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الهلقم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root describes large, robust, and gluttonous individuals, particularly women and men. It also extends to terms for a powerful lion and a general term for a man.

Derived headwords

الهُلْقُمnoun
  1. 1.
    Large womanclassical

    A woman who is large in stature or build.

  2. 2.
    Strong personclassical

    An individual characterized by great strength.

  3. 3.
    Wide-mouthed personclassical

    Someone with very wide jaws or mouth.

الهُلْقُمnoun
  1. 1.
    Portly lordclassical

    A distinguished man who is large and carries himself with dignity, possibly implying a leader.

  2. 2.
    Gluttonous personclassical

    Someone who eats excessively or greedily.

الهُلْقَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Gluttonous personclassical

    A person characterized by excessive eating.

الهُلْقُمnoun
  1. 1.
    Gluttonous personclassical

    A person characterized by excessive eating.

الهِلْقَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall, stout manclassical

    A man who is both long and broad in build.

الهِلْقَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    A powerful and formidable lion.

الهِلْقَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Manclassical

    A general term for a man.

Parallel reading

الهلقم، كزبرج: المرأة الكبيرة، والقوي، والواسع الأشداق.
Al-hulqum, like zubruj: the large woman, the strong one, and the wide-mouthed one.
وكإردب: السيد الضخم ذو الحمالات، والأكول، كالهلقامة والهلقم، كعلبط، والهلقام، بالكسر وهو الضخم الطويل، والأسد، ورجل.
And like 'irdabb: the portly lord with dignity, the gluttonous one, like al-hulqamah and al-hulqum, like 'albat, and al-hilqam, with kasra, which is the stout and tall one, the lion, and a man.