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عنص

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are few, scattered, or remaining in small quantities after a larger portion has gone. It extends to sparse vegetation, remnants of wealth, and sparse hair on the head.

Derived headwords

عَنَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattered plantsboth

    A small, scattered amount of vegetation, indicating sparseness.

  2. 2.
    Remnantsboth

    A small portion of something that remains after most of it has been lost or depleted.

  3. 3.
    Sparse hairboth

    Scattered strands of hair remaining on the head.

عُنْصُوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sparse hairclassical

    A term for sparse hair, particularly on the head, referring to scattered strands.

العَنَاصِىadjective
  1. 1.
    Scatteredclassical

    Describing something as scattered or sparse, particularly in reference to hair.

Parallel reading

يقال في أرض بنى فلان عناص من النبت، وهو القليل المتفرق
It is said of a land that so-and-so has planted scattered plants, which are few and dispersed.
وما بقي من ماله إلا عناص، وذلك إذا ذهب معظمه وبقي نبذ منه
And of his wealth, only remnants remained, which is when most of it is gone and a small portion is left.
وبقيت في رأسه عناص، إذا بقي في رأسه شعر متفرق في نواحيه
And sparse hair remained on his head, meaning scattered hair remained in its various parts.
إن يمس رأسي أشمط العناصى
If my head is touched, it is grey with scattered hair.
كأنما فرقه مناصى
As if it were scattered by escape.
الواحدة عنصوة
The singular is 'unsuwah'.
وهى فعلوة بالضم
And it is a 'fa'luwah' with a dammah.
وبعضهم يقول عنصوة وثندوة
And some of them say 'unsuwah' and 'thunduwah'.
وإن كان الحرف الثاني منهما نونا
Even if the second letter of them is a noon.
ويلحقهما بعرقوة وترقوة وقرنوة
And they attach them to 'araquwah', 'taraquwah', and 'qaranuwah'.