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قرقس

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to small, bothersome insects, specifically types of bugs or fleas. It also extends to describe a type of sealing clay and a specific kind of barren, smooth, and potentially hazardous terrain. Additionally, it denotes the act of calling or summoning a dog.

Derived headwords

القِرْقِسnoun
  1. 1.
    mosquitoesboth

    A type of biting insect, commonly known as mosquitoes.

  2. 2.
    bugsclassical

    Another interpretation, referring to small insects akin to bugs.

القِرْقِسnoun
  1. 1.
    sealing clayclassical

    A type of clay used for sealing, which is a Persian loanword adapted into Arabic.

القِرْقِسnoun
  1. 1.
    sealing clay (variant)classical

    A variant name for the sealing clay, also known as al-jurjashab.

قَرْقَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to call a dogboth

    To call or summon a dog, often with a specific sound or word.

قَرْقَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to call a puppyboth

    Specifically to call or summon a young dog or puppy.

قَرْقَسَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to call itboth

    To call out to it, referring to a dog or puppy.

قِرْقَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    calling a dogboth

    The act or sound of calling a dog.

قِرْقُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    calling a dog (sound)both

    The specific sound or utterance used to call a dog.

قِرْقُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    wide, smooth plainclassical

    A wide, smooth, and level plain devoid of vegetation.

قِرْقُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    hard groundclassical

    Referring to hard, solid ground.

قِرْقُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    barren, cursed landclassical

    A description of land that is barren, rough, dry, and potentially cursed, with withered vegetation.

قاع قرقوسnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth, level basinclassical

    A basin-like area of land that is smooth, level, and without plants.

أرض قرقوسnoun
  1. 1.
    hard terrainclassical

    Land characterized by its hardness and solidity.

واد قرقnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth valleyclassical

    A valley that is smooth and level.

واد قرقرnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth valley (variant)classical

    A variant term for a smooth and level valley.

واد قرقوسnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth valley (variant)classical

    Another variant term for a smooth and level valley.

القَرْقnoun
  1. 1.
    source/originclassical

    The source or origin of something, functioning similarly to a verbal noun.

قِرْقnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of voiceclassical

    Referring to the sound or voice, particularly in the context of animal sounds.

قِرْقnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of voice (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation or form related to the sound of a voice or utterance.

Parallel reading

القرقس: البعوض، وقيل: البق، والقرقس الذي يقال له الجرجس شبه البق
Al-qaraqis: mosquitoes, and it is said: bugs, and al-qaraqis which is called al-jurjas is similar to bugs.
فليت الأفاعي يعضضننا، ... مكان البراغيث والقرقس
I wish snakes would bite us... instead of fleas and bugs.
والقرقس: طين يختم به، فارسي معرب، يقال له الجرجشب
And al-qaraqis: clay with which one seals, it is an Arabized Persian word, called al-jurjashab.
وقرقس وقرقوس: دعاء الكلب.
Qaraqasa and qaraqusa: calling the dog.
وقرقس الجرو [الجرو] والكلب وقرقس به: دعاه بقرقوس.
And the puppy [puppy] and the dog called, and he called it with qaraqusa: he summoned it with qaraqusa.
أبو زيد: أشليت الكلب وقرقست بالكلب إذا دعوت به.
Abu Zayd said: I lured the dog and I qaraqastu with the dog when I called it.
وقاع قرقوس مثال قربوس، أي واسع أملس مستو لا نبت فيه.
And a qaraqusa plain, like qurbusa, meaning wide, smooth, level, with no vegetation.
والقرقوس: القف الصلب؛ وأرض قرقوس.
And al-qaraqusa: the hard plateau; and qaraqusa land.
وهي أرض مسحورة خبيثة ومن سحرها أيبس الله نبتها ومنعه.
It is a cursed, wicked land, and because of its magic, God made its vegetation dry and prevented it.
وقال بعضهم: واد قرق [قرق] وقرقر وقرقوس أي أملس.
And some of them said: a qaraq valley, qaraqara, and qaraqusa, meaning smooth.
تربعت من صلب رهبى أنقا، ... ظواهرا مرا، ومرا غدقا ومن قياقي الصوتين قيقا، ... صهبا، وقربانا تناصي قرقا
I grazed in the solid parts of Rahba, ... appearing bitter, and abundant bitter plants, and from the sounds of the two voices, qiiqa, ... reddish, and drawing near to the source of qaraqa.
قال أبو نصر: القرق شبيه بالمصدر، ويروى على وجهين: قرق، وقرق.
Abu Nasr said: Al-qaraq is similar to the masdar (verbal noun), and it is narrated in two ways: qaraq, and qaraq.