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هلبج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe someone who is foolish, clumsy, and perhaps gluttonous. It encompasses terms for a foolish, large, and uncouth individual, with the meaning escalating to encompass all forms of evil.

Derived headwords

الهلباجةnoun
  1. 1.
    the foolboth

    the fool

Parallel reading

الاحمق.
The foolish one.
سألت أعرابيا عن الهلباجة
I asked a Bedouin about Al-Halbajah.
فقال: هو الاحمق الضخم الفدم الاكول، الذى والذى.
He said: He is the foolish, large, uncouth, gluttonous one, and so on.
ثم جعل يلقانى بعد ذلك يزيد في التفسير كل مرة شيئا
Then he began to meet me afterwards, adding something to the explanation each time.
ثم قال لى بعد حين، وأراد الخروج: هو الذى جمع كل شر.
Then he said to me after a while, wanting to leave: He is the one who has gathered all evil.