حلقوس
Arabic
Alternative forms
- حَلْقُوص (ḥalqūṣ), حَرْقُوس (ḥarqūs), حَرْقُوص (ḥarqūṣ)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”). The cosmetic and the art of its application are vulgarly claimed to be of Punic substrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħal.quːs/
Noun
حَلْقُوس • (ḥalqūs) m
- (obsolete) calcined copper
- Synonyms: نُحَاس مُحَرَّق (nuḥās muḥarraq), رُوسَخْتَج (rūsaḵtaj), رَاسُخْت (rāsuḵt)
- (current and frequent in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) a pigment for art on the human skin composed of henna, siwak, cloves, gallnut, incense, orpiment, ferrous oxide cooked together in a pot of clay or copper
Declension
Declension of noun حَلْقُوس (ḥalqūs)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | حَلْقُوس ḥalqūs | الْحَلْقُوس al-ḥalqūs | حَلْقُوس ḥalqūs |
Nominative | حَلْقُوسٌ ḥalqūsun | الْحَلْقُوسُ al-ḥalqūsu | حَلْقُوسُ ḥalqūsu |
Accusative | حَلْقُوسًا ḥalqūsan | الْحَلْقُوسَ al-ḥalqūsa | حَلْقُوسَ ḥalqūsa |
Genitive | حَلْقُوسٍ ḥalqūsin | الْحَلْقُوسِ al-ḥalqūsi | حَلْقُوسِ ḥalqūsi |
Descendants
- → French: harkous, harqous