همقع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a type of fruit from thorny trees, specifically the fruit of the Tanضب tree. It also extends to describe a foolish or stupid person, with some debate on its grammatical classification.

Derived headwords

الهَمْقَعnoun

1.
fruit of thorny treesclassical
A type of fruit from thorny trees (العضاه).
2.
fruit of Tanضب treeclassical
Specifically, the fruit of the Tanضب tree, which is a known thorny tree.

الهَمْقَعَةnoun

1.
fruit of thorny treesclassical
A type of fruit from thorny trees (العضاه).
2.
fruit of Tanضب treeclassical
Specifically, the fruit of the Tanضب tree, which is a known thorny tree.

هَمْقَعadjective

1.
foolish personclassical
An adjective describing a foolish or stupid person.

هَمْقَعَةadjective

1.
foolish personclassical
An adjective describing a foolish or stupid person (feminine form).

رجل زملقnoun

1.
man who satisfies desire earlyclassical
A man who fulfills his sexual desire before reaching the point of intercourse.

Parallel reading

الهمقع والهمقع: ضرب من ثمر العضاه

Al-hamqa' and al-hamqa': a type of fruit from thorny trees.

وخص بعضهم به جنى التنضب وهو شجر معروف

And some specified it as the fruit of the Tanضب, which is a known tree.

وهو من العضاه

And it is from the thorny trees.

واحدته همقعة

Its singular form is hamqa'ah.

هو التنضب بعينه

It is the Tanضب itself.

أن الهمقع والهمقعة الأحمق والحمقاء

That al-hamqa' and al-hamqa' mean the foolish man and the foolish woman.

وهذا لا يطابق مذهب سيبويه لأن الهمقع عنده اسم

And this does not conform to Sibawayh's doctrine because al-hamqa' for him is a noun.

وهو على قول أبي شبيب صفة

And it is, according to Abu Shabib, an adjective.

ولا نظير للهمقع إلا رجل زملق للذي يقضي شهوته قبل أن يفضي إلى المرأة

And there is no parallel for al-hamqa' except for 'rajul zamlaq', which refers to one who satisfies his desire before reaching intercourse with the woman.