

    The act of casting or throwing.

مُهَيِّصnoun
  1. 1.
    place of droppingclassical

    A place where birds drop their excrement.

مُهَيِّصَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    places of droppingclassical

    Plural of 'muhayyis', referring to places where birds drop their excrement.

مُهَيِّصُ الطَّيْرِnoun
  1. 1.
    bird droppingsclassical

    The excrement of birds.

مُهَيِّصُ الطَّيْرِ عَلَى الصَّفَاnoun
  1. 1.
    bird droppings on the rockclassical

    Specifically refers to bird droppings found on rocks.

مُهَيِّصَاتُ الطَّيْرِnoun
  1. 1.
    bird droppingsclassical

    Plural of 'muhayyis al-tayr', referring to bird excrement.

الهَيْصُnoun
  1. 1.
    violenceclassical

    Forcefulness or aggression in dealing with something.

  2. 2.
    narrow neckclassical

    The slender part of the neck.

مُهَيِّصُ الطَّيْرِ عَلَى الصَّفَاnoun
  1. 1.
    bird droppings on the rockclassical

    Specifically refers to bird droppings found on rocks.

Parallel reading

أبو عمرو هيص الطير سلحه
Abu Amr said: 'Hayyaṣa al-ṭayr salḥahu' means the bird dropped its droppings.
وقد هاص يهيص هيصا إذا رمى
And he said 'hāṣa yahīṣu hayṣan' if he threw.
مهايص الطير على الصفي أي مواقع الطير
'Mahāyiṣ al-ṭayr 'alā al-ṣafā' means the places where birds drop their excrement on the rock.
كأن متنيه من النفي ... مهايص الطير على الصفي
As if its flanks from the fleeing... were like the places where birds drop their excrement on the rock.
قال: ومهايص جمع مهيص
He said: And 'mahāyiṣ' is the plural of 'muhayyaṣ'.
ابن الأعرابي: الهيص العنف بالشيء
Ibn al-A'rābī said: 'Al-hayṣu' is violence with something.
والهيص: دق العنق
And 'al-hayṣu' means the narrowness of the neck.