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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes qualities of strength, speed, and endurance, often applied to animals like wolves and hunting dogs, or to inanimate objects like bows. It also extends to human attributes of prowess, generosity, and even deficiency.

Derived headwords

العَمَلَّسadjective

1.
Strong and fast travelerboth
Possessing strength and the ability to travel at a rapid pace, enduring long journeys.
2.
Wily wolfclassical
Describing a wolf as cunning, malicious, or treacherous.
3.
Wily hunting dogclassical
Referring to a hunting dog that is cunning or particularly effective.
4.
Generousclassical
Characterized by great generosity or bounty.
5.
Deficientclassical
Lacking or incomplete in some quality.

عَمَلَّسadjective

1.
Strong and fast travelerboth
Possessing strength and the ability to travel at a rapid pace, enduring long journeys.
2.
Wily wolfclassical
Describing a wolf as cunning, malicious, or treacherous.
3.
Wily hunting dogclassical
Referring to a hunting dog that is cunning or particularly effective.
4.
Generousclassical
Characterized by great generosity or bounty.
5.
Deficientclassical
Lacking or incomplete in some quality.

عَمَلَّسname

1.
Name of a manclassical
A proper name for a man known for his piety towards his mother.

العَمَلَّسnoun

1.
Wolfclassical
A term for a cunning or malicious wolf.
2.
Hunting dogclassical
A term for a cunning hunting dog.

سَمْلَعnoun

1.
Wolfclassical
A term for a cunning or malicious wolf, derived from 'عملس' by inversion.

العَمَلَّسَةnoun

1.
Speedclassical
The quality of being fast or rapid.

قوسٌ عَمَلَّسَةadjective

1.
Swift-shooting bowclassical
A bow that is strong and shoots arrows quickly and effectively.

العَمَلُّوسَةadjective

1.
Swift-shooting bowclassical
Describing a bow as strong and fast in shooting arrows.

Parallel reading

العملس، بفتح العين والميم، واللام المشددة: القوي على السير السريع

Al-'amals, with fath on the 'ayn and mim, and a shadda on the lam: the strong one on fast travel.

كعمرس، بالراء، عن أبي عمر و، قاله الجوهري

Like 'amras, with ra, from Abu 'Amr, said Al-Jawhari.

وأنشد: (عملس أسفار إذا استقبلت له ... سموم كحر النار لم يتلثم)

And he recited: ('Amals, a traveler of journeys, when faced with... winds like the heat of fire, it does not cover itself).

وفي التهذيب: القوي الشديد على السفر، السريع

And in Al-Tahdhib: The strong, severe one on travel, the fast one.

والعملط مثله

And Al-'amalṭ is similar.

والعملس: الذئب الخبيث، عن الليث

And Al-'amals: the malicious wolf, from Al-Layth.

وكذلك سملع، مقلوبه

And likewise Simal'a, its inversion.

والعملس: كلب الصيد الخبيث

And Al-'amals: the malicious hunting dog.

قال الطرماح يصف كلاب الصيد: (يوزع بالأمراس كل عملس ... من المطعمات الصيد غير الشواحن)

Al-Tirimmah said, describing hunting dogs: (He restrains with ropes every cunning one... from those that feed on prey, not those that are hesitant).

وهو على التشبيه

And it is by way of simile.

والعملس: اسم رجل كان برا بأمه

And Al-'amals: the name of a man who was pious to his mother.

ويقال: إنه كان يحج بها على ظهره، ومنه المثل: هو أبر من العملس

And it is said: He used to perform Hajj with her on his back, and from this is the proverb: He is more pious than Al-'amals.

والعملوسة، بالضم، من نعت القوس الشديدة السريعة السهم، عن ابن عباد

And Al-'amalūsa, with damma, is a description of a strong, fast-shooting bow, from Ibn 'Abbad.

وإن صح ما قاله فإن قولهم: قوس عملسة: محمول على المجاز

And if what he said is correct, then their saying: a swift bow, is to be understood metaphorically.

والعملسة: السرعة، عن ابن دريد

And Al-'amalsa: speed, from Ibn Durayd.

قيل: ومنه قيل للذئب: عملس

It is said: And from this, the wolf is called 'amals.

والعملس: الجميل

And Al-'amals: the beautiful.

والعملس: الناقص، قاله الأزهري وغيره

And Al-'amals: the deficient, said Al-Azhari and others.