ب ل س
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Sometimes theorized to be a denominal root from إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs), from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “devil, accuser, slanderer”).
Root edit
ب ل س • (b-l-s)
- related to despairing (of God's mercy)
Derived terms edit
- Form I: بَلَسَ (balasa)
- Form II: بَلَّسَ (ballasa)
- Form IV: أَبْلَسَ (ʔablasa)
- 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 (ʔiblīs, “demon”)
- إِبْلِيسِيّ (ʔiblīsiyy, “demonic”)