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الهرجاس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses a word that is claimed to mean 'large' or 'heavy', but it is noted as an error by al-Jawhari and others. The correct word is suggested to be 'جرهاس' (jarhās).

Derived headwords

الْهَرْجَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    large, heavyclassical

    A term referring to something large or heavy.

الْجَرْهَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    large, heavyclassical

    The correct term, according to the entry, for something large or heavy.

Parallel reading

الهرجاس، بالكسر: للجسيم
Al-harjās, with a kasra: for the large/heavy.
غلط للجوهري وغيره
It is an error by al-Jawhari and others.
وإنما هو الجرهاس، بتقديم الجيم
Rather, it is al-jarhās, with the jīm preceding.