قحب

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the act of coughing, particularly a persistent or severe cough. It extends to describe specific types of coughs associated with old age, animals like camels and dogs, and even a general term for internal ailments. The root also carries metaphorical extensions related to immorality and old age.

Derived headwords

قَحَبَverb

1.
to coughboth
To experience a cough, to make a sound from the throat due to irritation or illness.

يَقْحَبُverb

1.
to coughboth
The present tense form of the verb 'to cough'.

قُحَابًاnoun

1.
coughingboth
The act or sound of coughing, used as a verbal noun.
2.
internal ailmentclassical
A corruption or ailment of the inner body, often associated with a severe cough.

قَحْبًاnoun

1.
coughboth
A specific instance or type of cough.

القَحْبُnoun

1.
cough of the oldclassical
A cough specifically associated with old age.
2.
dog's coughclassical
A cough characteristic of a dog.
3.
camel's ailmentclassical
A specific ailment affecting camels, characterized by coughing.

القُحَابُnoun

1.
coughboth
A general term for coughing, not restricted to specific individuals or animals.
2.
horse's coughclassical
A cough specific to horses.
3.
camel's coughclassical
A cough specific to camels.

قَحِبَverb

1.
to coughboth
To cough, used in reference to camels, men, and dogs.

قَحِبٌadjective

1.
coughing (man)classical
A man who coughs frequently, especially due to old age.

قَحِبَةٌadjective

1.
coughing (woman)classical
A woman who coughs frequently, especially due to old age.
2.
old womanclassical
An elderly woman, often characterized by frequent coughing.
3.
prostituteclassical
A promiscuous or immoral woman, metaphorically linked to coughing as a signal.
4.
old sheepclassical
An aged female sheep.

قُحْبَةٌnoun

1.
coughboth
A cough, particularly a severe one.
2.
old ageclassical
The state of being old, often accompanied by coughing.
3.
old womanclassical
An old woman.
4.
prostituteclassical
A prostitute, derived from the idea of signaling with a cough.

قَاحِبٌadjective

1.
severe coughboth
Describing a cough that is intense and severe.

قُحْبَةٌnoun

1.
coughboth
A cough, used in the context of an animal's ailment.

قُحْبَةٌnoun

1.
prostituteclassical
A prostitute, a term considered 'newly coined' (مولدة).

قُحْبَةٌnoun

1.
old womanclassical
An old woman, a term used in Yemen.

قُحْبَةٌnoun

1.
old sheepclassical
An old sheep, and by extension, any old female animal or person.

يُقَحْبِنَverb

1.
to coughboth
The feminine plural present tense form, meaning 'women are coughing'.

Parallel reading

قحب يقحب قحابا وقحبا إذا سعل

Qahaba, yaqhabu, qahaban wa qahban, if he coughed.

ويقال: أخذه سعال قاحب

And it is said: A severe cough afflicted him.

والقحب: سعال الشيخ، وسعال الكلب ومن أمراض الإبل القحاب: وهو السعال

And al-qahb is the cough of the old man, the cough of the dog, and among the ailments of camels is al-qahab, which is coughing.

قال الجوهري: القحاب سعال الخيل والإبل، وربما جعل للناس

Al-Jawhari said: Al-qahab is the cough of horses and camels, and sometimes it is applied to people.

الأزهري: القحاب السعال، فعم ولم يخصص

Al-Azhari said: Al-qahab is coughing; it is general and not specific.

ابن سيده: قحب البعير يقحب قحبا وقحابا: سعل

Ibn Sidah said: A camel coughed, it coughs, qahban and qahaban: it coughed.

ولا يقحب منها إلا الناحز أو المغد

And only the one with a piercing or deep ailment coughs from it.

وقحب الرجل والكلب، وقحب: سعل

And a man and a dog coughed, and he coughed: he coughed.

ورجل قحب، وامرأة قحبة: كثيرة السعال مع الهرم

And a man is qahib, and a woman is qahibah: one who coughs a lot with old age.

وقيل: هما الكثيرا السعال مع هرم أو غير هرم

And it was said: They are those who cough a lot with or without old age.

وقيل: أصل القحاب في الإبل، وهو فيما سوى ذلك مستعار

And it was said: The origin of al-qahab is in camels, and it is borrowed for other than that.

وبالدابة قحبة أي سعال

And the animal has qahbah, meaning a cough.

وسعال قاحب: شديد

And a qahib cough: severe.

والقحاب: فساد الجوف

And al-qahab: corruption of the inner body.

أهل اليمن يسمون المرأة المسنة قحبة

The people of Yemen call an old woman qahbah.

ويقال للعجوز: القحبة والقحمة

And the old woman is called: al-qahbah and al-qahmah.

والقحبة المسنة من الغنم وغيرها؛ والقحبة كلمة مولدة

And al-qahbah is the aged one of sheep and others; and al-qahbah is a newly coined word.

قيل للبغي قحبة، لأنها كانت في الجاهلية تؤذن طلابها بقحابها، وهو سعالها

A prostitute was called qahbah, because in the Jahiliyyah she would signal her suitors with her qahbah, which was her cough.

القحبة الفاجرة، وأصلها من السعال، أرادوا أنها تسعل، أو تتنحنح ترمز به

Al-qahbah is the wicked woman, and its origin is from coughing; they meant that she coughs, or clears her throat as a signal.

عجوز قحبة، وشيخ قحب، وهو الذي يأخذه السعال

An old woman is qahbah, and an old man is qahb, who is the one whom the cough overcomes.

ويقال: أتين نساء يقحبن أي يسعلن

And it is said: Women came coughing, meaning they were coughing.

ويقال للشاب إذا سعل: عمرا وشبابا، وللشيخ: وريا وقحابا

And for a young man when he coughs, it is said: 'May you live long and in youth', and for an old man: 'May you have sustenance and health (qahaban)'.

يقال للبغيض إذا سعل وريا وقحابا؛ وللحبيب إذا سعل: عمرا وشبابا

It is said to the disliked person when he coughs: 'May you have sustenance and health (qahaban)'; and to the beloved when he coughs: 'May you live long and in youth'.