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همص

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of consuming or devouring something, often in a forceful or destructive manner. It extends to actions of overpowering, defeating, or even killing an opponent.

Derived headwords

هَمَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat fleshclassical

    To consume flesh, implying a vigorous or thorough eating.

  2. 2.
    to overpowerclassical

    To overcome, subdue, or defeat someone.

  3. 3.
    to strike downclassical

    To cause someone to fall or be struck down.

  4. 4.
    to killclassical

    To cause the death of someone.

اِهْتَمَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to devourclassical

    To consume something voraciously, often implying destruction or thoroughness, similar to the basic verb form.

مَهْمُوصadjective
  1. 1.
    crushedclassical

    Describing a heart that is crushed or severely afflicted.

Parallel reading

همص لحمه: أكله
Hamasa his flesh: he ate it.
وفلانا: صرعه
And [he] [hamasa] so-and-so: he struck him down.
وعلاه
And he overpowered him.
وقتله
And he killed him.
كاهتمصه
As if he devoured him.
ورجل مهموص الفؤاد: مضغوثه
And a man with a crushed heart: it is as if it were chewed.