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هنبص

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe states of weakness, insignificance, or being of poor quality. It also relates to laughter, specifically loud or excessive laughter, and a large belly.

Derived headwords

الهِنْبَصnoun
  1. 1.
    Weak, insignificant personclassical

    A person who is weak, insignificant, or of poor quality.

الهِنْبَصnoun
  1. 1.
    Large-bellied personclassical

    A person characterized by a large belly.

الهِنْبَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Loud laughterclassical

    Loud or high-pitched laughter.

  2. 2.
    Suppressed laughterclassical

    A more subdued or hidden form of laughter.

هَنَبَصَverb
  1. 1.
    To laugh loudlyclassical

    To laugh loudly or excessively.

Parallel reading

الهنبص بالكسر، أهمله الجوهري.
Al-hinbaṣ (with kasra), Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن عباد: هو الضعيف الحقير الرديء، كما في العباب.
And Ibn 'Abbad said: It is the weak, the insignificant, the bad, as in Al-'Abab.
الهنبص، كقنفذ: العظيم البطن، هنا ذكره ابن عباد، وهو بالضاد كما سيأتي.
Al-hinbaṣ, like qunfudh: the large-bellied. Ibn 'Abbad mentioned it here, and it is with ḍād as will come later.
في رباعي التهذيب عن أبي عمر و: الهنبصة: الضحك العالي.
In the quadriliteral section of Al-Tahdhib, from Abu 'Amr: Al-hinbaṣah: loud laughter.
ويقال: هو أخفى الضحك، كما نقله ابن القطاع، وقد هنبص الرجل.
And it is said: it is a more hidden laughter, as narrated by Ibn Al-Qaṭṭā', and the man laughed.
وقيل: إن النون زائدة، وهو من هبص الرجل بالضحك: إذا بالغ فيه، كما تقدم، وسيأتي أيضا في الضاد
And it is said: the 'nūn' is extra, and it is from habaṣa the man with laughter: if he exaggerated in it, as mentioned before, and it will also come in ḍād.