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قح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

قُحَاحُ أَمْرٍ ذ The root, foundation, origin, or source, of a thing or an affair; its essence, or very essence; or what is, or constitutes, its most essential, or elementary, part; the ultimate element to which it can be reduced or resolved; its utmost point or particular; or its principal, or best, part; syn. أَصْلُهُ (Kr, L, K, TA) and فَصُّهُ (K, TA) and خَالِصُهُ. (L, K, TA.) One says, صَارَ اـِلَى قُحَاحِ الأَمْرِ He reached, or arrived at, the root, &c., of the affair. (L.) And لَقَد وَقَعْتُ بِقُحَاحِ قُرِّكَ, as also وَقَعْتُ بِقُرِّكَ, I have become acquainted with (عَلِمْتُ) all that thou knowest, nothing thereof being hidden from me. (Ibn-Buzurj, TA.) And لَأَضْطَرَّنَّكَ اـِلى قُحَاحِكَ I will assuredly make thee to have recourse to thine utmost effort, or endeavour, i. e. اـِلَى جَهْدِكَ: or, as IAar says, لا ضطرّنّك الى تُرِّكَ وَقُحَاحِكَ, i. e. اـِلَى أَصْلِكَ. (L. [See أَصْلٌ.]) ― -b2- See also قُحٌّ, latter half.

Derived headwords

قُحَاحُ أَمْرٍ
  1. 1.
صَارَ اـِلَى قُحَاحِ
لَقَد وَقَعْتُ بِقُحَاحِ قُرِّكَ
وَقَعْتُ بِقُرِّكَ
لَأَضْطَرَّنَّكَ اـِلى قُحَاحِكَ
اـِلَى جَهْدِكَ
لا ضطرّنّك الى
تُرِّكَ وَقُحَاحِكَ
اـِلَى أَصْلِكَ