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ه ل ق س

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intense hunger and, by extension, physical robustness and strength. It also includes a geographical name.

Derived headwords

الهِلْقِسnoun
  1. 1.
    intense hungerclassical

    A severe state of hunger, described as extreme.

  2. 2.
    strong personclassical

    A robust and powerful individual.

  3. 3.
    corpulent personclassical

    A person with a lot of flesh; stout or fleshy.

هِلْقِسadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely hungryclassical

    Describing a state of extreme hunger.

  2. 2.
    strongclassical

    Possessing great physical strength or robustness.

بعير هلقس — a strong camel
هيلاقوسname
  1. 1.
    city in Greececlassical

    A city located in the lands of the Greeks.

Parallel reading

الهلقس، كجردحل، ملحق به، كما نص عليه الجوهري: الشديد من الجوع.
Al-hilqis, like jurdahal, attached to it, as stated by Al-Jawhari: the severe one from hunger.
جوع هنبغ وهنباغ وهلقس وهلقت، أي شديد.
Hunger: hanbagh, hanbagh, hilqis, and halqat, meaning severe.
وقيل: هو الشديد من غيره أيضا: يقال: بعير هلقس، أي شديد.
And it was said: it is also the severe one from other things: it is said: a hilqis camel, meaning strong.
والهلقس: الرجل الشديد، والرجل الكثير اللحم، وهذه عن ابن عباد، وأنشد الجوهري:
And al-hilqis: the strong man, and the man with much flesh, and this is from Ibn 'Abbad, and Al-Jawhari recited:
أنصب الأذنين في حد القفا ... مائل الضبعين هلقس حنق
With ears set back at the nape of the neck... with sloping shoulders, a strong, angry one.
وهيلاقوس: مدينة ببلاد اليونان. نقله ياقوت.
And Hailaqous: a city in the lands of the Greeks. Yaqut transmitted it.