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عمص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific types of food or substances, possibly with a sour or viscous quality. It also has a less common usage referring to a difficult or intense day.

Derived headwords

العَمَصnoun
  1. 1.
    sour food loverclassical

    Someone who is fond of eating sour things.

  2. 2.
    type of foodclassical

    A type of food, the exact nature of which is unclear.

العامِصnoun
  1. 1.
    sour substanceclassical

    A sour substance, possibly referring to a viscous liquid.

الآمصnoun
  1. 1.
    sour substanceclassical

    A sour substance, likely a variant of العامص.

العامِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    sour substanceclassical

    A sour substance, likely a variant of العامص.

الآمِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    sour substanceclassical

    A sour substance, likely a variant of الآمص.

عاموصname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name near Bethlehem in the vicinity of Jerusalem, of Hebrew origin.

Parallel reading

هو المولع بأكل الحامض
He is fond of eating sour things.
وهو الهلام
And it is jelly.
يوم عماص كعماس، بالسين، أي شديد
A day of 'ammas like 'ammas, with a sin, meaning intense.
العَمَص، ذكره الخليل فزعم أنه ضرب من الطعام
Al-'amas, Al-Khalil mentioned it, claiming it is a type of food.
ولا أقف على حقيقته
And I cannot ascertain its reality.
والعامص: الآمص
And al-'amis: al-amas.
تقول: عمصت العامص، وأمصت الآمص
You say: 'amastu al-'amis, and 'amastu al-amas.
وهي كلمة على أفواه العامة، وليست بدوية، يريدون الخاميز
And it is a word on the tongues of the common people, not of the desert dwellers, they mean 'khamiz' (sour).
وقد أعرب على العامص والآمص
And it has been Arabized as al-'amis and al-amas.
وكذا العاميص والآميص
And likewise al-'amiyis and al-amiyis.
عاموص: د، قرب بيت لحم من نواحي بيت المقدس، وهي كلمة عبرانية
'Amus: a place, near Bethlehem in the vicinity of Jerusalem, and it is a Hebrew word.