حُمُقٌ
Root: حمق
Full Definition
حُمُقٌ
Foolishness, or stupidity; i. e. unsoundness in the intellect or understanding; and stagnancy, or dulness, therein; or deficiency, or defectiveness, therein; or paucity, or want, thereof; and
حُمُقٌ and
حَمَاقَةٌ signify the same: [all are said to be inf. ns.; but the last, accord. to the Msb, is a simple subst.: ] the proper and primary signification of حُمْقٌ is [said to be] the putting a thing in a wrong place, with knowledge of its being bad [to do so]. [Hence,] نَوْمَةُ الحُمْقِ
The sleep after [the period of the afternoon called] the
عَصْر; when no one sleeps except one who is intoxicated, or one who is insane, or unsound in mind. (Har p. 223. [See also خُرْقٌ and خُلُقٌ.])
2 And Deceit; or a deception.
3 [It is said that] الحُمْقُ also signifies Wine: as being a cause of حُمْق; like as wine is called إِثْمٌ as being a cause of إِثْم: but Ez-Zejjájee disallows this: and [it is also said that] signifies the same, because wine occasions حُمْق to its drinker.
2 And Deceit; or a deception.
3 [It is said that] الحُمْقُ also signifies Wine: as being a cause of حُمْق; like as wine is called إِثْمٌ as being a cause of إِثْم: but Ez-Zejjájee disallows this: and [it is also said that] signifies the same, because wine occasions حُمْق to its drinker.
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