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الهبس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe someone who is charitable, generous, and perhaps spreads good deeds or news. It encompasses concepts of giving and positive dissemination.

Derived headwords

الهِبْسnoun
  1. 1.
    Charitable personboth

    A person who is characterized by goodness and generosity.

  2. 2.
    Disseminator of goodclassical

    One who spreads good deeds or positive news.

الخَيِّرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Charitableboth

    Possessing goodness and generosity; inclined to do good.

المَنْثُورnoun
  1. 1.
    The spreadclassical

    Something that is scattered or widely distributed, metaphorically referring to good deeds or news.

النَّمَّامnoun
  1. 1.
    Slandererboth

    One who carries tales or spreads gossip, often with negative connotations, but here possibly used in a more neutral or even positive sense of spreading information.

Parallel reading

الهبس، محركة: الخيري، ويقال له: المنثور، والنمام.
Al-Hibs (with short vowels): the charitable one, and he is also called: the spread (of good), and the tale-bearer.