الحرقوص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes small, crawling creatures, often with a biting or irritating quality. It also extends to concepts of closeness or tightness in movement and speech, and refers to specific historical figures.

Derived headwords

الحُرْقُوصnoun

1.
small insectboth
A small, bug-like creature, similar to a flea, with a sting like a wasp's, or like a tick that attaches to people. It is smaller than a dung beetle.
2.
green date pitclassical
The pit of a green, unripe date.
3.
person's nameclassical
A name associated with Ibn Mazin, a member of the Tamim tribe, and Ibn Zuhair, who was a companion and later became a Kharijite.

حراقيصnoun

1.
small insects (pl.)both
The plural form of الحرقوص, referring to multiple small, biting insects.

الحُرْقُصَىnoun

1.
small insectclassical
A small creature, similar to the الحرقوص. The singular form is بهاء.

بهاءnoun

1.
small insect (sg.)classical
The singular form of الحرقصى, referring to a single small creature.

الحَرْقَصَةnoun

1.
approaching gaitclassical
The act of walking with short, close steps.
2.
approaching speechclassical
Speaking in a hesitant or close manner.

مُحَرْقَصadjective

1.
close-knitclassical
Describing something, like weaving, that is tightly and closely constructed.

Parallel reading

الحرقوص، بالضم: دويبة كالبرغوث، حمتها كحمة الزنبور، أو كالقراد تلصق بالناس، أو أصغر من الجعل، تنقب الأساقي، وتدخل في فروج الجواري

Al-hurquṣ, with dammah: a small creature like a flea, its sting like a wasp's sting, or like a tick that attaches to people, or smaller than a dung beetle, it burrows into water channels and enters the private parts of young women.

ج: حراقيص

Plural: ḥarāqīṣ.

ونواة البسرة الخضراء

And the pit of a green date.

وابن مازن: تميمي

And Ibn Māzin: a Tamimi.

وابن زهير: كان صحابيا، فصار خارجيا

And Ibn Zuhayr: he was a companion, then became a Kharijite.

والحرقصى، كحبركى: دويبة، الواحدة: بهاء

And al-ḥurquṣā, like ḥabrakā: a small creature, the singular is bahāʾ.

والحرقصة: مقاربة الخطا والكلام

And al-ḥarqaṣah: approaching gait and speech.

ونسج محرقص: متقارب

And close-knit weaving: proximate.