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قبء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific type of low-growing herb or grass. It describes its physical characteristics and where it grows, distinguishing it from mountain vegetation. The term is also used analogously for other similar plants.

Derived headwords

القَبَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    herbclassical

    A type of herb or grass that grows low to the ground, about a finger's length or less. It is typically found in rough terrain but not on mountains, and is grazed by livestock.

القَبَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    herb (variant)classical

    An alternative form of the word for the low-growing herb, as reported by linguists.

القَبَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    mushroom (analogous)classical

    By analogy, the term 'al-qabāh' is considered by some scholars to be similar in its relationship to 'al-qabā'ah' as 'al-kamāh' is to 'al-kam'ah' (mushroom) and 'al-marāh' is to 'al-mar'ah' (woman). This suggests a potential, though less common, usage or comparison to fungi.

Parallel reading

القبأة: حشيشة تنبت في الغلظ، ولا تنبت في الجبل، ترتفع على الأرض قيس الإصبع أو أقل، يرعاها المال، وهي أيضا القباة، كذلك حكاها أهل اللغة.
Al-qabā'ah: A herb that grows in rough terrain, and does not grow on the mountain, rising from the ground a finger's length or less, grazed by livestock, and it is also al-qabāh, as the linguists have narrated.
قال ابن سيده: وعندي أن القباة في القبأة كالكماة في الكمأة والمراة في المرأة.
Ibn Sīdah said: And in my opinion, al-qabāh is to al-qabā'ah as al-kamāh is to al-kam'ah (mushroom) and al-marāh is to al-mar'ah (woman).