← Back to Lisan al-Arab

قنز

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hunting, specifically the act of hunting or the hunter. It also has secondary meanings related to intoxication and a small type of jug.

Derived headwords

القِنْزnoun
  1. 1.
    Huntingclassical

    A dialectal variant or substitution for the word 'قَنَص' (hunting).

  2. 2.
    The hunted animalclassical

    Refers to the animal being hunted, particularly in the context of a failed hunt.

القَنَصnoun
  1. 1.
    Huntingboth

    The act of hunting or the sport of hunting.

يتقنزverb
  1. 1.
    To huntclassical

    A verb form meaning to hunt, used as a dialectal variant of 'يتقنص'.

يتقنصverb
  1. 1.
    To huntboth

    The present tense verb meaning to hunt.

قانِصnoun
  1. 1.
    Hunterboth

    One who hunts.

قَنّازnoun
  1. 1.
    Hunterclassical

    A variant term for a hunter.

أقنزverb
  1. 1.
    To become intoxicatedclassical

    To become drunk or merry from drinking 'إقنيز'.

الإقنيزnoun
  1. 1.
    Small jugclassical

    A small jug or vessel, often used for wine or other beverages.

جلفة الإقنيزnoun
  1. 1.
    Clay of the jugclassical

    The clay or material from which the 'إقنيز' jug is made.

القَنَزnoun
  1. 1.
    Small jugclassical

    A small jug, similar to 'إقنيز'.

Parallel reading

لغة في القنص
A dialectal variant of 'al-qanas' (hunting).
رمى خنزيرا فأخطأه وانقطع وتره فأقبل وهو يقول: إنك رعملي، بئس الطريدة القنز
He shot at a wild boar, missed him, and his bowstring broke. He approached, saying: 'You are a trickster, what a bad quarry is 'al-qanz' (the hunted animal/failed hunt)'.
هذا لعمر الله من شر القنز يريد القنص
By God, this is from the worst of 'al-qanz' (hunting/the hunted), meaning 'al-qanas' (hunting).
خرج يتقنز أي يتقنص
He went out 'yataqannaz', meaning 'yataqannas' (to hunt).
أقنز الرجل إذا شرب بالإقنيز طربا
The man became 'aqannaza' (intoxicated) when he drank from 'al-iqniz' (the small jug) with joy.
وجلفة الإقنيز طينته
And the 'jalfat al-iqniz' (clay of the jug) is its material.
القنز الراقود الصغير
'Al-qanz' is the small 'raqood' (jug).