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عملص

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something intensely difficult, arduous, or exhausting. The derived terms relate to a state of being severely tired or a difficult, inescapable situation.

Derived headwords

عَمَلِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    arduous, difficultclassical

    Describing something that is intensely difficult, arduous, or exhausting.

عِلْمِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    arduous, difficultclassical

    Describing something that is intensely difficult, arduous, or exhausting. This is a variant pronunciation of عَمَلِيص.

Parallel reading

قرب عمليص، وعلميص، بكسر العين فيهما، بمعنى واحد
Qarib 'amalīṣ and 'ilmīṣ, with a kasra on the 'ayn in both, have one meaning.
أي شديد متعب
Meaning intensely difficult and tiring.
ما إن لهم بالدو من محيص ... سوى نجاء القرب العمليص
They have no escape in the desert... except the escape of the arduous difficulty.
وقد تقدم عن الأزهري أن تقديم الميم على اللام أصح
And it has been previously stated by Al-Azharī that placing the mīm before the lām is more correct.