قرد

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root قرد primarily relates to the back, specifically the spine or prominent parts of it. It also extends to concepts of shortness, a specific location, and a type of hardship.

Derived headwords

قَرْدُودَةnoun

1.
prominent part of the backboth
The prominent part of the back, particularly the spine or a raised section of it.
2.
hardship of winterclassical
The harshness and severity of winter.

قَرْدُودَةُ الظَّهْرِnoun

1.
upper part of the backboth
The upper part of the back of any animal.

قِرْدَدَةnoun

1.
line down the backclassical
The line that runs down the middle of the back.

قِرْدُودَةnoun

1.
vertebraclassical
The vertebra itself, the bony segment of the spine.

قِرْدَةِ عُنُقِهِnoun

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back of the neck, specifically the nape.

قِرَادِيدnoun

1.
prominent partsclassical
Plural of قردودة, referring to prominent or protruding parts, specifically on the back.

قِرْدnoun

1.
neckclassical
The neck, particularly the part where the head rests on the shoulders.
2.
short personclassical
A short person or thing.

بَنُو قِرْدname

1.
Banu Qirdclassical
A tribe or lineage from the Arab tribe of Hudhayl.

ذُو قِرْدname

1.
Dhu Qirdclassical
A place name, specifically a water source located two nights' journey from Medina, between Medina and Khaybar.

Parallel reading

السيساء قردودة الظهر.

The sisa' is the prominent part of the back.

السيساء من الفرس الحارك ومن الحمار الظهر.

The sisa' of a horse is the hump, and of a donkey, the back.

القرديدة الخط الذي وسط الظهر

The qardida is the line in the middle of the back.

هي الفقارة نفسها.

It is the vertebra itself.

تمضي قردودة الشتاء عنا، وهي جدبته وشدته.

The harshness of winter passes from us, meaning its barrenness and severity.

قردودة الظهر: أعلاه من كل دابة.

The qardudat al-dhahr: its upper part on every animal.

وأخذه بقردة عنقه؛ عن ابن الأعرابي، كقولك بصوفه، قال: وهي فارسية؛

And taking him by the nape of his neck; according to Ibn al-A'rabi, like saying 'by his wool', he said: and it is Persian.

يركبن ثني لاحب مدعوق، ... نابي القراديد من البؤوق

They ride a winding, trampled path, ... the prominent parts protruding from the hollows.

جمع قردودة، وهي الموضع الناتئ في وسطه.

A plural of qarduda, which is the protruding place in its middle.

القرد لغة في الكرد، وهو العنق، وهو مجثم الهامة على سالفة العنق؛

Al-qird is a dialectal variant of al-kurd, which is the neck, and it is the place where the head rests upon the front of the neck.

فجلله عضب الضريبة صارما، ... فطبق ما بين الضريبة والقرد

So he struck it with a sharp sword, ... so it spanned the distance between the shoulder blade and the neck.

أو هقلة من نعام الجو عارضها ... قرد العفاء، وفي يافوخه صقع

Or a large bird from the ostriches of the sky, its path crossed by ... a short one of the feathers, and on its crown is a striking sound.

والقرد: القصير.

And al-qird: the short one.

بنو قرد: قوم من هذيل منهم أبو ذؤيب.

Banu Qird: a people from Hudhayl, among them Abu Dhu'ayb.

ذو قرد: موضع؛ وفي الحديث ذكر ذي قرد؛ هو بفتح القاف والراء: ماء على ليلتين من المدينة بينها وبين خيبر؛ ومنه غزوة ذي قرد ويقال ذو القرد.

Dhu Qird: a place; and in the Hadith, Dhu Qird is mentioned; it is with fath al-qaf and al-ra: a water source two nights from Medina, between it and Khaybar; and from it is the Ghazwah of Dhu Qird, and it is also called Dhu al-Qird.