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ه ق ل س

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes negative character traits, specifically being ill-mannered or ill-tempered. It is also used to denote wild animals, particularly canids like wolves and foxes, often with a connotation of their appearance or behavior.

Derived headwords

الهِقْلِسnoun
  1. 1.
    ill-mannered personclassical

    A person of bad character or disposition.

  2. 2.
    wolfclassical

    A wolf, specifically mentioned in the context of a water source.

  3. 3.
    foxclassical

    A fox.

عَمَلَّسadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-manneredclassical

    Describing someone as ill-mannered or of bad character.

كِزْبَرَّجadjective
  1. 1.
    well-formedclassical

    Describing something as well-formed or well-structured, used here in contrast to the negative connotation of 'hiqles'.

الهِقَالِسnoun
  1. 1.
    wolvesclassical

    Wolves, specifically those with a grayish color.

  2. 2.
    foxesclassical

    Foxes.

الهِجَارِسnoun
  1. 1.
    foxesclassical

    Foxes, mentioned as synonymous with 'hiqalis'.

Parallel reading

الهقلس، كعملس: السيئ الخلق
Al-hiqles, like 'amalasa: the ill-mannered.
نقله الصاغاني عن ابن عباد، ولكن ضبطه كزبرج مجودا
Al-Saghani transmitted it from Ibn 'Abbad, but he vocalized it as 'kizbaraj' in a well-formed manner.
وفي العباب: الهقلس، كعملس: الذئب
And in Al-'Abab: Al-hiqles, like 'amalasa: the wolf.
وتسمع أصوات الفراعل حوله ... يعاوين أولاد الذئاب الهقالسا
And you hear the sounds of the hyenas around it... calling for the wolf cubs, the hqalis.
يعني حول الماء الذي ورده.
Meaning around the water that it (the wolf) approached.
وقال ابن عباد: الهقالس: الذئاب التي في لونها غبرة
And Ibn 'Abbad said: Al-hiqalis: the wolves that have a grayish color.
واحدها هقلس، بالكسر.
Its singular is hiqles, with a kasra.
والهقلس الثعلب، ج: هقالس
And al-hiqles is the fox, plural: hqalis.
وكذلك الهجارس، عن المفضل.
And likewise al-hajaris, from Al-Mufaddal.