فلقس

فَلْقَسٌ: see the following paragraph, latter sentence.

فَلَنْقَسٌ One whose mother is Arab, but not his father: (Lth, O, K:) or one whose father is such as is termed مَوْلًى [i. e. a freedman under the patronage of his emancipator], and whose mother is Arab; (S, O, K;) thus says A'Obeyd, (S, O,) and thus Sh: (TA:) or one whose father and mother are Arabs, and whose two grandmothers are slaves; (O, K;) thus accord. to Az and AHeyth (O) and ISk, and this is [said to be] the right explanation: (TA:) or one whose father is a مولى [expl. above], and his mother the like, i. e. a مَوْلَاة; (S, O, K;) thus accord. to Abu-lGhowth. (S, O.) b2: Also, (O, K,) and ↓ فَلْقَسٌ, (K,) Niggardly, or a niggard; and vile, or ignoble. (O, K. *)