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ه ر ك س

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to destruction and devastation. It describes calamities that are utterly ruinous and annihilating, suggesting a complete eradication of something.

Derived headwords

الهِرْنَكْسnoun
  1. 1.
    utterly destructive calamityclassical

    An adjective describing any destructive, annihilating calamity that completely eradicates and destroys something.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it.
هو نعت لكل جائحة مهلكة مستأصلة
It is an adjective for every destructive, uprooting calamity.
تستأصل الشيء وتهلكه
It uproots and destroys the thing.
وكأنه مأخوذ من هرس ونكس
And it is as if it is taken from (the roots) h-r-s and n-k-s.