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قحث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the act of taking or acquiring something entirely. It signifies a complete acquisition or appropriation of an object.

Derived headwords

قَحَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to take entirelyboth

    To take something completely, to acquire it in its entirety.

قَحْثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    complete takingboth

    The act of taking something entirely; the state of having acquired something in its entirety.

Parallel reading

قحث الشيء، يقحثه قحثا: أخذه كله.
He took the thing, he takes it, a complete taking: he took all of it.