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حمقس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to severe hardships and treacherous situations. It also encompasses the concept of being deceitful or malicious, though this usage is noted as rare or omitted by some lexicographers.

Derived headwords

الحماقيسnoun
  1. 1.
    Hardships and calamitiesclassical

    Severe difficulties, trials, and disastrous events.

التحمقسverb
  1. 1.
    To be deceitfulclassical

    To act with malice, treachery, or cunning; to be corrupt or wicked.

Parallel reading

الحماقيس: الشدائد والدواهي.
Al-Hamaqis: hardships and calamities.
والتحمقس: التخبث،
And al-tahamaqus: to be deceitful/malicious,
أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني هنا وصاحب اللسان،
Al-Jawhari, Al-Sagani, and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it here,
وأورده المصنف،
and the author (of the dictionary) included it,
وهو في العباب هكذا عن أبي عمرو،
and it is in Al-Abab thus, from Abu Amr,
ولم يذكر له واحدا،
and he did not mention a singular form for it,
والقياس أن يكون حمقوسا أو حمقاسا،
and by analogy it should be hamqūs or hamqās,
فلينظر.
so it should be examined.