قنس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the front or top part of something, particularly the head of a horse or the apex of a helmet. It also extends to concepts of origin, foundation, and in some contexts, a small amount of vomit.

Derived headwords

القِنْسُnoun

1.
origin, foundationclassical
The fundamental basis or origin of something.
2.
top partclassical
The uppermost or foremost part of something.

قَنَسَverb

1.
to vomit a littleclassical
To expel a small amount of stomach contents.

القِنْسُnoun

1.
small amount of vomitclassical
A small quantity of vomited material.

القِنْسُnoun

1.
horse's bridleclassical
The reins of a horse, as named by the Persians.

قُنْسُ الفَرَسِnoun

1.
forehead of a horseclassical
The area between a horse's ears.
2.
prominent bone between horse's earsclassical
A bony protuberance situated between the ears of a horse.
3.
front of a horse's headclassical
The foremost part of a horse's head.

قُونِسُ المَرْأَةِnoun

1.
front of a woman's headclassical
The foremost part of a woman's head.

قُونِسُ البَيْضَةِnoun

1.
front of a helmetclassical
The front part of a helmet.
2.
top of a helmetclassical
The uppermost part of a helmet.

القَوَانِسُnoun

1.
front of helmetsclassical
Plural of 'qu'nas', referring to the front parts of helmets.

القُنْسُnoun

1.
spathe of a palm treeclassical
The spathe of a palm tree, which encloses the blossoms.

القُنْسُnoun

1.
a place of originclassical
A place from which someone or something originates.

Parallel reading

وحاصن من حاصنات ملس، ... من الأذى ومن قراف الوقس، في قنس مجد فات كل قنس

And chaste among chaste women, smooth... from harm and from the proximity of fornication, in a foundation of glory that surpassed every foundation.

وروي: فوق كل قنس

And it is narrated: above every foundation.

وجيء به من قنسك أي من حيث كان

And he was brought from your origin, meaning from where he was.

وقونس الفرس: ما بين أذنيه

And the 'qu'nus' of a horse: what is between its ears.

وقيل: عظم ناتئ بين أذنيه

And it was said: a prominent bone between its ears.

وقيل: مقدم رأسه

And it was said: the front of its head.

اضرب عنك الهموم طارقها، ... ضربك بالسوط قونس الفرس

Strike away from you its arriving worries, ... like your striking with a whip the front of a horse's head.

واضرب منا بالسيوف القوانسا

And strike with our swords the fronts (of helmets).

والقونس: أعلى البيضة من الحديد

And the 'qu'nus': the top of the helmet made of iron.

والقونس مقدم البيضة

And the 'qu'nus' is the front of the helmet.

وهي الحديدة الطويلة في أعلاها

And it is the long iron piece at its top.

والقنس الطلعاء، وهي القيء القليل

And 'al-quns' is the spathe, and it is a small amount of vomit.

فأما قول الأفوه: فقد أحسنوا ... أمس بضرب الهام، تحت القنوس

As for the saying of al-Afwah: they did well... yesterday by striking heads, under the spathes.