قسب

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root قسب (q-s-b) primarily relates to hardness, dryness, and intensity. It extends to describe dry, hard dates, tough or sturdy objects, and strong, tall individuals. It also encompasses concepts of dryness, firmness, and even the sound or flow of water.

Derived headwords

القَسْبnoun

1.
dry, hard datesclassical
Dates that are dry and hard, crumbling in the mouth, with a hard pit.
2.
hard pitclassical
The hard pit of a date.
3.
tough, sturdyclassical
Describing something as hard, tough, and sturdy.
4.
tall, strong manclassical
A tall and strong man.
5.
dryness, firmnessclassical
The state of being dry and firm, especially referring to the dryness of dates.

قَسَبَverb

1.
to be hard and dryclassical
To become hard and dry, referring to dates or other substances.
2.
to become dryclassical
To dry out or become desiccated.

قَسُوبَةnoun

1.
hardness, drynessclassical
The quality of being hard and dry.

قَسُوبًاnoun

1.
hardness, drynessclassical
The quality of being hard and dry.

القَسَابَةnoun

1.
poor quality datesclassical
Bad or inferior quality dates.

قَسَبَ العِلْبَاءphrase

1.
tough heel and sinewsclassical
Describing the heel and sinews as hard and strong.

قَسِبَverb

1.
to be hard and strongclassical
To be hard, strong, and sturdy.

قَسِيبadjective

1.
long and strongclassical
Tall and strong, referring to a man or any object.
2.
sound of waterclassical
The sound or flow of water.

القَسِيبnoun

1.
sound of waterclassical
The sound of water, especially flowing water.
2.
flow of waterclassical
A stream or current of water.

قَسَبَverb

1.
to flow (water)classical
The sound of water flowing.

القَسُوبnoun

1.
soft leather shoesclassical
Soft leather shoes or slippers.

القَاسِبnoun

1.
slow-moving penisclassical
A slow-moving or lingering penis.

القَيْسَبَانnoun

1.
strong and matureclassical
Describing something as strong and mature, especially an animal.

القَيْصَبnoun

1.
type of shrubclassical
A type of shrub, considered excellent among thorny plants.

القَيْصَبَةnoun

1.
small shrubclassical
A small shrub that grows threads from a single root, about a cubit high, with violet-like flowers.

قَسَبَتِ الشَّمْسُverb

1.
sun began to setclassical
The sun began to decline or set.

Parallel reading

القسب: التمر اليابس يتفتت في الفم، صلب النواة

Al-qasb: dry dates that crumble in the mouth, with a hard pit.

وأسمر خطيا، كأن كعوبه ... نوى القسب قد أرمى ذراعا على العشر

And a dark spear, whose nodes were like ... the pits of qasb, had extended a cubit over ten.

ونوى القسب: أصلب النوى

And the pits of qasb: the hardest pits.

والقسابة: رديء التمر

And al-qasabah: bad dates.

والقسب: الصلب الشديد

And al-qasb: the hard and strong.

يقال إنه لقسب العلباء: صلب العقب والعصب

It is said to be qasb al-'ulbaa': hard of the heel and sinews.

وقد قسب قسوبة وقسوبا

And he became hard with hardness and dryness.

وذكر قيسبان إذا اشتد وغلظ

And he mentioned qaysaban when he became strong and thick.

والقسب والقسيب: الطويل الشديد من كل شيء

And al-qasb and al-qasib: the long and strong of everything.

ألا أراك يا ابن بشر خبا، ... تختلها ختل الوليد الضبا حتى سلكت عردك القسيبا ... في فرجها، ثم نخبت نخبا

I see you, O son of Bishr, have become sluggish, ... you stalk it like a young locust stalks, until your path entered the long and strong ... in its opening, then you struck a strike.

أهديت إلى عائشة، رضي الله عنها، جرابا من قسب عنبر

I gifted to Aisha, may God be pleased with her, a sack of qasb 'anbar.

القسب: الشديد اليابس مسن كل شيء

Al-qasb: the intensely dry of everything.

ومن قسب التمر، ليبسه

And from qasb of dates, due to their dryness.

والقسب: الطويل من الرجال

And al-qasb: the tall among men.

والقسيب: صوت الماء

And al-qasib: the sound of water.

أو فلج ببطن واد، ... للماء من تحته قسيب

Or a stream in the belly of a valley, ... with water flowing beneath it.

وقد قسب يقسب

And he made a sound, making a sound.

القسيب صوت الماء، تحت ورق أو قماش

Al-qasib is the sound of water, under leaves or cloth.

أو جدول في ظلال نخل، ... للماء من تحته قسيب

Or a stream in the shade of palms, ... with water flowing beneath it.

وسمعت قسيب الماء وخريره أي صوته

And I heard the qasib of water and its gurgling, meaning its sound.

والقسوب: الخفاف

And al-qusoob: the soft leather shoes.

ترى فوق أذناب الروابي، سواقطا، ... نعالا وقسوبا وريطا معضدا

You see upon the tails of the hills, fallen things, ... sandals, soft shoes, and sturdy garments.

والقاسب: الغرمول المتمهل

And al-qasib: the slow-moving penis.

هو أفضل الحمض

It is the best of thorny plants.

والقيصبة، بالهاء، شجيرة تنبت خيوطا من أصل واحد، وترتفع قدر الذراع، ونورتها كنورة البنفسج، ويستوقد برطوبتها، كما يستوقد اليبيس

And al-qaysabah, with the ta' marbuta, is a small shrub that grows threads from a single root, rising about a cubit, its flowers like violet flowers, and it is burned when moist, just as it is burned when dry.

وقسبت الشمس: أخذت في المغيب

And the sun qasabat: it began to set.