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برشع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes someone with bad character, often associated with being foolish, arrogant, or physically imposing and uncouth. It can also refer to a person with a bloated or empty disposition.

Derived headwords

البُرشَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad-tempered personboth

    A person of bad character or disposition.

البُرشَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad-tempered personboth

    A person of bad character or disposition.

  2. 2.
    Bloated, foolish personclassical

    One who is bloated in the belly and lacks a heart (metaphorically), or is foolish and tall.

  3. 3.
    Clumsy, boorish personclassical

    One who is clumsy, large, uncouth, and bloated.

برشامnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad characterclassical

    Refers to bad character, likely a variant or related term to البرشاع.

Parallel reading

البرشع والبرشاع: السيء الخلق.
Al-bursha' and al-bursha'a: the bad-tempered one.
والبرشاع المنتفخ الجوف الذي لا فؤاد له
And al-bursha'a is the one bloated in the belly who has no heart.
وقيل: هو الأحمق الطويل
And it is said: he is the foolish and tall one.
وقيل: الأهوج الضخم الجافي المنتفخ
And it is said: the clumsy, large, uncouth, and bloated one.
لا تعدليني بامرئ إرزب، ... ولا ببرشاع الوخام وغب
Do not equate me with a stout man, ... nor with a clumsy, ill-omened, and lingering one.
ولا ببرشام الوخام وغب
Nor with a clumsy, ill-omened, and lingering one.