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فرس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This 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. 1.
    swift, agileboth

    Describing something or someone as swift or agile, particularly in movement.

سَرْحُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    jackalclassical

    A type of wild animal, specifically a jackal.

  2. 2.
    demon, evil spiritclassical

    A demon or an evil spirit, sometimes described as blind and inhabiting the sea.

  3. 3.
    epithetclassical

    A nickname or epithet given to Abu al-Jarud, the leader of the Jarudiyyah sect, by al-Baqir.

سَرْحُوبٌ سَرْحُوبphrase
  1. 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.