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قنسر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being old, aged, or weathered by time. It also encompasses a specific geographical location in the Levant, a city or region named Qunsurin.

Derived headwords

القُنْسَرِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    old, agedclassical

    Describing a person who is old and has been affected by the passage of time.

قَنْسَرَىadjective
  1. 1.
    old, agedclassical

    An adjective used to describe someone who is old and has experienced much of life's changes.

قَنْسَرِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    from Qunsurinboth

    An adjective denoting origin or relation to the city or region of Qunsurin.

تَقَنْسَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become oldclassical

    To grow old or aged, to be affected by the passage of time.

قَنْسَرَتْهُ السِّنُّverb
  1. 1.
    age has made him oldclassical

    The passage of time and age has made someone old and weathered.

قَنْسَرَهverb
  1. 1.
    time has made him oldclassical

    The circumstances or time has caused someone to become old and worn out.

قَنْسَرِينname
  1. 1.
    Qunsurinboth

    A city or region in the Levant, one of its military districts.

قَنْسَرُونname
  1. 1.
    Qunsurinboth

    Another name or variant for the city or region of Qunsurin in the Levant.

قَنْسَرِينِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    from Qunsurinboth

    Relating to or originating from the city of Qunsurin.

قَعْسَرِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    strong, robustclassical

    Describing someone who is strong and powerful.

Parallel reading

أطربا وأنت قنسرى ... والدهر بالإنسان دواري
Be joyful, though you are old... and time revolves around man.
وهو قعسري
And he is strong and robust.
وكل قديم: قنسر
And everything old is qansar.
وقد تقنسر وقنسرته السن
And he has become old, and age has made him old.
ويقال للشيخ إذا ولى وعسا: قد قنسره الدهر
And it is said of an elder when he has passed and become weak: time has made him old.
وقنسرته أمور فاقسأن لها
And matters have made him old, and he has become worn out by them.
وقد حنى ظهره دهر وقد كبرا
And time has bent his back, and he has grown old.
وقنسرين وقنسرين وقنسرون وقنسرون كورة بالشام
And Qunsurin, Qunsurin, Qunsurun, and Qunsurun are a province in the Levant.
فمن قال قنسرين فالنسب إليه قنسريني
So whoever says Qunsurin, the relation to it is Qunsurini.
ومن قال قنسرون فالنسب إليه قنسري
And whoever says Qunsurun, the relation to it is Qunsuri.
وقنسرون بلد بالشام
And Qunsurun is a city in the Levant.
سقى الله فتيانا ورائي تركتهم ... بحاضر قنسرين، من سبل القطر
May God water youths whom I left behind... in the vicinity of Qunsurin, from the paths of the rain.
وحاضر قنسرين: موضع الإقامة على الماء من قنسرين
And the vicinity of Qunsurin: the place of residence by the water from Qunsurin.