قعس

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

The root قعس (q-ʿ-s) primarily relates to a curvature or concavity, particularly in the back and chest, and by extension, to firmness, steadfastness, and immovability. It also extends to descriptions of objects like bows and animals, and abstract concepts like wealth and time.

Derived headwords

القَعَسُnoun

1.
Concavity of the backclassical
The opposite of hunchbackedness; it refers to a protruding chest and a sunken back.
2.
Curvature of a bowclassical
The inward curve of the inner part of a bow and the outward curve of its outer part.
3.
Steadfastnessclassical
Firmness and immovability.
4.
Stagnant/stale earthclassical
Refers to stagnant or putrid earth.

قَعَسَverb

1.
To be concave/hunchbackedclassical
To have a concave back and protruding chest.
2.
To be firm/steadfastclassical
To be firm, steadfast, and unyielding.
3.
To bend/curveclassical
To bend or curve something.

أَقْعَسُadjective

1.
Concave-backedclassical
Having a sunken back and a protruding chest.
2.
Firm, steadfastclassical
Firm, steadfast, strong, and unyielding.
3.
Short-leggedclassical
Having short legs and a stooped posture.

مُتَقَاعِسٌadjective

1.
Hunchbackedclassical
One who is concave-backed.
2.
Hesitant, lagging
One who delays, lags behind, or hesitates.

قَعْسَاءُadjective

1.
Concave-backed (female)classical
A female with a concave back and protruding chest.
2.
Curved (bow)classical
A bow that is curved inward in the middle.
3.
Steadfast (woman)classical
A woman who is firm and steadfast.

أَقْيَعَسُadjective

1.
Diminutive of concave-backedclassical
A diminutive form of 'aq'as', referring to a small boy with a concave back.

قَوْسٌ قَعْسَاءُnoun

1.
Curved bowclassical
A bow characterized by its inward curvature in the middle and outward curvature on the exterior.

نَمْلَةٌ قَعْسَاءُnoun

1.
Ant with raised bodyclassical
An ant that raises its chest and tail.

القَعَاسُnoun

1.
Neck sprainclassical
A twisting or sprain in the neck caused by wind, as if it were being forced backward.

عِزَّةٌ قَعْسَاءُnoun

1.
Firm/unyielding honorclassical
Honor that is steadfast, unyielding, and unassailable.

تَقَاعَسَverb

1.
To lag behind, delay
To fall behind, delay, or hesitate in proceeding.
2.
To stand firm, resistclassical
To remain firm, resist, and not yield or bow one's head.
3.
To move backwardclassical
To move backward or retreat.

اِقْعَنْسَسَverb

1.
To stand firm, persistclassical
To stand firm, persist, and remain steadfast.
2.
To retreat, move backwardclassical
To retreat or move backward.
3.
To refuse to followclassical
To refuse to be led or to follow; to be stubborn or unyielding.

مُقْعَنْسِسٌadjective

1.
Stubborn, unyieldingclassical
One who refuses to be led or follow; stubborn and unyielding.
2.
Strong, robustclassical
Strong, robust, and powerful.
3.
Retreatingclassical
One who retreats or moves backward.
4.
With head drawn inclassical
Someone who draws their head into their neck, as if refusing something.

مَقَاعِسُnoun

1.
Plural of muq'ansisclassical
A plural form of 'muq'ansis', referring to those who are stubborn or unyielding.

الإِقْعَاسُnoun

1.
Wealth, abundanceclassical
Riches and abundance.

فَرَسٌ أَقْعَسُnoun

1.
Horse with lowered backclassical
A horse whose back is lowered from its saddle area, with its hindquarters raised.

إِبِلٌ قَعْسَاءُnoun

1.
Camels with heads bentclassical
Camels whose heads and necks are bent towards their backs.

القُنْعَاسُnoun

1.
Large she-camelclassical
A large, long-humped she-camel.

لَيْلٌ أَقْعَسُnoun

1.
Long nightclassical
A long night that seems to never end.

قَعَسَ الشَّيْءَverb

1.
To bend/curve itclassical
To bend or curve something.

القَوْعَسُadjective

1.
Thick-necked, strong-backedclassical
Thick-necked and strong-backed, referring to anything.

تَقَعْوُسُ الشَّيْخِverb

1.
Old ageclassical
To grow old, similar to 'taqawwash'.

القَعُوسُnoun

1.
Old manclassical
An old man.
2.
Lightweightclassical
Lightweight or agile.

تَقَعْوُسَ البَيْتُverb

1.
To collapseclassical
For a house to collapse or fall down.

بَعِيرٌ أَقْعَسُnoun

1.
Camel with short legsclassical
A camel with short legs and a stooped hump.

وَقْعَسَانُname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name.

الأَقْعَسُname

1.
Mountain nameclassical
The name of a mountain.

وَقْعِيسٌname

1.
Proper nameclassical
A proper name.

مَقَاعِسُname

1.
Tribe nameclassical
The name of a tribe.

عَمْرُو بْنُ قَعَاسٍname

1.
Poet's nameclassical
The name of one of their poets.

الأَقْعَسَانِname

1.
Two individuals' namesclassical
The names of two individuals.

Parallel reading

نقيض الحدب، وهو خروج الصدر ودخول الظهر

The opposite of hunchbackedness, which is a protruding chest and a sunken back.

قعس قعسا، فهو أقعس ومتقاعس

He was concave-backed, so he is 'aq'as' and 'mutaqais'.

وهذا الضرب يعتقب عليه هذان المثالان كثيرا

And these two patterns often alternate for this type.

والمرأة قعساء والجمع قعس

And the woman is 'qasā'' and the plural is 'qas'.

وهو تصغير الأقعس

And it is a diminutive of 'aq'as'.

والقعس في القوس: نتو باطنها من وسطها ودخول ظاهرها، وهي قوس قعساء

And 'al-qas' in a bow: the protrusion of its inner part from its middle and the concavity of its outer part, and it is a 'qasā'' bow.

ونملة قعساء: رافعة صدرها وذنبها

And a 'qasā'' ant: raising its chest and its tail.

والأقعس: الذي في صدره انكباب إلى ظهره

And 'al-aq'as': he whose chest is sunken towards his back.

والقعاس: التواء يأخذ في العنق من ريح كأنها تهصره إلى ما وراءه

And 'al-qasās': a twisting that affects the neck from wind, as if it were pressing it backward.

والقعس: الثبات

And 'al-qas': steadfastness.

وعزة قعساء: ثابتة

And a 'qasā'' honor: steadfast.

ورجل أقعس: ثابت عزيز منيع

And an 'aq'as' man: steadfast, mighty, impregnable.

وتقاعس العز أي ثبت وامتنع ولم يطأطئ رأسه

And 'taqā'asa al-'izzu' means honor became firm, resisted, and did not bow its head.

فاقعنسس أي فثبت معه

So he became 'iq'ansassa', meaning he stood firm with it.

تقاعس العز بنا فاقعنسسا، ... فبخس الناس وأعيا البخسا

Honor became firm with us, so we became steadfast, ... so he wronged the people and exhausted the wrongdoer.

وتقعست الدابة: ثبتت فلم تبرح مكانها

And the animal 'taqassat': it stood firm and did not leave its place.

وتقاعوس الرجل عن الأمر أي تأخر ولم يتقدم فيه

And a man 'taqā'asa' from a matter means he delayed and did not proceed in it.

فتقاعست أن تقع فيها

So she hesitated to fall into it.

بعد ما كستني السنون القعس شيب المفارق

After the long years have made my temples gray.

إنما أراد السنين الثابتة، ومعنى ثباتها طولها

He only meant the steadfast years, and the meaning of their steadfastness is their length.

وقعس وتقاعس واقعنسس: تأخر ورجع إلى خلف

'Waqa'asa', 'taqā'asa', and 'iq'ansassa': to delay and retreat backward.

فتقاعس عنه أو تقعس أي تأخر

So he 'taqā'asa' from him or 'taqassasa', meaning he delayed.

إما على قعو، وإما اقعنسس

Either on a 'qaw'' or 'iq'ansas'.

وإن استقى بغير بكرة ومتح أوجعه ظهره فيقال له اقعنسس واجذب الدلو

And if he draws water without a pulley and his back hurts, he is told 'iq'ansis' and pull the bucket.

واقعنسس البعير وغيره: امتنع فلم يتبع، وكل ممتنع مقعنسس

And a camel or other 'iq'ansassa': refused and did not follow, and every refuser is 'muq'ansis'.

والمقعنسس: الشديد، وقيل: المتأخر

And 'al-muq'ansis': the strong, and it is said: the one who retreats.

وجمل مقعنسس: يمتنع أن يقاد

And a 'muq'ansis' camel: refuses to be led.

فلتكن السين الأولى أصلا كما أن الطاء المقابلة لها من اخرنطم أصل

Let the first 'sīn' be an original letter, just as the 'tā'' opposite it in 'ikhtanṭama' is original.

وإنما لم تحذف الميم، وإن كانت زائدة، لأنها دخلت لمعنى اسم الفاعل

And the 'mīm' was not deleted, even though it is an addition, because it entered with the meaning of the active participle.

والتعويض أن تدخل ياء ساكنة بين الحرفين اللذين بعد الألف، تقول: مقاعس وإن شئت مقاعيس

And compensation is to insert a silent 'yā'' between the two letters after the 'alif', you say: 'maqā'is', and if you wish, 'maqā'īs'.

والإقعاس: الغنى والإكثار

And 'al-iq'ās': wealth and abundance.

وفرس أقعس إذا اطمأن صلبه من صهوته وارتفعت قطاته

And an 'aq'as' horse if its back is lowered from its saddle and its hindquarters are raised.

ومن الإبل التي مال رأسها وعنقها نحو ظهرها

And of camels, those whose heads and necks lean towards their backs.

ابن خمس عشاء خلفات قعس أي مكث الهلال لخمس خلون من الشعر إلى أن يغيب مكث هذه الحوامل في عشائها

The son of five evenings of pregnant she-camels 'qas' means the crescent moon remained for five nights of the month until it set, like the duration these pregnant animals stay in their evening resting place.

والقنعاس: الناقة العظيمة الطويلة السنمة

And 'al-qun'ās': the large she-camel with a long hump.

وابن اللبون، إذا ما لز في قرن، ... لم يستطع صولة البزل القناعيس

And the son of a she-camel, when he is pushed in a fight, ... cannot withstand the charge of the castrated, large-humped camels.

وليل أقعس: طويل كأنه لا يبرح

And an 'aq'as' night: long, as if it does not leave.

والقعس: التراب المنتن

And 'al-qas': stagnant earth.

قعس الشيء قعسا: عطفه كقعشه

'Qa'asa' the thing 'qasā': to bend it like 'qa'ashahu'.

والقوعس: الغليظ العنق الشديد الظهر من كل شيء

And 'al-qaw'as': thick-necked and strong-backed, of anything.

وتقعوس الشيخ: كبر كتقعوش

And the old man 'taqawwasa': grew old, like 'taqawwash'.

والقعوس: الشيخ الكبير

And 'al-qawūs': the old man.

وتقعوس البيت: انهدم

And the house 'taqawwasa': collapsed.

والقعوس: الخفيف

And 'al-qawūs': the light one.

هو أهون من قعيس على عمته؛ قيل كان غلاما من بني تميم، وإن عمته استعارت عنزا من امرأة فرهنتها قعيسا ثم نحرت العنز وهربت، فضرب به المثل في الهوان

He is easier than 'qais' to his aunt; it is said he was a boy from Banu Tamim, and his aunt borrowed a goat from a woman and pawned 'qais' for it, then slaughtered the goat and fled, so he was made an example of for being insignificant.

وبعير أقعس: في رجليه قصر وفي حاركه انصباب

And an 'aq'as' camel: short in its legs and with a stoop in its hump.

الأقعس الذي قد خرجت عجيزته

The 'aq'as' is one whose rump has protruded.

هو المنكب على صدره

He is one who leans forward onto his chest.

حتى تأتي فتيات قعسا

Until 'qasā'' girls come.

القعس: نتو الصدر خلقة، والرجل أقعس، والمرأة قعساء، والجمع قعس

Al-qas: a natural protrusion of the chest; the man is 'aq'as', the woman is 'qasā'', and the plural is 'qas'.

وقعسان: موضع، والأقعس: جبل

Waq'asān: a place, and Al-Aq'as: a mountain.

ومقاعس: قبيلة

And Maqā'is: a tribe.

وبنو مقاعس: بطن من بني سعد، سمي مقاعسا لأنه تقاعس عن حلف كان بين قومه

And Banu Maqā'is: a clan of Banu Sa'd, named Maqā'is because he lagged behind a pact that was between his people.

وإنما سمي مقاعسا يوم الكلاب لأنهم لما التقوا هم وبنو الحرث بن كعب تنادى أولئك: يا للحرث وتنادى هؤلاء: يا للحرث فاشتبه الشعاران فقالوا: يا لمقاعس

And he was named Maqā'is on the Day of Al-Kilāb because when they met, he and Banu Al-Harith ibn Ka'b, those called out: 'O for Al-Harith!' and these called out: 'O for Al-Harith!', so the slogans were confused, and they said: 'O for Maqā'is!'

ومقاعس أبو حي من تميم، وهو لقب، واسمه الحرث بن عمرو بن كعب بن سعد بن زيد مناة بن تميم

And Maqā'is is the ancestor of a branch of Tamim, and it is a nickname, and his name is Al-Harith ibn Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Zayd Manāt ibn Tamim.

وعمرو بن قعاس: من شعرائهم

And Amr ibn Qa'ās: from their poets.

الأقعسان هما أقعس ومقاعس ابنا ضمرة بن ضمرة من بني مجاشع

Al-Aq'asān are Aq'as and Maqā'is, sons of Ḍamrah ibn Ḍamrah from Banu Mujāshi'.

والأقعسان: الأقعس وهبيرة ابنا ضمضم

And Al-Aq'asān: Al-Aq'as and Hubayrah, sons of Ḍamḍam.