قشعر

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to physical sensations of shivering, goosebumps, or a recoiling feeling, often associated with cold, fear, or strong emotional reactions. It can also describe the land becoming parched or contracting due to drought.

Derived headwords

القشعرnoun

1.
Cucumbersclassical
A term for cucumbers, with the singular form being 'قشعرة'. It is a dialectal term used by the people of Al-Huf in Yemen.

قشعرةnoun

1.
Cucumber (singular)classical
The singular form of 'القشعر', referring to a single cucumber.

القشعريرةnoun

1.
Shivering/Chillsboth
A sensation of shivering or chills, often caused by cold or fear.
2.
Goosebumpsboth
The roughening of the skin accompanied by the erection of hairs, commonly known as goosebumps.

اقشعرّverb

1.
To shiver/get chillsboth
To experience shivering or chills, often due to cold or fear.
2.
To get goosebumpsboth
For the skin to become rough with goosebumps.
3.
To contract/shrivel (land)classical
For the land to become parched, contracted, or shriveled due to drought.

اقشعرارnoun

1.
Shivering/Chillsboth
The act or state of shivering or experiencing chills.
2.
Goosebumpsboth
The state of having goosebumps on the skin.
3.
Contraction (land)classical
The contraction or shriveling of the land due to dryness.

مقشعرadjective

1.
Shivering/Chilledboth
Experiencing shivering or chills.
2.
Having goosebumpsboth
Having goosebumps on the skin.
3.
Parched/Contracted (land)classical
Describing land that is parched and contracted due to lack of rain.

متقشعرadjective

1.
Shivering/Chilledboth
One who is shivering or experiencing chills.
2.
Having goosebumpsboth
One who has goosebumps.

قشاعرnoun

1.
Rough touchclassical
Something that has a rough texture or feel.

اقشعرت الأرضverb phrase

1.
The land became parchedclassical
The land became dry, contracted, and shriveled due to lack of rainfall.

تقشعرverb

1.
To shiver/get goosebumpsboth
To experience shivering or goosebumps.
2.
To recoil/become tenseclassical
To become tense or recoil, often in response to something unpleasant or frightening.

اشمأزت؛ أي اقشعرتverb phrase

1.
It recoiled; i.e., it shiveredclassical
Describing a state of recoiling or shivering, often in aversion.

نفرت واقشعر جلدهverb phrase

1.
It repelled and its skin shiveredclassical
Describing a reaction of aversion and physical shivering.

Parallel reading

القشعر: القثاء، واحدته قشعرة، بلغة أهل الحوف من اليمن.

Al-Qash'ar: Cucumbers, the singular of which is Qash'arah, in the dialect of the people of Al-Huf in Yemen.

والقشعريرة: الرعدة واقشعرار الجلد؛

And Al-Qash'arirah: the shivering and the goosebumps of the skin;

وأخذته قشعريرة وقد اقشعر جلد الرجل اقشعرارا، فهو مقشعر؛

And he was overcome by chills, and the man's skin shivered with goosebumps, so he was covered in them;

ورجل متقشعر: مقشعر، والجمع قشاعر، بحذف الميم لأنها زائدة.

And a man Mutqash'ir: is one who is Muqsh'arr (covered in goosebumps), and the plural is Qasha'ir, by omitting the 'mim' because it is an addition.

والقشاعر: الخشن المس.

And Al-Qasha'ir: is the rough to the touch.

اقشعرت الأرض من المحل.

The land became parched from drought.

إن الأرض إذا لم ينزل عليها المطر اربدت واقشعرت أي تقبضت وتجمعت.

Indeed, when rain does not fall upon the land, it becomes dry and contracts, meaning it tightens and gathers.

قالت له هند لما ضرب أبا سيفان بالدرة: لرب يوم لو ضربته لاقشعر بطن مكة فقال: أجل.

Hind said to him when he struck Abu Sufyan with the whip: 'Perhaps there was a day when if I had struck him, the belly of Mecca would have shivered,' and he said: 'Yes.'

واقشعر الجلد من الجرب والنبات إذا لم يصب ريا، فهو مقشعر؛

And the skin shivers from scabies and plants when they do not receive moisture, so it is Muqsh'arr;

أصبح البيت بيت آل بيان ... مقشعرا، والحي حي خلوف الفراء

The house became the house of the family of Bayan... contracted, and the tribe is the tribe of the descendants of Al-Farra'

تقشعر منه جلود الذين يخشون ربهم ؛

The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it;

قال: تقشعر من آية العذاب ثم تلين عند نزول آية الرحمة.

He said: 'They shiver from the verse of punishment, then they soften upon the descent of the verse of mercy.'

وفي قوله تعالى: وإذا ذكر الله وحده اشمأزت؛ أي اقشعرت؛

And in His saying, the Almighty: 'And when Allah alone is mentioned, they recoil; meaning they shiver;'

وقال غيره: نفرت واقشعر جلده إذا قف.

And others said: 'They are repelled and their skin shivers when they are dry.'