فَلَنْقَسٌ
Root: فلقس
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فَلَنْقَسٌ
One whose mother is Arab, but not his father: or one whose father is such as is termed
مَوْلًى [i. e. a freedman under the patronage of his emancipator], and whose mother is Arab; thus says A'Obeyd, and thus Sh: or one whose father and mother are Arabs, and whose two grandmothers are slaves; thus accord. to AZ and AHeyth and ISk, and this is [said to be] the right explanation: or one whose father is a
مولى [expl. above], and his mother the like, i. e. a
مَوْلَاة; thus accord. to Abu-lGhowth.
2 Also, and فَلْقَسٌ , Niggardly, or a niggard; and vile, or ignoble.
2 Also, and فَلْقَسٌ , Niggardly, or a niggard; and vile, or ignoble.
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