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فلقس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses terms related to lineage and parentage, specifically focusing on individuals whose parentage involves a freedman (mawla) and an Arab or a freedwoman. It differentiates between various terms based on the status of the father and mother.

Derived headwords

الفِلَنْقَسnoun
  1. 1.
    person of mixed lineageclassical

    A person whose father is a freedman (mawla) and whose mother is an Arab woman.

  2. 2.
    person of mixed lineageclassical

    A person whose father is a freedman (mawla) and whose mother is also a freedwoman (mawlah).

الهَجِينnoun
  1. 1.
    mongrel, hybridclassical

    A person whose father is of noble Arab lineage (atiq) and whose mother is a freedwoman (mawlah).

المُقْرِفnoun
  1. 1.
    person of questionable lineageclassical

    A person whose father is a freedman (mawla) and whose mother is not of Arab lineage.

Parallel reading

الفِلَنْقَس: الذي أبوه مولى وأمه عربية.
Al-filanqas: one whose father is a freedman and whose mother is an Arab woman.
العبد والهجين والفلنقس * ثلاثة فأيهم تلمس *
The slave, the hybrid, and the filanqas * are three; which of them do you seek?
الفِلَنْقَس الذى أبوه مولى وأمه مولاة.
Al-filanqas is one whose father is a freedman and whose mother is a freedwoman.
والهجين: الذى أبوه عتيق وأمه مولاة.
And al-hajin: one whose father is of noble lineage (freedman) and whose mother is a freedwoman.
والمقرف: الذى أبوه مولى وأمه ليست كذلك.
And al-muqrif: one whose father is a freedman and whose mother is not so (i.e., not Arab).