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الحرص

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense desire, greed, and eagerness for something. It extends to concepts of scarcity, careful timing, and even physical descriptions related to tearing or peeling.

Derived headwords

الحِرْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Greedboth

    An intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.

  2. 2.
    Eagernessboth

    A strong desire or keenness to obtain or do something.

حَرِصَverb
  1. 1.
    To be greedyboth

    To have an intense desire for something, often to the point of avarice.

  2. 2.
    To be eagerboth

    To be very keen or anxious to do or have something.

حَرِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    Greedyboth

    Having or showing an intense and selfish desire for something.

  2. 2.
    Eagerboth

    Showing great enthusiasm or desire.

حُرَّاصadjective
  1. 1.
    Very greedyclassical

    Intensified form of greedy, indicating extreme avarice.

حِرْصَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Very greedyclassical

    Intensified form of greedy, indicating extreme avarice.

الحِرْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Centerclassical

    The stable place in the middle of something.

  2. 2.
    Splatterclassical

    The scattering of liquid drops in a vessel due to a wide opening in the spout, from a wound caused by a specific type of injury.

الحَارِصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Scraping cloudclassical

    A cloud that peels the surface of the earth with its rain.

  2. 2.
    Slight skin woundclassical

    A wound that slightly tears the skin.

الحِرْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Tearclassical

    A rip or split in a material.

ثوب حَرِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    Torn garmentclassical

    A garment that is torn or ripped.

الحِرْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Splatter in a vesselclassical

    The scattering of liquid drops in a vessel due to a wide opening in the spout, from a wound caused by a specific type of injury.

الحِرْصَيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Abdomen skinclassical

    The inner skin of the belly.

  2. 2.
    Elephant skinclassical

    The inner skin of an elephant.

  3. 3.
    Peeling skinclassical

    A red skin that peels off after skinning.

حَرَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    To leave nothingclassical

    To consume or clear out a pasture completely, leaving nothing behind.

يَتَحَرَّصverb
  1. 1.
    To time carefullyclassical

    To carefully observe or time one's meals (breakfast and dinner).

احْتَرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    To be greedyclassical

    To be greedy or intensely desirous.

  2. 2.
    To strive hardclassical

    To exert oneself diligently or make great efforts.

Parallel reading

الحرص، بالكسر: الجشع
Al-ḥirṣ, with a kasra: greed.
وقد حرص، كضرب وسمع، فهو حريص من حراص وحرصاء
And he was greedy, like (the verbs) ḍaraba and samiʿa, so he is greedy (ḥarīṣ) among the very greedy (ḥurrāṣ) and (ḥirṣāʾ).
والحرصة، محركة: مستقر وسط كل شيء
And al-ḥirṣah, with haraka: the stable place in the middle of everything.
والحارصة: السحابة تقشر وجه الأرض بمطرها
And al-ḥāriṣah: the cloud that peels the face of the earth with its rain.
كالحريصة، والشجة تشق الجلد قليلا، كالحرصة، بالفتح
Like al-ḥarīṣah, and a wound that slightly tears the skin, like al-ḥirṣah, with a fatḥa.
والحرص: الشق
And al-ḥirṣ: the tear.
وثوب حريص
And a torn garment.
والحرصة: تفرق الشخب في الإناء لاتساع خرق في الطبي، من جرح يحصل من الصرار
And al-ḥirṣah: the scattering of the stream in the vessel due to the wideness of the opening in the spout, from a wound that occurs from al-ṣirār.
والحرصيان، بالكسر: باطن جلد البطن، وباطن جلد الفيل، وجلدة حمراء تقشر بعد السلخ ج: حرصيانات، فعليان، من الحرص: القشر
And al-ḥirṣiyān, with a kasra: the inner skin of the belly, and the inner skin of the elephant, and a red skin that peels after skinning, plural: ḥirṣiyānāt, faʿlayān, from al-ḥirṣ: the peel.
وحَرَّصَ المرعى، كعني: لم يترك منه شيء
And he cleared out the pasture, like (the verb) ʿanā: he did not leave anything from it.
وإنه ليتحرص غداءهم وعشاءهم: يتحينهما
And indeed, he times their lunch and their dinner: he determines their timing.
واحترص: حرص، وجهد
And iḥtaraṣa: he was greedy, and he strove hard.