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الهرص

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to afflictions of the skin, specifically pustules or scabs, and also describes the state of being covered in them. It can also refer to a pool of water.

Derived headwords

الهَرَصnoun
  1. 1.
    pustulesclassical

    Refers to pustules or scabs that appear on the body.

  2. 2.
    scabsclassical

    The condition of having scabs or pustules on the skin.

هرصverb
  1. 1.
    to have pustulesclassical

    To be afflicted with pustules or scabs on the body.

هرصverb
  1. 1.
    to be covered in scabsclassical

    The body became covered in scabs or pustules.

تهريصاnoun
  1. 1.
    affliction with scabsclassical

    The act or state of the body becoming covered in scabs or pustules.

الهريصةnoun
  1. 1.
    water poolclassical

    A pool or stagnant body of water.

Parallel reading

الدود، والحصف في البدن
worms, and pustules on the body
وقد هرص، كفرح
and he had pustules, like 'faraha' (he was happy)
وهرص تهريصا: اشتعل بدنه حصفا
and he had pustules, with the body becoming covered in pustules
أو هذه بالضاد
or this is with the letter Daad (ض)
والهريصة: مستنقع الماء
and the pool: a stagnant place of water