حريص

See also: حریص

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ر ص (ḥ-r-ṣ).

Adjective

حَرِيص • (ḥarīṣ) (feminine حَرِيصَة (ḥarīṣa), masculine plural حِرَاص (ḥirāṣ) or حُرَصَاء (ḥuraṣāʔ), feminine plural حِرَاص (ḥirāṣ) or حَرَائِص (ḥarāʔiṣ), elative أَحْرَص (ʔaḥraṣ))

1. eager, greedy, covetous
2. careful, fearful, prudent
3. compassionate
4. torn (of a garment)

Declension

Declension of adjective حَرِيص (ḥarīṣ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَرِيص ḥarīṣ	الْحَرِيص al-ḥarīṣ	حَرِيصَة ḥarīṣa	الْحَرِيصَة al-ḥarīṣa
Nominative	حَرِيصٌ ḥarīṣun	الْحَرِيصُ al-ḥarīṣu	حَرِيصَةٌ ḥarīṣatun	الْحَرِيصَةُ al-ḥarīṣatu
Accusative	حَرِيصًا ḥarīṣan	الْحَرِيصَ al-ḥarīṣa	حَرِيصَةً ḥarīṣatan	الْحَرِيصَةَ al-ḥarīṣata
Genitive	حَرِيصٍ ḥarīṣin	الْحَرِيصِ al-ḥarīṣi	حَرِيصَةٍ ḥarīṣatin	الْحَرِيصَةِ al-ḥarīṣati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَرِيصَيْن ḥarīṣayn	الْحَرِيصَيْن al-ḥarīṣayn	حَرِيصَتَيْن ḥarīṣatayn	الْحَرِيصَتَيْن al-ḥarīṣatayn
Nominative	حَرِيصَانِ ḥarīṣāni	الْحَرِيصَانِ al-ḥarīṣāni	حَرِيصَتَانِ ḥarīṣatāni	الْحَرِيصَتَانِ al-ḥarīṣatāni
Accusative	حَرِيصَيْنِ ḥarīṣayni	الْحَرِيصَيْنِ al-ḥarīṣayni	حَرِيصَتَيْنِ ḥarīṣatayni	الْحَرِيصَتَيْنِ al-ḥarīṣatayni
Genitive	حَرِيصَيْنِ ḥarīṣayni	الْحَرِيصَيْنِ al-ḥarīṣayni	حَرِيصَتَيْنِ ḥarīṣatayni	الْحَرِيصَتَيْنِ al-ḥarīṣatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote		basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حِرَاص‎; حُرَصَاء ḥirāṣ‎; ḥuraṣāʔ	الْحِرَاص‎; الْحُرَصَاء al-ḥirāṣ‎; al-ḥuraṣāʔ	حِرَاص‎; حَرَائِص ḥirāṣ‎; ḥarāʔiṣ	الْحِرَاص‎; الْحَرَائِص al-ḥirāṣ‎; al-ḥarāʔiṣ
Nominative	حِرَاصٌ‎; حُرَصَاءُ ḥirāṣun‎; ḥuraṣāʔu	الْحِرَاصُ‎; الْحُرَصَاءُ al-ḥirāṣu‎; al-ḥuraṣāʔu	حِرَاصٌ‎; حَرَائِصُ ḥirāṣun‎; ḥarāʔiṣu	الْحِرَاصُ‎; الْحَرَائِصُ al-ḥirāṣu‎; al-ḥarāʔiṣu
Accusative	حِرَاصًا‎; حُرَصَاءَ ḥirāṣan‎; ḥuraṣāʔa	الْحِرَاصَ‎; الْحُرَصَاءَ al-ḥirāṣa‎; al-ḥuraṣāʔa	حِرَاصًا‎; حَرَائِصَ ḥirāṣan‎; ḥarāʔiṣa	الْحِرَاصَ‎; الْحَرَائِصَ al-ḥirāṣa‎; al-ḥarāʔiṣa
Genitive	حِرَاصٍ‎; حُرَصَاءَ ḥirāṣin‎; ḥuraṣāʔa	الْحِرَاصِ‎; الْحُرَصَاءِ al-ḥirāṣi‎; al-ḥuraṣāʔi	حِرَاصٍ‎; حَرَائِصَ ḥirāṣin‎; ḥarāʔiṣa	الْحِرَاصِ‎; الْحَرَائِصِ al-ḥirāṣi‎; al-ḥarāʔiṣi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حريص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حريص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen