هلبث هلبج هلت


هِلْبَاجَةٌ

هِلْبَاجَةٌ Stupid; foolish; of little sense: (Ṣ:) or one unsurpassed in stupidity, foolishness, or paucity of sense: or heavy, dull, stupid, and of little use: (TA:) or a heavy, or dull, man: (T:) as also هِلْبَاجٌ: (L:) Khalaf El-Aḥmar says, I asked an Arab of the desert respecting the meaning of هلباجة, and he said, It means a stupid, or foolish, man, or one of little sense, bulky, or corpulent, impotent in speech or actions, and heavy, or dull, or doltish, a great eater, who … who … who …, and he continued to add to his interpretation something each time; after which he said to me, desiring to depart, he is one who comprises every evil quality. (Ṣ, Ḳ.*)