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بلعس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes large, heavy, and sluggish animals, particularly camels. It extends to describe a foolish or slow-witted woman by analogy with these animals.

Derived headwords

البِلْعَسnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, sluggish she-camelclassical

    A large, heavy, flabby, and fleshy she-camel, characterized by its sluggishness.

الدِّلْعَسnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, sluggish she-camelclassical

    An alternative term for a large, heavy, and sluggish she-camel.

الدِّلْعَكnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, sluggish she-camelclassical

    Another alternative term for a large, heavy, and sluggish she-camel.

البِلْعُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolish womanclassical

    A foolish woman, likened by analogy to the heavy and sluggish she-camel.

Parallel reading

البلعس، كجعفر: الناقة الضخمة المسترخية المتبجبجة اللحم الثقيلة
Al-bil'as, like Ja'far: the huge, relaxed, fleshy, and heavy she-camel.
وهي أيضا: الدلعس والدلعك
And it is also: ad-dil'as and ad-dil'ak.
قال ابن عباد: البلعوس، كجردحل وحلزون: المرأة الحمقاء
Ibn 'Abbad said: Al-bil'aus, like jardahal and halazun: the foolish woman.
كأنه على التشبيه بالناقة المسترخية الثقيلة
As if it is by analogy with the relaxed, heavy she-camel.
فإن البلعوس لغة في البلعس، كنظائره، كما سيأتي
For al-bil'aus is a dialectal variant of al-bil'as, like its parallels, as will be discussed later.