ح ر ص

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense desire, greed, and eagerness for something. It extends to related concepts like covetousness, meticulousness in acquiring possessions, and even specific physical meanings like a type of wound or the inner layer of skin.

Derived headwords

الحِرْصnoun

1.
greedboth
Intense desire and covetousness for something sought after.
2.
eagernessboth
Strong will and eagerness to obtain something.

حَرِصَverb

1.
to be greedyboth
To be intensely desirous or covetous of something.
2.
to be eagerboth
To be very keen or anxious to obtain something.

حَرَّصَverb

1.
to make eagerclassical
To make someone intensely desirous or eager for something.

حَرْصverb

1.
to tearclassical
To tear or rip a garment, especially by meticulous work.
2.
to shredclassical
To shred or tear something into small pieces.

حَرْصًاnoun

1.
tearingclassical
The act of tearing or ripping, especially a garment.
2.
shreddingclassical
The act of shredding or tearing into pieces.

حَرِيصadjective

1.
greedyboth
Characterized by intense desire or covetousness.
2.
eagerboth
Very keen or anxious to obtain or achieve something.
3.
concernedboth
Showing care or concern for someone's benefit.

حُرَّصَاءadjective

1.
greedy (fem. pl.)classical
Plural form of 'greedy' for feminine subjects.

حُرَّصadjective

1.
greedy (pl.)classical
Plural form of 'greedy'.

حُرَّصَةadjective

1.
greedy (fem.)classical
Feminine form of 'greedy'.

حِرْصِيَانnoun

1.
inner skin layerclassical
The inner layer of skin, between the outer skin and the flesh, which peels off after skinning.

حَرْصَةnoun

1.
woundclassical
A type of wound, specifically a shallow cut that only splits the skin.
2.
tear in fabricclassical
A tear or rip in a piece of fabric.
3.
centerclassical
The middle or core of something.

حَارِصَةnoun

1.
cloud that peels the earthclassical
A cloud whose rain peels or affects the surface of the earth.
2.
woundclassical
A type of wound, considered the first stage of cuts.

حَارِصnoun

1.
one who tearsclassical
Someone who tears or shreds something.

مَحْرُوصadjective

1.
toilingclassical
A donkey that toils or works hard.

يَتَحَرَّصُverb

1.
to be eager forclassical
To be intensely eager or desirous for something, especially food.
2.
to strive forclassical
To exert oneself diligently to obtain something.

تَحَرَّصَverb

1.
to striveclassical
To exert oneself diligently in order to obtain something.

اِحْتَرَصَverb

1.
to be greedyclassical
To be greedy or intensely desirous.
2.
to striveclassical
To exert oneself diligently in acquiring something.

مَرْعَىً مَحْرُوسnoun phrase

1.
grazed pastureclassical
A pasture that has been grazed upon, as if peeled by grazing.

حِرْصِيّadjective

1.
related to the inner skinclassical
Pertaining to the inner layer of skin (حرصيان).

Parallel reading

والحرص، بالكسر: الجشع وهو شدة الإرادة والشره إلى المطلوب

And al-ḥirṣ, with kasra: is greed, which is intense desire and covetousness for the desired.

وقد حرص عليه كضرب وسمع

And he was greedy for it, like the verb forms 'ḍaraba' and 'sami'a'.

إن تحرص على هداهم بفتح الراء

If you are eager for their guidance (with fatḥa on the raa).

واللغة العالية حرص يحرص

And the high language is 'ḥaraṣa' yáḥriṣu.

وأما حرص يحرص فلغة رديئة

As for 'ḥaraṣa' yáḥriṣu, it is a poor dialect.

والقراء مجمعون على ولو حرصت بمؤمنين

And the reciters agree on 'wa law ḥaraṣta' (and even if you were eager) for believers.

فقيل: هو من حرص القصار الثوب، إذا قشره بدقة

So it was said: it is from the fuller tearing the garment, if he meticulously peels it.

وقال الأزهري: أصل الحرص الشق

And Al-Azharī said: the origin of al-ḥirṣ is splitting.

وقيل للشره حريص، لأنه يقشر بحرصه وجوه الناس

And the greedy person is called ḥarīṣ because he peels the faces of people with his greed.

وهو مأخوذ من السحابة الحارصة التي تقشر وجه الأرض

And it is taken from the 'ḥāriṣah' cloud which peels the face of the earth.

والحرص يتعدى بعلى، وهو المعروف

And al-ḥirṣ is transitive with 'ʿalā', which is the known usage.

ولقد حرصت بأن أدافع عنهم

And I was eager to defend them.

فهو حريص، من قوم حراص وحرصاء

So he is ḥarīṣ, from a people of ḥurrāṣ and ḥirṣā'.

وقوله تعالى حريص عليكم أي على نفعكم

And His saying, the Almighty, 'ḥarīṣun ʿalaykum' means concerned for your benefit.

ولدتجدنهم أحرص الناس على حياة

You will surely find them the most eager of people for life.

والبخيل مذموم، والحسود مرجوم، والحريص محروم

The miser is blamed, the envious is stoned, and the greedy is deprived.

فإن الحرص على الدنيا يورث النسيان

For greed for the world leads to forgetfulness.

قرن الحرص بالحرمان

Greed has been coupled with deprivation.

والحرصة، محركة: مستقر وسط كل شيء

And al-ḥarṣah, with haraka: is the resting place in the middle of everything.

والحرصة كالعرصة، إلا أن الحرصة مستقر وسط كل شيء

And al-ḥarṣah is like al-ʿarṣah, except that al-ḥarṣah is the resting place in the middle of everything.

والحارصة: السحابة التي تقشر وجه الأرض بمطرها

And al-ḥāriṣah: is the cloud that peels the face of the earth with its rain.

ظلم البطاح له انهلال حريصة

The darkness of the plains has a heavy downpour like a ḥarīṣah.

والحارصة: الشجة، قيل: هي أول الشجاج، وهي التي تشق الجلد قليلا

And al-ḥāriṣah: is a wound, it is said to be the first of wounds, and it is that which splits the skin slightly.

والحرص: الشق، وثوب حريص، يقال: حرص القصار الثوب يحرصه حرصا، أي خرقه

And al-ḥirṣ: is the tear, and a torn garment; it is said: the fuller tore the garment, he tore it with ḥarṣan, meaning he ripped it.

والحرصة، بالفتح: تفرق الشخب في الإناء لاتساع خرق في الطبي من جرح

And al-ḥarṣah, with fatḥa: is the scattering of milk in the vessel due to the widening of a hole in the udder from a wound.

والحرصيان بالكسر: باطن جلد البطن

And al-ḥirṣiyān, with kasra: is the inner skin of the belly.

هي الظلمات ثلاث هي الحرصيان والغرس والبطن

They are the three darknesses: al-ḥirṣiyān, al-ghars, and the belly.

وقيل بل عنى به الحرصيان والرحم والسابياء

And it was said that it meant al-ḥirṣiyān, the womb, and the fetus.

والحرصيان: باطن جلد الفيل

And al-ḥirṣiyān: is the inner skin of the elephant.

وهي قشرة رقيقة بين الجلد واللحم، يقشرها القصاب بعد السلخ

And it is a thin peel between the skin and the flesh, which the butcher peels off after skinning.

وهو فعليان من الحرص، بالفتح، وهو القشر

And it is 'fiʿliyān' from al-ḥirṣ, with fatḥa, which is peeling.

حرص المرعى، كعنى: لم يترك منه شيء

The pasture was grazed, like 'ʿanā': nothing was left of it.

وأرض محروصة: مرعية مدعثرة

And a grazed land: is a pasture that has been trampled.

إنه يتحرص غداءهم وعشاءهم

He is eagerly awaiting their lunch and dinner.

احترص الرجل: حرص، وعن أبي عمرو: جهد في تحصيل شيء

A man 'iḥtaraṣa': he was greedy, and according to Abu Amr: he strove to obtain something.

والحرصة، بالفتح: الشقة في الثوب

And al-ḥarṣah, with fatḥa: is the tear in the garment.

وحمار محرص، كمعظم: مكدح

And a toiling donkey, like 'muʿaẓẓam': is one that works hard.

وقد تقدم إنشاده في ب وص

And its recitation was previously mentioned in 'bā' and 'wāw'.