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ح ر ق ص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes small, biting insects, often compared to fleas or ticks, that can cause irritation and pain. It also extends to describe a small, hard object, a type of seed, and metaphorically, a quick or jerky movement in walking or speech.

Derived headwords

الحُرْقُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    small biting insectboth

    A small insect resembling a flea or tick, sometimes with wings, known for biting and causing irritation.

  2. 2.
    seed of a green dateclassical

    The hard pit or stone of a green, unripe date.

الحَرَاقِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    small biting insectsboth

    Plural of حرقوص, referring to multiple small, irritating insects.

حَرْقُوصname
  1. 1.
    personal nameclassical

    A male given name, appearing in historical figures like Huruqqus ibn Mazin and Huruqqus ibn Zuhayr.

الحُرْقُصِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    small insectclassical

    Referring to a small insect, likely synonymous with حرقوص.

الحَرْقَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    jerky movementclassical

    A quick, short, or jerky gait in walking, or a similar mannerism in speech.

  2. 2.
    noble mareclassical

    A term for a distinguished or noble female horse.

مُحَرْقَصadjective
  1. 1.
    close-knitclassical

    Describing something, like weaving or stitching, that is done closely or tightly together.

الحُرْقُصَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    small insectclassical

    A type of small insect, possibly the same as الحرقصي.

Parallel reading

دويبة كالبرغوث، ربما نبت له جناحان فطار
A small insect like a flea, sometimes it grows wings and flies.
هي فوق البرغوث
It is larger than a flea.
هي دويبة مجزعة حمتها كحمة الزنبور تشبه بها السياط
It is a striped insect whose sting is like the sting of a wasp, resembling whips.
هي دويبة صغيرة كالقراد تلصق بالناس
It is a small insect like a tick that clings to people.
مثل الحراقيص على الحمار
Like the harāqīṣ on a donkey.
هني مثل الحصاة صغير أسيد أريقط بحمرة وصفرة، ولونه الغالب عليه السواد
A small, hard thing like a pebble, reddish-yellow, with black being its dominant color.
يجتمع ويتلج تحت الأناسي. وفي أرفاغهم، ويعضهم، ويشقق الأسقية
It gathers and crawls under people, in their armpits, bites them, and pierces water skins.
دويبة صغيرة تنقب الأساقي وتقرضها
A small insect that bores into and gnaws water skins.
سود منقطة ببياض
Black, dotted with white.
ما لقى البيض من الحرقوص من مارد لص من اللصوص
What the virgin girl encounters from the harqūṣ, a giant thief among thieves.
يدخل في فرج الجارية البكر
It enters the private part of a virgin girl.
ولهذا يسمى عاشق الأبكار
And for this reason, it is called the lover of virgins.
الحرقوص: نواة البسرة الخضراء
The harqūṣ: the pit of a green date.
افتتح حرقوص سوق الأهواز
Huruqqus conquered the market of Ahwaz.
الحرقصة: فعل اللقاعة بالكلام، يحرقص الكلام والمشي، وهي مقاربة الخطا
Al-harqaṣah: the action of a chatterer in speech; speech and walking are harqaṣah, which is a short gait.
نسج محرقص، كمدحرج، متقارب
A muḥarqas weave, like mudarraj, close-knit.
أخذته الحراقيص
The harāqīṣ afflicted him.
لدغته الحراقيص فأخذته الأراقيص
The harāqīṣ stung him, and the arāqīṣ seized him.