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هرص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to small, numerous entities, possibly insects or skin afflictions. It also has a meaning related to water accumulation.

Derived headwords

الهرصnoun
  1. 1.
    insectsclassical

    Refers to small, crawling creatures, possibly worms or insects.

  2. 2.
    skin rashclassical

    A condition characterized by small bumps or eruptions on the skin.

هرصverb
  1. 1.
    to have a rashclassical

    To be afflicted with a skin rash or eruption.

حصفnoun
  1. 1.
    skin eruptionclassical

    A small eruption or pustule on the skin, often caused by heat.

حصبverb
  1. 1.
    to have eruptionsclassical

    For the skin to break out with small eruptions or pustules.

تهريصاnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading rashclassical

    The act or state of the body becoming covered with a rash, especially due to heat.

الهريصةnoun
  1. 1.
    water puddleclassical

    A small pool or accumulation of water.

Parallel reading

وقال الفراء: هو الدود، والدواد
Al-Farra' said: It is the worms, and the insects.
قال: وبه كني الرجل أبا دواد.
He said: And by this, a man was given the kunya Abu Duwad.
قال أيضا: الهرص: الحصف في البدن
He also said: Al-harṣ: the pustules on the body.
وقد هرص، كفرح، إذا حصب جلده.
And he had a rash, like 'farḥa', if his skin became pustulated.
وهرص تهريصا: اشتعل بدنه حصفا
And his body became covered with pustules, a spreading rash.
وهو شيء يطلع على بدن الإنسان من الحر
And it is something that appears on a person's body from the heat.
والهريصة، كسفينة: مستنقع الماء
And al-harīṣah, like 'safīnah': a puddle of water.
نقله الصاغاني عن ابن عباد.
Al-Ṣāghānī transmitted it from Ibn ʿAbbād.