ب ل س
Arabic
Etymology
Sometimes theorized to come from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “devil, accuser, slanderer”).
Root
ب ل س • (b-l-s)
- related to despairing (of God's mercy)
Derived terms
- Form I: بَلَسَ (balasa)
- Active participle: بَالِس (bālis)
- Passive participle: مَبْلُوس (mablūs)
- Form II: بَلَّسَ (ballasa)
- Verbal noun: تَبْلِيس (tablīs)
- Active participle: مُبَلِّس (muballis)
- Passive participle: مُبَلَّس (muballas)
- Form IV: أَبْلَسَ (ʾablasa)
- Verbal noun: إِبْلَاس (ʾiblās)
- Active participle: مُبْلِس (mublis)
- Passive participle: مُبْلَس (mublas)
- Form V: تَبَلَّسَ (taballasa)
- Verbal noun: تَبَلُّس (taballus)
- Active participle: مُتَبَلِّس (mutaballis)
- Form X: اِسْتَبْلَسَ (istablasa)
- Verbal noun: اِسْتِبْلَاس (istiblās)
- Active participle: مُسْتَبْلِس (mustablis)
- Nouns and adjectives
- إِبْلِيس (ʾiblīs, “demon”)
- إِبْلِيسِيّ (ʾiblīsiyy, “demonic”)