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قعث

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root قعث (q-ʿ-th) primarily relates to abundance, largeness, and generosity, often in the context of giving or material possessions. It can also denote a large quantity of something, such as rain or excavated earth. In some instances, it carries a sense of uprooting or complete removal, and can even refer to a specific animal ailment.

Derived headwords

القَعْثnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceboth

    Abundance or a large quantity of something.

  2. 2.
    ease, littleclassical

    Contrarily, it can mean something easy or little, used in a context of giving a small amount.

القُعَيْثnoun
  1. 1.
    the abundantboth

    Something or someone that is abundant, whether in good deeds or other matters.

  2. 2.
    generous giftboth

    A generous and abundant gift or bestowal.

الإقْعَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    giving abundantlyboth

    The act of giving or bestowing a large quantity of something, especially gifts.

مَطَرٌ قَعِيثadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant rainboth

    Describing rain that is heavy and plentiful.

السَّيْبُ الكَثِيرُnoun
  1. 1.
    abundant giftboth

    A generous and abundant gift or bestowal.

أَقْعَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to give abundantlyboth

    To give or bestow a large quantity of something.

  2. 2.
    to be abundantclassical

    To be plentiful or abundant.

اقْتَعَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to give abundantlyboth

    To give or bestow a large quantity of something.

  2. 2.
    to excavate much earthboth

    To excavate a large amount of earth, especially from a well.

مُقْعَثadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantboth

    Abundant or plentiful, often used to describe a gift or bestowal.

قَعَثَ لَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to give a handfulboth

    To give someone a handful of something, implying a small but deliberate offering.

قَعَثَ الشَّيْءَverb
  1. 1.
    to uprootboth

    To uproot something completely or to extract it entirely from its origin.

  2. 2.
    to exhaustboth

    To exhaust or consume something completely.

أَسْرَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be extravagantboth

    To be extravagant or spendthrift with one's wealth.

انْقَعَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be uprootedboth

    To be uprooted or pulled out from the foundation.

  2. 2.
    to fall downboth

    To fall down completely, as in a wall collapsing from its base.

  3. 3.
    to be dislodgedboth

    To be dislodged or pulled out.

القُعَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    animal ailmentclassical

    A disease that affects the nose of certain animals, causing them distress.

انْقَعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall downboth

    To fall down completely from its origin or base, like a collapsed structure.

انْقَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall downboth

    To fall down completely from its origin or base, like a collapsed structure.

  2. 2.
    to be dislodgedboth

    To be dislodged or pulled out.

اقْتِعَاثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    excavating much earthboth

    The act of excavating a large amount of earth, especially from a well.

Parallel reading

القعث: الكثرة.
Al-qa'th: Abundance.
والقعيث: الكثير من المعروف وغيره.
And al-qu'ayth: The abundant of good deeds and other things.
والإقعاث: الإكثار من العطية.
And al-iq'ath: The giving abundantly of the gift.
ومطر قعيث: وبل كثير.
And abundant rain: Heavy and plentiful rain.
والقعيث: السيب الكثير.
And al-qu'ayth: The abundant gift.
وأقعث: العطية واقتعثها: أكثرها.
And he gave abundantly: the gift, and he excavated it: he gave much of it.
وأقعثه: أكثرها له؛
And he gave him abundantly: he gave much of it to him;
أقعثني منه بسيب مقعث،
He gave me abundantly from it with an abundant gift,
وإنما القعث الهين اليسير.
Indeed, al-qa'th is the easy, the little.
وقعت له قعثة أي حفنت له حفنة إذا أعطيته قليلا،
And I gave him a handful, meaning I scooped for him a scoop, if I gave him a little,
وقيل: إنه لقعيث كثير أي واسع.
And it was said: Indeed, he is abundantly plentiful, meaning vast.
وقعث له من الشيء يقعث قعثا: حفن له وأعطاه.
And he gave him from the thing, he gave him a handful and gave it to him.
وقعث الشيء يقعثه قعثا: استأصله واستوعبه.
And he uprooted the thing, he uprooted it completely: he uprooted it and exhausted it.
ابن السكيت: أقعث الرجل في ماله أي أسرف.
Ibn al-Sikkit: A man was extravagant in his wealth, meaning he was wasteful.
قال الأصمعي: ضربه فانقعث إذا قلعه من أصله.
Al-Asma'i said: He struck him and he was uprooted if he pulled him from his origin.
والقعاث: داء يأخذ الغم في أنوفها.
And al-qu'ath: A disease that takes hold of the nose of female animals.
انقعث الجدار، وانقعر، وانقعف إذا سقط من أصله.
The wall collapsed, and it fell, and it collapsed if it fell from its origin.
وانقعث الشيء، وانقعف: إذا انقلع.
And the thing was dislodged, and it was dislodged: if it was pulled out.
اقتعث الحافر اقتعاثا إذا استخرج ترابا كثيرا من البئر.
The digger excavated a great deal, meaning he extracted much earth from the well.