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حفسء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe someone who is short and ill-formed or ignoble in their creation. It is primarily used as an adjective for men.

Derived headwords

الحفيسأadjective
  1. 1.
    short, ill-formedclassical

    Describing a man who is short and ignoble in his physical creation or disposition.

Parallel reading

الحفيسأ، كسميدع: القصير اللئيم الخلقة من الرجال
Al-ḥafisā', like samīd'a: the short, ignoble in creation, of men.
قاله ابن السكيت
Ibn al-Sikkīt said it.
وهو الفاربي
And he is al-Fārābī.
وقد تفنن في العبارة
And he was elaborate in his phrasing.
في إيراده في ح ف س
in his mentioning it under (the root) ḥ-f-s.
وقد ذكره المصنف هناك من غير تنبيه عليه
And the author mentioned it there without drawing attention to it.
وهو عجيب منه
And that is strange from him.