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همص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to consuming or destroying something, possibly with violence or force. It also has a specific meaning related to a remnant on a camel's hindquarters.

Derived headwords

همصverb
  1. 1.
    to eat it upclassical

    To consume something entirely, as if eating it.

  2. 2.
    to neglect itclassical

    To disregard or pay no attention to something.

يهمصverb
  1. 1.
    he eats it upclassical

    Present tense verb indicating the act of consuming something entirely.

همصاnoun
  1. 1.
    eating upclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of consuming something entirely.

همصverb
  1. 1.
    to strike downclassical

    To physically overpower and bring someone down.

  2. 2.
    to killclassical

    To cause the death of someone.

اهتمصهverb
  1. 1.
    he killed himclassical

    Past tense verb indicating the act of killing someone, possibly with force.

مهموص الفؤادadjective
  1. 1.
    crushed of heartclassical

    Describing someone whose heart is broken or severely distressed.

الهمصةnoun
  1. 1.
    remnantclassical

    A trace or mark that remains from a previous injury or condition, specifically on the hindquarters of a camel.

Parallel reading

همص لحمه يهمصه همصا
He consumed his flesh, consuming it a consuming.
أي أكله
Meaning: he ate it.
همص فلانا: إذا صرعه وعلاه
To strike someone down: if you throw him down and overpower him.
وقيل: همصه، إذا قتله
And it was said: he killed him, if he killed him.
كاهتمصه، في الكل، عن الخارزنجي
Like he killed him, in all of it, from Al-Kharazangi.
ورجل مهموص الفؤاد، أي مضغوثه
And a man crushed of heart, meaning his heart is crushed.
الهمصة: هنة تبقى من الدبرة في غابر البعير
The remnant: a thing that remains from a sore in the hindquarters of a camel.