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قيح

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns pus, a thick, yellowish or greenish fluid produced by the body during inflammation or infection. It extends to related concepts like the discharge from a wound, and metaphorically to stubbornness or the core/center of something.

Derived headwords

قَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    pusboth

    The pure discharge from a wound, not mixed with blood. It is described as a thick fluid, sometimes resembling water with a tinge of blood.

  2. 2.
    dischargeboth

    The fluid or matter that comes out of a wound or sore.

قَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to produce pusboth

    A wound producing pus.

قاح الجرح يقيح — The wound produced pus.
يَقِيحُverb
  1. 1.
    to produce pusboth

    The present tense of the verb meaning to produce pus.

قاح الجرح يقيح — The wound produced pus.
قَيْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pusboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) indicating the act or state of producing pus.

قاح الجرح يقيح قيحا — The wound produced pus.
أَقَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to produce pusboth

    Another form of the verb indicating a wound producing pus.

  2. 2.
    to be stubborn in refusalclassical

    When a man is persistent in refusing after being asked.

أقاح الرجل إذا صمم على المنع بعد السؤال — A man is stubborn in refusal after being asked.
قَاحَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to produce pusboth

    Feminine past tense of the verb meaning to produce pus.

وقد قاحت القرحة — And the sore produced pus.
تَقَيَّحَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateboth

    A sore or wound becoming filled with pus.

وتقيحت — And it suppurated.
قَيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateboth

    The verb indicating a wound becoming filled with pus.

وقيح الجرح — And the wound suppurated.
تَقَيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateboth

    The verb indicating a wound becoming filled with pus.

وتقيح الجرح — And the wound suppurated.
تَقَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateclassical

    A wound becoming filled with pus.

وقد تقوح — And it became suppurated.
قَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    centerclassical

    The middle or central part of something, like a house or land.

  2. 2.
    barren landclassical

    Land that does not grow anything.

هذا باحة الجار وقاحتها — This is the neighbor's courtyard and its center.
مررت على دوقرة فرأيت في قاحتها دعلجا شظيظا — I passed by a clear patch of land and saw in its center a large waterskin.
قَوُحadjective
  1. 1.
    barrenclassical

    Describing land that does not produce vegetation.

القوح الأرضون التي لا تنبت شيئا — The barren lands which grow nothing.
قُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    barren landsclassical

    Plural noun for lands that do not grow anything.

القوح الأرضون التي لا تنبت شيئا — The barren lands which grow nothing.

Parallel reading

المدة الخالصة لا يخالطها دم
The pure discharge not mixed with blood.
هو الصديد الذي كأنه الماء وفيه شكلة دم
It is the pus that is like water and has a tinge of blood.
قاح الجرح يقيح قيحا، وأقاح
The wound produced pus, and it suppurated.
لأن يمتلئ جوف أحدكم قيحا حتى يريه خير له من أن يمتلئ شعرا
That the belly of one of you be filled with pus until it drains is better for him than it be filled with poetry.
القيح: المدة
Pus: the discharge.
وقد قاحت القرحة وتقيحت
And the sore produced pus and suppurated.
وقيح الجرح وتقيح الجرح
And the wound produced pus and the wound suppurated.
ويقال للجرح إذا انتبر: قد تقوح
And it is said of a wound when it swells: it has suppurated.
أقاح الرجل إذا صمم على المنع بعد السؤال
A man is stubborn in refusal after being asked.
من ملأ عينيه من قاحة بيت قبل أن يؤذن له فقد فجر
Whoever fills his eyes with the center of a house before being given permission has committed a sin.
هذا باحة الجار وقاحتها
This is the neighbor's courtyard and its center.
مررت على دوقرة فرأيت في قاحتها دعلجا شظيظا
I passed by a clear patch of land and saw in its center a large waterskin.
قاحة الدار وسطها، وقاحة الدار ساحتها
The center of the house is its middle, and the center of the house is its courtyard.
القوح الأرضون التي لا تنبت شيئا
The barren lands which grow nothing.