ف ل ق س

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses terms related to lineage and social status, specifically the offspring of mixed parentage, often with connotations of being of lower social standing or of mixed heritage. It also touches upon negative character traits like stinginess and baseness.

Derived headwords

الفِلَنْقَسnoun

1.
Offspring of mixed parentageclassical
A person whose father is a freedman (مولى) and mother is an Arab slave woman, or whose parents are Arabs but both grandmothers are slave women. It can also refer to someone whose grandmothers on both sides are slave women, and whose mother is Arab.
2.
Stingy, base personclassical
A stingy and bad person, or a base and ignoble person.

العَبَنْقَسnoun

1.
Offspring of mixed parentageclassical
A person whose grandmothers on the mother's side are non-Arabs (عجميتان) and whose wife is also non-Arab.

الهَجِينnoun

1.
Offspring of mixed parentageclassical
A person whose father is a freedman (عتيق) and mother is a freedwoman (مولاة).

المُقْرِفnoun

1.
Offspring of mixed parentageclassical
A person whose father is a freedman (مولى) and mother is not.

الفَلْقَسnoun

1.
Stingy, base personclassical
A stingy and bad person, or a base and ignoble person.

Parallel reading

الفِلَنْقَس، كَسَمَنْدَل: مَنْ أَبُوهُ مُولَى وَأَمَةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ.

The Filanqas, like Samandal: is one whose father is a freedman and mother is an Arab slave woman.

أَو أَبَوَاهُ عَرَبِيَّانِ وَجَدَّتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَبَوَيْهِ أَمَتَانِ.

Or his parents are Arabs and his grandmothers from his parents' side are slave women.

وَالعَبَنْقَس: الَّذِي جَدَّتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّهِ عَجَمِيَّتَانِ وَامْرَأَتُهُ، كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ.

And the Abanqas: is he whose grandmothers from his mother's side are non-Arabs and his wife, as previously mentioned.

أَوْ أُمُّهُ عَرَبِيَّةٌ لَا أَبُوهُ.

Or his mother is Arab, not his father.

وَهُوَ بِعَيْنِهِ قَوْلُ اللَّيْثِ وَشَمِرٍ الَّذِي صَدَّرَ بِهِ.

And it is exactly the saying of Al-Layth and Shamir with which he began.

أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا مُولَى وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي الغَوْثِ.

Or both of them are freedmen, and this is the saying of Abu al-Ghawth.

وَالهَجِينُ الَّذِي أَبُوهُ عَتِيقٌ وَأُمُّهُ مُولَاةٌ.

And the Hajin is he whose father is a freedman and mother is a freedwoman.

وَالمُقْرِفُ: الَّذِي أَبُوهُ مُولَى وَأُمُّهُ لَيْسَتْ كَذَلِكَ.

And the Muqrif: is he whose father is a freedman and his mother is not so.

وَقَالَ ثَعْلَبٌ: الحُرُّ: ابْنُ عَرَبِيَّتَيْنِ، وَالفِلَنْقَسُ: ابْنُ عَرَبِيَّيْنِ لِأَمَتَيْنِ وَجَدَّتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَبَوَيْهِ أَمَتَانِ وَأُمُّهُ عَرَبِيٌّ.

And Tha'lab said: The Hurr: is the son of two Arab women, and the Filanqas: is the son of two Arab men from two slave women, and his grandmothers from his parents' side are slave women, and his mother is Arab.

وَأَنْكَرَ أَبُو الهَيْثَمِ مَا قَالَهُ شَمِرٌ.

And Abu al-Haytham denied what Shamir said.

وَالقَوْلُ مَا قَالَهُ أَوْ زَيْدٌ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ السِّكِّيتِ الَّذِي تَقَدَّمَ.

And the correct view is what Abu Zayd said, and it is the saying of Al-Sikkit which was previously mentioned.

وَقَدْ خَالَفَهُم أَبُو الغَوْثِ.

And Abu al-Ghawth differed from them.

وَالفِلَنْقَسُ: البَخِيلُ الرَّدِيءُ، كَالفَلْقَسِ، كَجَعْفَرٍ وَهُوَ اللَّئِيمُ أَيْضًا.

And the Filanqas: is the stingy, bad one, like the Falqas, like Ja'far, and he is also the ignoble one.