قعش

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to bending, curving, or collapsing. It extends to concepts of being old or worn out, and also describes specific objects like a type of women's litter and a sturdy camel.

Derived headwords

قَعَشَverb

1.
to bend, curveclassical
To bend or curve something. Some scholars specifically applied this to bending branches of trees.

قَعْشnoun

1.
bending, curvingclassical
The act of bending or curving. It is synonymous with 'qad' (عطف).
2.
litter, palanquinclassical
A type of litter or palanquin used by women, similar to a howdah.

قَعْشnoun

1.
bending, curvingclassical
The act of bending or curving. It is synonymous with 'qad' (عطف).

قُعُوشnoun

1.
litters, palanquinsclassical
The plural of 'qa'sh', referring to litters or palanquins used by women.

قُعُوشَةnoun

1.
litter, palanquinclassical
Similar to 'qa'sh', referring to a type of women's litter or palanquin.

تَقَعْوَشَverb

1.
to become old, agedclassical
An elderly person becoming old or aged. It implies a state of being worn out by age.

تَقَعْوَشَverb

1.
to collapse, fall downclassical
Describing a house or building collapsing or falling down.

قُعْوَشnoun

1.
collapse, demolitionclassical
The collapse or demolition of a house or building.

اِنْقَعَشَverb

1.
to be uprooted, dislodgedclassical
Used for a wall becoming uprooted or dislodged from its foundation.

اِنْقَعَشَverb

1.
to disperse, scatterclassical
A group of people dispersing and going away, becoming separated.

بَعِيرٌ قَعْوَشٌadjective

1.
sturdy, stoutclassical
Describing a camel as being stout, thick, or robust.

Parallel reading

قَعَشَ الشيءَ قَعْشًا: عطفه

To bend something, to bend it.

وخص بعضهم به الغضا من الشجر

And some scholars specifically applied it to the branches of trees.

والقعش: من مراكب النساء شبه الهودج

And 'al-qa'sh' is from the conveyances of women, resembling a howdah.

والجمع قعوش

And the plural is 'qu'ush'.

حدباء فكت أسر القعوش

A hunchbacked one that released the captives of the litters.

والقعوشة كالقعش

And 'al-qu'ūshah' is like 'al-qa'sh'.

وتقعوش الشيخ: كبر

And the old man became old.

وتقعوش البيت والبناء: تهدم

And the house and the building collapsed: it became ruined.

وقعوش البيت: هدمه أو قوضه

And 'qu'ūsh al-bayt' means its demolition or dismantling.

وانقعش الحائط إذا انقلع

And the wall became uprooted if it was dislodged.

وانقعش القوم إذا انقطعوا فذهبوا

And the people dispersed if they became separated and went away.

وبعير قعوش: غليظ

And a stout camel: thick.

والقعش كالقعض، وهو العطف

And 'al-qa'sh' is like 'al-qa'd', which is bending.