قعب

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to large, deep, or hollow vessels, particularly drinking cups. It extends to describe things that are deep, hollow, or rounded, like a hoof, and metaphorically to depth or substance in speech.

Derived headwords

القَعْبnoun

1.
Large, thick cupboth
A large, thick drinking vessel. It is also described as a hollow wooden cup, or a smaller cup resembling a hoof that can quench a man's thirst.

أَقْعَبnoun

1.
Few cupsclassical
The plural of قعب (qa'b), referring to a small number of large cups.

قِعَابnoun

1.
Cupsboth
The plural of قعب (qa'b), referring to a large number of large cups.

قَعْبَةnoun

1.
Large cupboth
Another plural form of قعب (qa'b), referring to a large number of large cups.
2.
Box, containerboth
A lidded box or container, sometimes specifically for a woman's barley-drink (sawiq).

حَافِرٌ مُقَعَّبadjective

1.
Rounded hoofclassical
A hoof that is rounded and deep, resembling a قعب (qa'b) in its shape.

التَّقْعِيبnoun

1.
Being roundedclassical
The state of being rounded or hollowed, particularly referring to a hoof.
2.
Depth, substance (in speech)classical
Referring to depth, substance, or resonance in speech, similar to التقعير (al-taq'eer).

القَاعِبnoun

1.
Howling wolfclassical
A name for a wolf that cries out or howls.

التَّقْعِيبُ فِي الْكَلامnoun

1.
Depth in speechclassical
The act of making speech deep or profound, similar to التقعير (al-taq'eer).

قَعَرَverb

1.
To be deepclassical
To have depth or substance, used in the context of speech.

قَعَّبَverb

1.
To be rounded/hollowedclassical
To be rounded or hollowed, as in the case of a hoof.

القُعَيْبnoun

1.
Numberclassical
A term referring to a count or number.

Parallel reading

القعب: القدح الضخم، الغليظ.

Al-qa'b: The large, thick drinking vessel.

وقيل: هو قدح إلى الصغر، يشبه به الحافر، وهو يروي الرجل.

And it is said: It is a cup tending towards smallness, by which the hoof is likened, and it quenches a man's thirst.

والجمع القليل: أقعب، عن ابن الأعرابي؛ وأنشد: إذا ما أتتك العير فانصح فتوقها، ... ولا تسقين جاريك منها بأقعب

And the small plural is: aq'ab, from Ibn al-A'rabi; and he recited: When the caravan comes to you, advise and beware of it, ... and do not give your two neighbors to drink from it with small cups.

والكثير: قعاب وقعبة، مثل جبء وجبأة.

And the large plural is: qiaab and qa'bah, like jub' and jub'ah.

ابن الأعرابي: أول الأقداح الغمر، وهو الذي لا يبلغ الري، ثم القعب، وهو قد يروي الرجل، وقد يروي الاثنين والثلاثة، ثم العس.

Ibn al-A'rabi: The first of the cups is al-ghamr, which does not suffice for satiety, then al-qa'b, which may quench a man's thirst, and may quench two or three, then al-'ass.

وحافر مقعب: كأنه قعبة لاستدارته، مشبه بالقعب.

And a rounded hoof: as if it were a qa'bah due to its roundness, likened to the qa'b.

والتقعيب: أن يكون الحافر مقببا، كالقعب؛ قال العجاج: ورسغا وحافرا مقعبا

And al-taq'eeb: is for the hoof to be rounded, like the qa'b; Al-'Ajjaj said: And fetlocks and rounded hooves.

وأنشد ابن الأعرابي: يترك خوار الصفا ركوبا، ... بمكربات قعبت تقعيبا

And Ibn al-A'rabi recited: Leaving the lowing of the smooth rock to be ridden, ... by deep hollows that are rounded with depth.

والقعبة: حقة؛ وفي التهذيب: شبه حقة مطبقة يكون فيها سويق المرأة؛ ولم يخصص في المحكم بسويق المرأة.

And al-qa'bah: a box; and in Al-Tahdhib: like a lidded box in which is a woman's barley-drink; and it was not specified in Al-Muhkam to be for a woman's barley-drink.

والقاعب: الذئب الصياح.

And al-qaa'ib: the howling wolf.

والتقعيب في الكلام: كالتقعير.

And al-taq'eeb in speech: is like al-taq'eer (making deep).

قعب فلان في كلامه وقعر، بمعنى واحد.

So-and-so's speech was deep and hollow, meaning the same.

وهذا كلام له قعب أي غور؛

And this is speech that has depth, meaning profundity.

وفي ترجمة قنع: بمقنعات كقعاب الأوراق قال قعاب الأوراق: يعني أنها أفتاء، فأسنانها بيض.

And in the translation of qana': with coverings like the large cups of leaves, it is said 'qa'ab al-awraaq': meaning they are young, their teeth are white.

والقعيب: العدد؛ قال الأفوه الأودي: قتلنا منهم أسلاف صدق، ... وأبنا بالأسارى والقعيب

And al-qu'ayb: the number; Al-Afwah al-Awdi said: We killed from them true ancestors, ... and we returned with captives and the count.