قهد

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are pale, white, or light-colored, particularly young animals like fawns, calves, and lambs. It also extends to descriptions of physical characteristics such as being short-tailed, hornless, or having a specific gait. Additionally, it refers to a type of narcissus flower and a place name.

Derived headwords

القَهْدnoun

1.
Pale-coloredboth
Describing something that is pale or light in color.
2.
Whiteboth
Specifically referring to white color, often applied to young animals.
3.
Young antelope/deerclassical
A young, white-colored offspring of gazelles or antelopes.
4.
Young cow/calfboth
A young, white-colored offspring of cows, sometimes specifically a calf.
5.
Young sheep/lambboth
A young sheep, often one that is tending towards white or light-colored.
6.
Short-tailedboth
Describing an animal, particularly a sheep or cow, that has a short tail.
7.
Hornlessboth
An animal, specifically a sheep or cow, that lacks horns.
8.
Wild ass/foalclassical
Referring to a wild ass or its young, described as pale or white.
9.
Pale narcissusclassical
A narcissus flower that is pale and has not yet opened.
10.
Muddy whiteclassical
Describing a color that is white but somewhat dull or impure.

القَهَدnoun

1.
Pale/dull whiteclassical
Similar to 'qahd', referring to a white color that is somewhat dull or impure.

القَهْدnoun

1.
Place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

قَهَدَverb

1.
To walk with short stepsclassical
Describing a gait where the steps are short and the stride is not extended, characteristic of short-legged individuals.

قَهْدadjective

1.
Short-tailedboth
Having a short tail.
2.
Hornlessboth
Lacking horns.
3.
Paleboth
Having a pale or light color.

قُهْدnoun

1.
Short-tailed sheepclassical
A type of sheep, specifically one with short tails.

قَهَادnoun

1.
Plural of qahdboth
The plural form for the various meanings of 'qahd', referring to multiple pale or short-tailed animals.

القَهْدnoun

1.
Black sheepclassical
A type of sheep found in Yemen that are black and have short tails.

القَهْدnoun

1.
Reddish sheepclassical
A breed of sheep that has a reddish hue and small ears.

القَهْدnoun

1.
Small, reddish sheepclassical
A small sheep from the Hijaz region, with a reddish complexion and a somewhat awkward face.

القَهْدnoun

1.
Young wild assclassical
A young wild ass, also known as a 'jadhir'.

القَهْدnoun

1.
Unopened narcissusclassical
A narcissus flower that is still closed or budding.

القَهَبadjective

1.
Dull whiteclassical
Describing a color that is white but not pure, having a dull or muddy quality.

Parallel reading

النقي اللون.

Pure in color.

والقهد: الأبيض، وخص بعضهم به البيض من أولاد الظباء والبقر.

And al-qahd: the white, and some specified it for the white offspring of gazelles and cows.

والقهد: من أولاد الضأن يضرب إلى البياض، ويقال لولد البقرة قهد أيضا.

And al-qahd: from the offspring of sheep that tend towards white, and the offspring of a cow is also called qahd.

ولا نعدو التيوس ولا القهادا

And we do not go beyond the male goats nor the qahads (young sheep).

أتبكي أن يساق القهد فيكم؟

Do you weep that the qahd (young sheep) is driven away from you?

وقيل: القهد الصغير من البقر اللطيف الجسم؛

And it was said: al-qahd is the small, delicate-bodied young cow;

ويقال: القهد القصير الذنب،

And it is said: al-qahd is the short-tailed one,

وقيل: القهد غنم سود باليمن وهي الخرف «2»

And it was said: al-qahd are black sheep in Yemen, which are al-khiraf.

والقهد: ضرب من الضأن يعلوهن حمرة وتصغر آذانهن،

And al-qahd: a type of sheep that has a reddish hue and small ears,

وقيل: القهد من الضأن الصغير الأحيمر الأكيلف الوجه من شاء الحجاز.

And it was said: al-qahd is from the small sheep of the Hijaz, reddish, with a somewhat awkward face.

وقال ابن جبلة: القهد الذي لا قرن له.

And Ibn Jabalah said: al-qahd is that which has no horns.

والقهد: الجؤذر؛ عن أبي عبيدة؛

And al-qahd: the young wild ass; from Abu Ubaidah;

وساق النعاج الخنس، بيني وبينها ... برعن أشاء، كل ذي جدد قهد

And the hind of the shy ostriches, between me and them... a flock of goats, each with spots, a qahd (young wild ass).

وقيل: القهد ولد الضأن إذا كان كذلك، وجمع كل ذلك قهاد.

And it was said: al-qahd is the young of sheep when it is so, and the plural of all of that is qahad.

القهد مثل القهب وهو الأبيض الكدر.

Al-qahd is like al-qahab, which is the dull white.

أبيض وقهب وقهد بمعنى واحد؛

White, qahab, and qahd are all the same in meaning;

لمعفر قهد تنازع شلوه ... غبس كواسب، لا يمن طعامها

To a pale (qahd) one whose carcass the dust-colored, gain-seeking predators are tearing apart, not withholding their food.

وصف بقرة وحشية أكلت السباع ولدها فجعله قهدا لبياضه.

He described a wild cow whose young the predators ate, and he made it qahd due to its whiteness.

قهد في مشيه إذا قارب خطوه ولم ينبسط في مشيه، وهو من مشي القصار.

He qahada in his walking if he shortened his steps and did not extend his stride, and it is from the walk of the short-legged.

والقهد: النرجس إذا كان جنبذا لم يتفتح، فإذا تفتح فهي التفاتيح والتفاقيح والعيون.

And al-qahd: the narcissus when it is budding and not yet open; when it opens, it is al-iltafatih, al-tafaqiq, and al-uyun.

والقهاد: اسم موضع.

And al-Qahad: a place name.