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

1. (obsolete) calcined copper

   Synonyms: نُحَاس مُحَرَّق (nuḥās muḥarraq), رُوسَخْتَج (rūsaḵtaj), رَاسُخْت (rāsuḵt)

2. (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
	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