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حريص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of eagerness, keenness, and intense desire for something. It can also extend to the idea of being stingy or excessively attached to possessions, stemming from a strong desire to keep them.

Derived headwords

حَرِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    so he is greedy, eagerboth

    so he is greedy, eager

حِرْصnoun
  1. 1.
    greed, avariceboth

    greed, avarice

  2. 2.
    he was eager for the thing, he desires it with eagernessboth

    he was eager for the thing, he desires it with eagerness

  3. 3.
    the crack, splitboth

    the crack, split

حَرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    greed, avariceboth

    greed, avarice

  2. 2.
    he was eager for the thing, he desires it with eagernessboth

    he was eager for the thing, he desires it with eagerness

  3. 3.
    the crack, splitboth

    the crack, split

تَحَرَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be very eagerclassical

    To exert oneself to be extremely eager or keen about something.

حَرْبَصِيصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ornament, adornmentclassical

    A piece of jewelry or adornment, often used in the plural or in a negative context to mean 'anything at all'.

خَرْبَصِيصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ornament, adornmentclassical

    A piece of jewelry or adornment, often used in the plural or in a negative context to mean 'anything at all'.

Parallel reading

ما عليها حربصيصة ولا خربصيصة
She has not upon her any ornament or adornment.
أي شئ من الحلى
Meaning: anything of adornments.