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الهلابع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe negative character traits, specifically focusing on unpleasant physical attributes combined with greed or stinginess. It encompasses terms for someone who is both large and base, as well as someone excessively eager to eat or a greedy wolf.

Derived headwords

الهلابعnoun
  1. 1.
    base, large personclassical

    A person who is both base or ignoble in character and large or corpulent in build.

علابطnoun
  1. 1.
    greedy eaterclassical

    One who is excessively eager to eat, a glutton.

  2. 2.
    wolfclassical

    A wolf, so named due to its greed and voracious appetite.

  3. 3.
    nameclassical

    A proper name.

علبطnoun
  1. 1.
    greedy eaterclassical

    One who is excessively eager to eat, a glutton.

Parallel reading

الهلابع، كعلابط: اللئيم الجسيم الكرزي.
Al-Halābi', like 'alābiṭ: the base, corpulent, greedy one.
وكعلبط وعلابط: الحريص على الأكل، والذئب، لحرصه.
And 'alabaṭ and 'alābiṭ: the greedy for food, and the wolf, due to its greed.
وكعلابط: اسم.
And 'alābiṭ: a name.