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هرس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root H-R-S primarily relates to crushing, pounding, and grinding. It extends to concepts of intense effort, strength, and resilience, particularly in animals and in descriptions of harsh terrain or formidable beings.

Derived headwords

هَرَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    To pound, crush, or grind something thoroughly.

  2. 2.
    to be strongclassical

    To be intense or strong, often used metaphorically.

هَرْسnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingboth

    The act of pounding, crushing, or grinding.

  2. 2.
    poundingclassical

    The sound or action of pounding.

هَرِيسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pounded foodboth

    Food that has been pounded or ground, often a porridge-like dish.

مِهْرَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    pounding stoneboth

    A stone basin or mortar used for pounding ingredients.

  2. 2.
    ablution basinclassical

    A basin from which ablutions are performed, implying a large, sturdy vessel.

مَهَارِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    strong camelsclassical

    Camels that are strong and sturdy, capable of enduring hardship.

هَرَّاسnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny shrubboth

    A type of thorny plant or shrub.

هَرِسَةadjective
  1. 1.
    thornyboth

    Describing land that is abundant with thorny plants (هَرَّاس).

هَرِسadjective
  1. 1.
    fierceclassical

    Describing a lion or other creature as fierce, strong, and intense.

Parallel reading

الهرس: الدق.
Al-Hars: The pounding.
ومنه الهريسة.
And from it (comes) Al-Harysa.
والمهراس: حجر منقور يدق فيه ويتوضأ منه.
And Al-Mihras: a hollowed stone in which one pounds and from which one performs ablution.
والمهاريس من الإبل: الشداد.
And Al-Maharis from camels: the strong ones.
مهاريس يروي رسلها ضيف أهلها * إذا النار أبدت أوجه الخفرات
Strong camels whose riders quench their thirst with the hospitality of their people when the fire reveals the faces of the veiled women.
والهراس بالفتح: شجر ذو شوك.
And Al-Harras (with Fatha): a thorny tree.
وخيل تكدس بالدارعين * طباق الكلاب يطأن الهراسا
And horses that charge in Dar'ain, like dogs they tread upon the thorny plants.
إنا إذا الخيل عدت أكداسا * مثل الكلاب تتقى الهراسا
Indeed, when the horses charge in masses, like dogs they avoid the thorny plants.
وأرض هرسة، أي كثيرة الهراس.
And a land Harsah, meaning abundant with thorny plants (Al-Harras).
وأسد هرس، أي شديد.
And a lion Hars, meaning fierce.
وهو من الدق.
And it is from pounding.
شديد الساعدين أخا وثاب * شديدا أسره هرسا هموسا
Strong of forearms, a leaping brother, intensely fierce, silent.