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فرس
Root entry · 3 derived lemmasThis root appears to relate to concepts of swiftness, agility, and perhaps a specific type of creature or entity. It encompasses terms for speed, a wild animal, and descriptive adjectives.
Derived headwords
سَرْحُوبadjective
- 1.swift, agileboth
Describing something or someone as swift or agile, particularly in movement.
سَرْحُوبnoun
- 1.jackalclassical
A type of wild animal, specifically a jackal.
- 2.demon, evil spiritclassical
A demon or an evil spirit, sometimes described as blind and inhabiting the sea.
- 3.epithetclassical
A nickname or epithet given to Abu al-Jarud, the leader of the Jarudiyyah sect, by al-Baqir.
سَرْحُوبٌ سَرْحُوبphrase
- 1.encouraging eweclassical
A phrase used to describe a ewe that is encouraged or stimulated when being milked.
Parallel reading
فرس سرحوب، بالضم: طويلة
Sarhub (with dammah): tall/long.
ويقال: رجل سرحوب
And it is said: a swift/agile man.
والسرحوب: ابن آوى
And as-Sarhub: the jackal.
أو شيطان (أعمى يسكن البحر، ولقب أبي الجارود إمام الجارودية، لقبه به الباقر)
Or a demon (a blind one who inhabits the sea, and an epithet of Abu al-Jarud, the leader of the Jarudiyyah, given to him by al-Baqir).
وسرحوب سرحوب: إشلاء للنعجة عند الحلب
And sarhub sarhub: stimulating the ewe during milking.