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ه ل ب س

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of companionship, familiarity, and the presence of something, often in a negative or absent sense. It also extends to terms for clothing and small, insignificant items.

Derived headwords

هِلْبِسnoun
  1. 1.
    companionclassical

    Someone or something that provides companionship or familiarity.

هِلْبِسيسnoun
  1. 1.
    companionclassical

    A person or thing with whom one feels at ease or familiar.

  2. 2.
    garmentclassical

    A piece of clothing.

  3. 3.
    trifleclassical

    A small, insignificant thing or amount.

  4. 4.
    cloudclassical

    A small amount of cloud in the sky.

هِلْبِسيسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    garmentclassical

    A piece of clothing.

  2. 2.
    jewelryclassical

    An item of adornment.

  3. 3.
    trifleclassical

    A small, insignificant thing or amount.

  4. 4.
    cloudclassical

    A small amount of cloud in the sky.

خِرْبِصيصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    jewelryclassical

    An item of adornment, often used in the negative.

Parallel reading

ما في الدار هلبس وهلبسيس
There is no one in the house to be familiar with.
أي أحد يستأنس به
Meaning anyone with whom one feels at ease.
جاء وما عليه هلبسيس وهلبسيسة
He came and had no garment on him.
ما عليها هلبسيسة ولا خربصيصة
She had no garment nor any jewelry on her.
أي شيء من الحلي
Meaning any item of jewelry.
ولا يتكلم به إلا بالنفي
And it is not used except in the negative.
الهلبسيس: الشيء اليسير
Al-hilbisīs: a small thing.
ما أصبت هلبسيسا
I did not obtain anything, not even a little.
أي شيئا يسيرا
Meaning a small amount.
ما عنده هلبسيسة، إذا لم يكن عنده شيء
He has nothing, meaning he has nothing at all.
ما في السماء هلبسيسة
There is not a speck of cloud in the sky.
أي شئ من سحاب
Meaning any amount of cloud.