ع ب ق س

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily denote small creatures or insects, and also relates to terms for a person of mixed or foreign heritage, or someone with a specific lineage. It can also describe a person's disposition or a notable event.

Derived headwords

العَبْقَسُnoun

1.
small creatureclassical
A small, crawling creature or insect.

العَبْقُوسُnoun

1.
small creatureclassical
A small, crawling creature or insect, similar to العبقس.

العَبْقَصُnoun

1.
small creatureclassical
A small, crawling creature or insect, similar to العبقس.

العَبْقُوصُnoun

1.
small creatureclassical
A small, crawling creature or insect, similar to العبقس.

العَبَنْقَسُnoun

1.
ill-tempered personclassical
A person of bad character or disposition.

العَبَنْقَسُadjective

1.
tall and slender manclassical
A tall, soft, and slender man.

شوق العذارى العارم العبنقسا — The longing of virgins, the overwhelming, the tall and slender one.

العَبَنْقَسُnoun

1.
person with foreign grandparentsclassical
A person whose paternal and maternal grandparents were non-Arabs.

العَقْنَبِسُnoun

1.
person with foreign grandparentsclassical
A person whose paternal and maternal grandparents were non-Arabs; synonymous with العبنقس.

الفَلَنْقَسُnoun

1.
person with foreign wifeclassical
A person whose paternal and maternal grandparents were non-Arabs, and whose wife is also non-Arab.

العَبْقَسِيُّadjective

1.
نسب to Abd al-Qaysclassical
A nisba (adjectival suffix) indicating relation to the famous tribe of Abd al-Qays.

العَبَنْقَسَاءُnoun

1.
active manclassical
A man who is energetic and active.

العَبْقِيسُnoun

1.
remnants of thingsclassical
The remnants or residues of things, similar to عقابيل.

عَبْقَسُnoun

1.
name of a calamityclassical
A name used for a severe calamity or disaster.

Parallel reading

العَبْقَسُ والعبقوس كجعفر وعصفور: دويبة

Al-'abqas and al-'abqūs, like Ja'far and 'uṣfūr: a small creature.

وكذلك العبقص والعبقوص، بالصاد.

And likewise al-'abqaṣ and al-'abqūṣ, with ṣād.

والعبنقس، كسفرجل: السيئ الخلق.

And al-'abnaqis, like safarjal: the ill-tempered.

وأيضا: الناعم الطويل من الرجال، قال رؤبة: شوق العذارى العارم العبنقسا.

And also: the soft, tall man. Ru'ba said: The longing of virgins, the overwhelming, the tall and slender one.

والعبنقس: الذي جدتاه من قبل أبويه أعجميتان، كالعقنبس، وقد قيل: إنه بالفاء، كما تقدم.

And al-'abnaqis: he whose two grandmothers from his parents' side were non-Arabs, like al-'aqnabis. It has been said that it is with fā', as previously mentioned.

وقال ابن السكيت: هوا لذي جدتاه من قبل أمه وأبيه أعجميتان، وامرأته أعجمية، والفلنقس: الذي هو عربي لعربيتين، وجدتاه من قبل أبويه أمتان، وامرأته عربية.

And Ibn al-Sikkīt said: He whose two grandmothers from his mother's and father's side were non-Arabs, and his wife is non-Arab. And al-filnaqis: he who is Arab for two Arabisms (i.e., lineage), and his two grandmothers from his parents' side were slave women, and his wife is Arab.

والعبقسي: نسبة إلى عبد القيس القبيلة المشهورة، كالعبدري: إلى عبد الدار، ويقال أيا: العبدي، وقد تقدم في ع ب د.

And al-'abqasī: a nisba to Abd al-Qays, the famous tribe, like al-'abdari: to Abd Dār. It is also said: al-'abdī, and it has preceded in 'a b d.

والعبنقساء: الرجل النشيط، فيما يقال، كما في العباب:

And al-'abnaqasā': the energetic man, as it is said, as in al-'Abbāb:

والعبقيس: بقايا عقب الأشياء، كالعقابيل، نقله الصاغاني عن ابن عباد، وسيأتي في عقبس

And al-'abqīs: the remnants of the end of things, like al-'aqābīl. Al-Sāghānī transmitted this from Ibn 'Abbād, and it will come in 'a q b s.

وقال غيره: يجوز أن تكون السين بدلا من اللام.

And others said: It is permissible for the sīn to be a substitute for the lām.

عبقس: من أسماء الداهية، نقله صاحب اللسان.

'Abqas: among the names of a calamity. The author of al-Lisān transmitted this.