الحكيص

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of settling, calming, and reducing, often in the context of physical states like wounds, swelling, or even the intensity of movement. It also extends to meanings related to theft and specific plants or locations.

Derived headwords

الحَكِيصadjective

1.
suspectclassical
One who is accused or suspected of wrongdoing or suspicion.

حَمَّصَverb

1.
to heal (wound)both
When a wound heals, its swelling subsides.
2.
to calm (swing)classical
When a swing calms down, its vigorous motion ceases.
3.
to remove (foreign body)classical
To gently remove a foreign particle from the eye.
4.
to hunt (gazelles)classical
To hunt gazelles in the middle of the day.

حمص الجرح: سكن ورمه — The wound healed: its swelling subsided.

حَمْصًاnoun

1.
subsidence (of swelling)classical
The act or state of swelling subsiding, particularly in a wound.

حُمُوصًاnoun

1.
subsidence (of swelling)classical
The act or state of swelling subsiding, particularly in a wound.

الأُرْجُوحَةnoun

1.
swingboth
A device for swinging, often used by children.

و الأرجوحة: سكنت فورتها — And the swing: its intensity subsided.

القَذَاةnoun

1.
speck of dustboth
A small particle of dust or debris, especially one that gets into the eye.

و القذاة: أخرجها من عينه برفق — And the speck of dust: he removed it gently from his eye.

الحِمْصnoun

1.
swinging motionclassical
A type of swinging motion, specifically a boy swinging on a swing without much oscillation.
2.
drying up (of water)classical
The cessation or drying up of water, particularly from an animal.
3.
chickpeasboth
A type of pulse or legume, commonly known as chickpeas.
4.
a regionclassical
A district or region, specifically a district in Syria.

والحمص: ان يترجح الغلام على الأرجوحة من غير أن يرجح — And the chickpea [motion]: a boy swinging on a swing without much oscillation.

وذهاب الماء عن الدابة — And the drying up of water from the animal.

الأَحْمَصadjective

1.
thief (of sheep)classical
A thief who steals sheep.

الحَمَائِصnoun

1.
stolen sheepclassical
The plural of 'hamisa', referring to stolen sheep.

حُمَيْصَةnoun

1.
stolen sheepclassical
A sheep that has been stolen.
2.
a poet's nameclassical
The name of a poet, Ibn Jandal.

جمع حميصة، وهي: الشاة المسروقة — Plural of hamisa, which is: the stolen sheep.

المَحْمُوصَةadjective

1.
stolen (sheep)classical
Describing a sheep that has been stolen.

كالمحموصة — like the stolen one.

المَحْمَاصَةnoun

1.
skillful female thiefclassical
A female thief who is particularly skillful or cunning.

الحِمْصِيصnoun

1.
sour desert plantclassical
A sour desert plant, often added to cheese, with a single unit called 'bahaa'.

والحمصيص، محركة وقد تشدد ميمه: بقلة رملية حامضة، تجعل في الأقط، واحدتها: بهاء — And al-Himṣiṣ, with a vowel on the first letter and sometimes doubled 'm': a sour desert plant, made into cheese, its single unit is called 'bahaa'.

حِميصَةname

1.
poet's nameclassical
The name of a poet, Ibn Jandal.

حِمْصname

1.
a region in Syriaclassical
A district or region in Syria, whose inhabitants are said to be Yemenite.

حمص: كورة بالشام، أهلها يمانون، وقد تذكر — Hims: a district in Syria, its people are Yemenite, and it is sometimes mentioned.

حب مnoun

1.
a type of seedclassical
A type of seed, described as inflating, softening, and diuretic, increasing semen, desire, and blood, strengthening the body and male potency, with specific dietary conditions.

وكحلز وقنب: حب م، نافخ ملين مدر، يزيد في المني والشهوة والدم، مقو للبدن والذكر، بشرط أن لا يؤكل قبل الطعام ولا بعده، بل وسطه — And kalhaz and qanab: a type of seed, inflating, softening, and diuretic, increasing semen, desire, and blood, strengthening the body and male potency, provided it is not eaten before or after food, but in the middle.

الحِمْصِيname

1.
attributed to Himsclassical
A nisba indicating attribution to the region of Hims, or to a place called Dar al-Hims in Egypt.

وإبراهيم بن الحجاج الحمصي: لسكناه دار الحمص بمصر — And Ibrahim bin Al-Hajjaj Al-Himsī: due to his residing in Dar Al-Hims in Egypt.

بهاءname

1.
a person's nameclassical
The name of a person, specifically the grandfather of Abu Al-Hasan, the narrator of the 'Majlis Al-Bitaqa'.

وبهاء: حمصة جد أبي الحسن راوي مجلس البطاقة — And Bahā': the grandfather of Ḥamṣa, the narrator of the Majlis Al-Bitaqa.

محمود بن علي الحمصيname

1.
a scholar's nameclassical
The name of a scholar, Mahmud bin Ali Al-Himsī, a theologian who was taught by Fakhr al-Din.

وبالضم مشددا: محمود بن علي الحمصي، متكلم، أخذ عنه الإمام فخر الدين، أو هو بالضاد — And with a damma and shadda: Mahmud bin Ali Al-Himsī, a theologian, from whom Imam Fakhr al-Din learned, or he is with a Dhad.

تَحْمِيصًاnoun

1.
hunting (gazelles)classical
The act of hunting gazelles in the middle of the day.

حمص تحميصا: اصطاد الظباء نصف النهار — He hunted with tahmis: he hunted gazelles in the middle of the day.

مُحَمَّصadjective

1.
roastedboth
Describing something that has been roasted, like seeds or nuts.

وحب محمص، كمعظم: مقلو — And roasted grain, like 'mu'azzam': fried.

انْقَبَضَverb

1.
to shrinkboth
To contract, shrink, or become smaller.
2.
to wither (locust)classical
When a locust eats the leaves of the Qaradh tree, it withers and loses its coarseness.
3.
to subside (swelling)both
When swelling subsides or reduces.
4.
to become thin (camel)classical
When a female camel that was fat becomes thin.

وانحمص: انقبض، وتضاءل — And it shrank: it contracted, and diminished.

الجَرَادَةnoun

1.
locustboth
A locust, a type of insect known for consuming vegetation.

و الجرادة: أكلت ms0815 القرظ، فاحمرت، وذهب غلظها — And the locust: it ate the Qaradh, it turned red, and its coarseness disappeared.

الْوَرَمnoun

1.
swellingboth
An abnormal enlargement of a body part, often due to injury or illness.

و الورم: سكن — And the swelling: subsided.

النَّاقَةnoun

1.
female camelboth
A female camel.

و الناقة: كانت بادنة فنحفت — And the female camel: she was fat and became thin.

تَحَمَّصَverb

1.
to contractboth
To become contracted or shrunken.
2.
to dry out (meat)classical
When meat dries out and shrinks.

وتحمص: تقبض — And it contracted: it became shrunken.

و اللحم: جف، وانضم — And the meat: it dried out, and contracted.

Parallel reading

الحكيص، كأمير: المرمي بالريبة.

Al-Ḥakīṣ, like Amīr: one accused of suspicion.

حمص الجرح: سكن ورمه، حمصا وحموصا، و الأرجوحة: سكنت فورتها، و القذاة: أخرجها من عينه برفق.

The wound healed: its swelling subsided, with ḥamṣan and ḥumūṣan, and the swing: its intensity subsided, and the speck of dust: he removed it gently from his eye.

والحمص: ان يترجح الغلام على الأرجوحة من غير أن يرجح، وذهاب الماء عن الدابة.

And al-ḥimṣ: a boy swinging on a swing without much oscillation, and the drying up of water from the animal.

والأحمص: اللص يسرق الحمائص، جمع حميصة، وهي: الشاة المسروقة، كالمحموصة.

And al-Aḥmaṣ: the thief who steals al-ḥamāʾiṣ, the plural of ḥamīṣah, which is: the stolen sheep, like al-maḥmūṣah.

والمحماصة: اللصة الحاذقة.

And al-Maḥmāṣah: the skillful female thief.

والحمصيص، محركة وقد تشدد ميمه: بقلة رملية حامضة، تجعل في الأقط، واحدتها: بهاء.

And al-Ḥimṣīṣ, with a vowel on the first letter and sometimes doubled 'm': a sour desert plant, made into cheese, its single unit is called 'bahaa'.

وحميصة، كسفينة: ابن جندل، شاعر.

And Ḥumayṣah, like Safīnah: Ibn Jandil, a poet.

وحمص: كورة بالشام، أهلها يمانون، وقد تذكر.

And Ḥimṣ: a district in Syria, its people are Yemenite, and it is sometimes mentioned.

وكحلز وقنب: حب م، نافخ ملين مدر، يزيد في المني والشهوة والدم، مقو للبدن والذكر، بشرط أن لا يؤكل قبل الطعام ولا بعده، بل وسطه.

And kalhaz and qanab: a type of seed, inflating, softening, and diuretic, increasing semen, desire, and blood, strengthening the body and male potency, provided it is not eaten before or after food, but in the middle.

وإبراهيم بن الحجاج الحمصي: لسكناه دار الحمص بمصر، وكذا عمه عبد الله.

And Ibrahim bin Al-Hajjaj Al-Himsī: due to his residing in Dar Al-Hims in Egypt, and likewise his uncle Abdullah.

وبهاء: حمصة جد أبي الحسن راوي مجلس البطاقة، وبالضم مشددا: محمود بن علي الحمصي، متكلم، أخذ عنه الإمام فخر الدين، أو هو بالضاد.

And Bahā': Ḥamṣa, the grandfather of Abu Al-Hasan, the narrator of the Majlis Al-Bitaqa, and with a damma and shadda: Mahmud bin Ali Al-Himsī, a theologian, from whom Imam Fakhr al-Din learned, or he is with a Dhad.

حمص تحميصا: اصطاد الظباء نصف النهار.

He hunted with tahmis: he hunted gazelles in the middle of the day.

وحب محمص، كمعظم: مقلو.

And roasted grain, like 'mu'azzam': fried.

وانحمص: انقبض، وتضاءل، و الجرادة: أكلت ms0815 القرظ، فاحمرت، وذهب غلظها، و الورم: سكن، و الناقة: كانت بادنة فنحفت.

And it shrank: it contracted, and diminished, and the locust: it ate the Qaradh, it turned red, and its coarseness disappeared, and the swelling: subsided, and the female camel: she was fat and became thin.

وتحمص: تقبض، و اللحم: جف، وانضم.

And it contracted: it became shrunken, and the meat: it dried out, and contracted.