قهقر

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are hard, black, and solid, often relating to stones or dark colors. It also extensively covers the concept of moving backward or retreating, both literally and figuratively.

Derived headwords

القَهْقَرnoun

1.
hard black stoneclassical
A hard, smooth, black, solid stone.
2.
reddish layer on date palmclassical
A reddish peel or layer found on the core of a date palm.
3.
tool for rubbingclassical
Something used to rub or polish an object.
4.
very black thingclassical
Something that is intensely black, like a raven.
5.
blackened grainclassical
Grain that has turned black after being green.
6.
large rockclassical
A large, massive rock.
7.
abundant foodclassical
A large quantity of food stored in containers.

القَهْقَارnoun

1.
hard black stoneclassical
A variant pronunciation or term for a hard, smooth, black, solid stone.

القَهْقُورnoun

1.
hard black stoneclassical
A term for a hard, smooth, black, solid stone.

القَهَاقِرnoun

1.
tool for rubbingclassical
Something used to rub or polish an object.

غُرَابٌ قَهْقَرadjective

1.
intensely blackclassical
Describing a raven or crow that is extremely black.

حِنْطَةٌ قَهْقَرَةadjective

1.
blackened grainclassical
Grain that has turned black after its green stage.

القَهْقَرَةnoun

1.
retreating backward
The act of moving backward or retreating.
2.
large rockclassical
A large, massive rock.

القَهْقَرَىnoun

1.
moving backward
The act of moving backward, especially in walking.
2.
retreat
A retreat or moving back.

قَهْقَرَverb

1.
to move backward
To move backward, especially in walking.
2.
to retreat
To retreat or go back.

تَقَهْقَرَverb

1.
to fall backwardclassical
To fall backward onto one's rear.
2.
to retreat
To retreat or move back.

يُقَهْقِرُverb

1.
to move backward
He moves backward, especially in walking.
2.
to retreat
He retreats or goes back.

القُهَيْقِرَانnoun

1.
small creatureclassical
A small crawling creature or insect.

القُرْهَبnoun

1.
old male goatclassical
An old, mature male goat (tays).

Parallel reading

الحجر الأملس الأسود الصلب

The smooth, black, solid stone.

بأخضر كالقهقر ينفض رأسه

With a greenness like the qahqar, shaking its head.

وهي تقرب أمام رعال الخيل

And they approach before the troops of horses.

وهو القهقور

And it is the qahqoor.

القهقر قشرة حمراء تكون على لب النخلة

The qahqar is a red peel that is on the core of the date palm.

أحمر كالقهقر وضاح البلق

Red like the qahqar, clear in its markings.

وهو ما سهكت به الشيء

And it is what you rub something with.

والفهر أعظم منه

And the fahr (large stone) is greater than it.

وكأن، خلف حجاجها من رأسها ... وأمام مجمع أخدعيها، القهقرا

And as if, behind its brow from its head... and before the gathering of its jugular veins, the qahqar.

وغراب قهقر: شديد السواد

And a qahqar raven: intensely black.

وحنطة قهقرة: قد اسودت بعد الخضرة

And qahqara grain: it has blackened after being green.

والقهقرة: الصخرة الضخمة

And the qahqara: the massive rock.

فإذا قلت: رجعت القهقرى، فكأنك قلت: رجعت الرجوع الذي يعرف بهذا الاسم

And if you say: 'I retreated qahqari', it is as if you said: 'I performed the retreat known by this name'.

وقهقر الرجل في مشيته: فعل ذلك

And the man qahqara in his walk: he did that.

وتقهقر: تراجع على قفاه

And taqahqara: he fell backward onto his rear.

والرجل يقهقر في مشيته إذا تراجع على قفاه قهقرة

And the man yaqahqiru in his walk if he falls backward onto his rear with a qahqara.

إنهم كانوا يمشون بعدك القهقرى

They were walking backward after you (in a retreating manner).

معناه الإرتداد عما كانوا عليه

Its meaning is reverting from what they were upon.

وهو المشي إلى خلف من غير أن يعيد وجهه إلى جهة مشيه

And it is walking backward without turning his face back to the direction of his walk.

الطعام الكثير الذي في الأوعية منضودا

The abundant food that is neatly arranged in the containers.

بات ابن أدماء يسامي القهقرا

The son of Adma spent the night vying with the abundant food.

الطعام الكثير الذي في العيبة

The abundant food that is in the bag.

والقهيقران: دويبة

And the quhayqiran: a small creature.

القهقر العلهب، وهو التيس المسن

The qahqar is the old male goat, which is the mature billy goat.

وأحسبه القرهب

And I think it is the qarahab.