قعص

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sudden, immediate death, often from a direct blow or wound. It also extends to diseases causing rapid death in animals and, metaphorically, to deception or trickery.

Derived headwords

قَعَصٌnoun

1.
Sudden deathboth
An immediate killing, especially one resulting from a direct blow or wound, causing death on the spot.
2.
Swift deathclassical
A rapid demise.

قَعَصَاnoun

1.
Sudden deathboth
An immediate killing, especially one resulting from a direct blow or wound, causing death on the spot.
2.
Swift deathclassical
A rapid demise.

أَقْعَصَverb

1.
To kill instantlyboth
To strike or throw something in such a way that it causes immediate death on the spot.
2.
To finish offboth
To deliver the final blow or action that causes death, to put an end to someone.

إِقْعَاصٌnoun

1.
Instant killingboth
The act of striking or throwing something in such a way that it causes immediate death on the spot.
2.
Finishing offboth
The act of delivering the final blow or action that causes death.

قَعَصَverb

1.
To kill instantlyboth
To strike or throw something in such a way that it causes immediate death on the spot.
2.
To die suddenlyboth
To experience a rapid demise, often from a blow.

قَعَصْتُهُverb

1.
I killed him instantlyboth
I struck him or caused him to die immediately on the spot.

أَقْعَصْتُهُverb

1.
I killed him instantlyboth
I struck him or caused him to die immediately on the spot.

قَعَصَكَverb

1.
It killed you instantlyboth
It struck you or caused you to die immediately on the spot.

قَعَصَتْهُverb

1.
It killed him instantlyboth
It struck him or caused him to die immediately on the spot.

قَعَصُnoun

1.
Sudden deathboth
An immediate killing, especially one resulting from a direct blow or wound, causing death on the spot.
2.
Swift deathclassical
A rapid demise.

قَعُوصٌadjective

1.
Striking (a milker)classical
Describes a ewe that strikes its milker and withholds its milk.

قَعَاصٌnoun

1.
Disease (in chest)classical
A disease affecting the chest, causing a sensation as if the neck is breaking.
2.
Disease (in animals)classical
A fatal disease affecting livestock, causing nasal discharge and rapid death.
3.
Disease (in sheep)classical
A fatal disease affecting sheep, leading to quick death.

مَقْعُوصَةٌadjective

1.
Afflicted with diseaseclassical
Suffering from a fatal disease, particularly one that causes rapid death.

مِقْعَاصٌnoun

1.
Sheep with diseaseclassical
A ewe that is afflicted with the fatal disease known as 'qaaṣ'.

اِنْقَعَصَverb

1.
To die suddenlyclassical
To perish quickly and unexpectedly.

اِنْقَعَفَverb

1.
To die suddenlyclassical
To perish quickly and unexpectedly.

اِنْغَرَفَverb

1.
To die suddenlyclassical
To perish quickly and unexpectedly.

قَعَصْتُهُverb

1.
I deceived himclassical
I tricked or defrauded him, especially in a financial transaction.

مُعَاقَصَةٌnoun

1.
Deceptionclassical
The act of tricking or deceiving someone.

مُقَاعَصَةٌnoun

1.
Deceptionclassical
The act of tricking or deceiving someone.

قَعْصٌnoun

1.
Disassembled (house)classical
A house that has been taken apart or dismantled.

Parallel reading

القعص والقعص: القتل المعجل، والقعص: الموت الوحي.

Al-qa'ṣ and al-qa'aṣ: the hastened killing, and al-qa'ṣ: the swift death.

يقال: مات فلان قعصا إذا أصابته ضربة أو رمية فمات مكانه.

It is said: So-and-so died suddenly (qa'ṣan) if a blow or a throw struck him and he died in his place.

والإقعاص: أن تضرب الشيء أو ترميه فيموت مكانه.

And al-iq'āṣ: is to strike something or throw at it, and it dies in its place.

وضربه فأقعصه أي قتله مكانه.

And he struck him and killed him instantly (af'aṣahu), meaning he killed him in his place.

وفي الحديث: من خرج مجاهدا في سبيل الله فقتل قعصا فقد استوجب المآب

And in the Hadith: Whoever goes out striving in the path of Allah and is killed suddenly (qa'ṣan) has deserved the return (to Paradise).

يقال: قعصته وأقعصته إذا قتلته قتلا سريعا.

It is said: I killed him suddenly (qa'aṣtuhu and aq'aṣtuhu) if I killed him with a swift killing.

القعص أن يضرب الرجل بالسلاح أو بغيره فيموت مكانه قبل أن يريمه

Al-qa'ṣ is when a man is struck with a weapon or something else and dies in his place before moving.

كان يقعص الخيل بالرمح قعصا يوم الجمل

He used to kill horses instantly with the spear, a sudden killing, on the Day of the Camel.

أقعص ابنا عفراء أبا جهل

The sons of 'Afra' killed Abu Jahl instantly.

وقد أقعصه الضارب إقعاصا، وكذلك الصيد

And the striker killed him instantly (aq'aṣahu) with an instant killing, and likewise the hunted animal.

وأقعص الرجل: أجهز عليه

And the man finished him off (aq'aṣa): he delivered the final blow to him.

والاسم منها القعصة؛ عن ابن الأعرابي؛ وأنشد لابن زنيم: هذا ابن فاطمة الذي أفناكم ذبحا، وميتة قعصة لم تذبح

And the noun from it is al-qa'ṣah; from Ibn al-A'rabi; and he recited for Ibn Zunaim: This is the son of Fatima who annihilated you by slaughter, and a sudden death (qa'ṣah) without being slaughtered.

وأقعصه بالرمح وقعصه: طعنه طعنا وحيا، وقيل: حفزه.

And I struck him with the spear and killed him suddenly (aq'aṣahu wa qa'aṣahu): I stabbed him with a stabbing and a quick death, and it was said: I hastened him.

وشاة قعوص: تضرب حالبها وتمنع الدرة

And a qa'ūṣ ewe: strikes its milker and withholds its milk.

والقعاص: داء يأخذ في الصدر كأنه يكسر العنق.

And al-qa'āṣ: is a disease that affects the chest, as if it breaks the neck.

والقعاص: داء يأخذ الدواب فيسيل من أنوفها شيء، وقد قعصت.

And al-qa'āṣ: is a disease that affects livestock, and something flows from their noses, and they have become afflicted with it (qa'aṣat).

والقعاص: داء يأخذ الغنم لا يلبثها أن تموت.

And al-qa'āṣ: is a disease that affects sheep, and they do not remain long before they die.

وفي الحديث في أشراط الساعة: وموتان يكون في الناس كقعاص الغنم

And in the Hadith about the signs of the Hour: And deaths will occur among people like the sudden deaths of sheep (qa'āṣ al-ghanami).

وقد قعصت، فهي مقعوصة.

And they have become afflicted with it (qa'aṣat), so they are afflicted (mawqūṣah).

وابن الأعرابي: المقعاص الشاة التي بها القعاص، وهو داء قاتل.

And Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-miq'āṣ is the ewe that has al-qa'āṣ, which is a fatal disease.

وانقعص وانقعف وانغرف إذا مات.

And he died suddenly (inqa'aṣa, inqa'afa, and ingharafa) if he died.

وأخذت منه المال قعصا وقعصته إياه إذا اغتررته.

And I took the money from him suddenly (qa'ṣan) and I deceived him (qa'aṣtuhu) if I tricked him.

وفي النوادر: أخذته معاقصة ومقاعصة أي معازة.

And in the Nawadir: I took him with deception (mu'āqaṣah and muqā'aṣah), meaning with trickery.

والقعص: المفكك من البيوت؛ عن كراع.

And al-qa'ṣ: is the dismantled (structure) of houses; from Kura'.