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وقص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

6 تواقص ذ He made himself like, or imitated, him who is short in the neck: (K:) said of a man. (TA.) Hence, تَوَاقَصَ عَلَى بُرْدَتِهِ كَىْ لَا تَسْقط He bent and shortened himself to hold on his بُرْدَة with his neck, that it might not fall. (TA, from a trad.)

Derived headwords

تواقصverb
  1. 1.
تَوَاقَصَ عَلَى بُرْدَتِهِ كَىْ لَا