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الفلنقس
Root entry · 2 derived lemmasThis root describes individuals of mixed or uncertain lineage, particularly those with one freeborn parent and one enslaved, or vice versa. It also extends to negative character traits like stinginess and general baseness.
Derived headwords
الفِلَنْقَسnoun
- 1.person of mixed lineageclassical
A person whose father is a freedman (مولى) and mother is an Arab, or whose parents are Arabs but grandmothers are enslaved women, or whose mother is Arab but father is not, or both parents are freedmen.
الفِلْقَسnoun
- 1.stingy personclassical
A stingy and bad person.
Parallel reading
الفلنقس، كسمندل: من أبوه مولى وأمه عربية، أو أبواه عربيان وجدتاه أمتان، أو أمه عربية لا أبوه، أو كلاهما مولى، والبخيل الرديء، كالفلقس.
Al-Filanqas, like Samandal: one whose father is a freedman and mother is an Arab, or whose parents are Arabs and grandmothers are enslaved women, or whose mother is an Arab but not his father, or both are freedmen, and the stingy, bad one, like Al-Filqas.