قرط

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to items worn in the ear, specifically earrings, and by extension, other dangling ornaments. It also extends to concepts of cutting, attaching, and giving small amounts, as well as specific types of animals, plants, and units of weight.

Derived headwords

القُرْطnoun

1.
Earringboth
A piece of jewelry worn in the ear, often hanging from the lobe.
2.
Hanging ornamentclassical
Anything that hangs, such as a pendant or a decorative piece attached to something.
3.
Pleiades (star cluster)classical
The star cluster known as the Pleiades.
4.
Nock of a swordclassical
The two ear-like projections at the end of a sword blade.
5.
Firebrandclassical
A burning piece of wood or other material.
6.
Lamp wickclassical
The part of a lamp that burns.

ما يمنع إحداكن أن تصنع قرطين من فضة — What prevents one of you from making two silver earrings?

والقرط: الثريا — And the qirṭ: the Pleiades.

أَقْرَاطnoun

1.
Earringsboth
The plural form of qirṭ, referring to multiple earrings.

قُرَاطnoun

1.
Earringsclassical
Another plural form of qirṭ, referring to multiple earrings.
2.
Lampclassical
A lamp, particularly one that is lit.

قُرْطَةnoun

1.
Earringclassical
A single earring or a type of earring.
2.
Ornamentclassical
A hanging ornament, such as a pearl or a silver bead.
3.
A type of goat/ramclassical
A goat or ram with two hanging earlobes.

قُرِطَتْverb

1.
To wear an earringclassical
A young girl was adorned with an earring.

وقرطت الجارية فتقرطت هي — And the young girl was adorned with an earring, and she adorned herself.

تَقَرَّطَتْverb

1.
To adorn oneself with earringsclassical
A young girl adorned herself with earrings.

وقرطت الجارية فتقرطت هي — And the young girl was adorned with an earring, and she adorned herself.

مُقَرَّطَةadjective

1.
Wearing earringsclassical
A young girl who is wearing earrings.

وجارية مقرطة: ذات قرط — And a girl wearing earrings: one with an earring.

قُرْطَاءadjective

1.
Having hanging earlobesclassical
A female goat or ram with two hanging earlobes.

فهي قرطاء — So she is qirṭāʾ (having hanging earlobes).

أَقْرَطadjective

1.
Having hanging earlobesclassical
A male goat or ram with two hanging earlobes.

والذكر أقرط مقرط — And the male is aqraṭ, mqrṭ (having hanging earlobes).

مُقَرِّطadjective

1.
Having hanging earlobesclassical
A male goat or ram with two hanging earlobes.

والذكر أقرط مقرط — And the male is aqraṭ, mqrṭ (having hanging earlobes).

قَرَّطَverb

1.
To put on the bridleclassical
To place the bridle on a horse's head, often behind the ears.
2.
To cutclassical
To cut leeks or similar vegetables into pieces for cooking.
3.
To give a littleclassical
To give someone a small amount of something.

قرط فرسه اللجام: مد يده بعنانه فجعله على قذاله — He put the bridle on his horse: he extended his hand with its reins and placed it on its poll.

قرط الكراث وقرطه: قطعه في القدر — He cut the leeks and cut them: he cut them into the pot.

تَقْرِيطnoun

1.
Bridling a horseclassical
The act of putting the bridle on a horse, specifically placing it on the head and over the ears.
2.
Forcing a horse to eatclassical
Making a horse eat vigorously, to the point where the reins press on its ears.

تقريط الفرس له موضعان: أحدهما طرح اللجام في رأس الفرس، والثاني إذا مد الفارس يده حتى جعلها على قذال فرسه — Taqrīṭ of the horse has two meanings: one is placing the bridle on the horse's head, and the second is when the rider extends his hand until he places it on the poll of his horse.

القُرْطُمnoun

1.
Safflowerclassical
A plant, safflower, named because it is cut (yuqraṭ).

وسمي بذلك لأنه يقرط — And it was named thus because it is cut.

القُرْطِيّnoun

1.
Epilepsyclassical
A type of seizure or falling sickness.
2.
A type of camelclassical
A breed of camel attributed to a specific lineage.

والقرط: الصرع؛ عن كراع — And al-qurṭ: epilepsy; according to Kurāʿ.

قال لي القرطي قولا أفهمه — The Qirṭī said to me a saying that I understand.

القُرَاطَةnoun

1.
Trimming of a lamp wickclassical
What is cut from the nose of a lamp when it is trimmed, or the burnt part of the wick.
2.
Lampclassical
The lamp itself.

والقراطة: ما يقطع من أنف السراج إذا عشى، والقراطة ما احترق من طرف الفتيلة — And al-qarāṭah: what is cut from the wick of a lamp when it is trimmed, and al-qarāṭah is what is burnt from the end of the wick.

القِيرَاطnoun

1.
Karat (unit of weight)both
A unit of weight, commonly used for gold and precious stones, equal to half a dānaq.
2.
A large amountclassical
Figuratively, a very large amount, like the mountain of Uhud.
3.
A unit of currencyboth
A fraction of a dīnār, often one-twentieth, but varying by region.

والقراط والقيراط من الوزن: معروف — And al-qirāṭ and al-qīrāṭ of weight: known.

أنه مثل جبل أحد — That it is like the mountain of Uhud.

القُرُوطnoun

1.
A clan nameclassical
A name for certain clans of the Banu Kilāb tribe.

القُرْطِيَّةnoun

1.
A type of camelclassical
A breed of camel attributed to a specific lineage.

قال لي القرطي قولا أفهمه — The Qirṭī said to me a saying that I understand.

Parallel reading

الشنف، وقيل: الشنف في أعلى الأذن والقرط في أسفلها

Al-shanf, and it was said: al-shanf is in the upper part of the ear and al-qirṭ in the lower.

وقيل: القرط الذي يعلق في شحمة الأذن

And it was said: al-qirṭ is that which hangs from the earlobe.

والجمع أقراط وقراط وقروط وقرطة

And the plural is aqrāṭ, qarāṭ, qurūṭ, and qirṭah.

ما يمنع إحداكن أن تصنع قرطين من فضة

What prevents one of you from making two silver earrings?

القرط: نوع من حلي الأذن معروف

Al-qirṭ: a type of known ear jewelry.

وقرطت الجارية فتقرطت هي

And the young girl was adorned with an earring, and she adorned herself.

وجارية مقرطة: ذات قرط

And a girl wearing earrings: one with an earring.

ويقال للدرة تعلق في الأذن قرط

And a pearl hanging in the ear is called a qirṭ.

والقرط: الثريا

And al-qirṭ: the Pleiades.

وقرطا النصل: أذناه

And the qirṭāni of the sword blade: its two ears.

وهو أن يكون لها زنمتان معلقتان من أذنيها، فهي قرطاء

And it is that she has two hanging earlobes from her ears, so she is qirṭāʾ.

والذكر أقرط مقرط

And the male is aqraṭ, mqrṭ.

وقرط فرسه اللجام: مد يده بعنانه فجعله على قذاله

He put the bridle on his horse: he extended his hand with its reins and placed it on its poll.

إذا وضع اللجام وراء أذنيه

When the bridle is placed behind its ears.

إذا هززت اللواء فلتثب الرجال إلى خيولها فيقرطوها أعنتها

When I shake the banner, let the men leap to their horses and bridle them.

تقريط الفرس له موضعان: أحدهما طرح اللجام في رأس الفرس، والثاني إذا مد الفارس يده حتى جعلها على قذال فرسه

Taqrīṭ of the horse has two meanings: one is placing the bridle on the horse's head, and the second is when the rider extends his hand until he places it on the poll of his horse.

وقيل: تقريطها حملها على أشد الخضر، وذلك أنه إذا اشتد حضرها امتد العنان على أذنها فصار كالقرط

And it was said: taqrīṭ is making it eat the most vigorous fodder, such that when its hunger intensifies, the rein extends over its ear and becomes like an earring.

وقرط الكراث وقرطه: قطعه في القدر

He cut the leeks and cut them: he cut them into the pot.

وأعطاه قليلا

And he gave him a little.

والقرط: الصرع؛ عن كراع

And al-qirṭ: epilepsy; according to Kurāʿ.

والقرط شعلة النار، والقرط شعلة السراج

And al-qirṭ is a flame of fire, and al-qirṭ is a flame of the lamp.

وقرط السراج إذا نزع منه ما احترق ليضيء

And he trimmed the lamp when what had burnt was removed from it to make it shine.

والقراطة: ما يقطع من أنف السراج إذا عشى، والقراطة ما احترق من طرف الفتيلة

And al-qarāṭah: what is cut from the wick of a lamp when it is trimmed, and al-qarāṭah is what is burnt from the end of the wick.

والقراط والقيراط من الوزن: معروف

And al-qirāṭ and al-qīrāṭ of weight: known.

وهو نصف دانق

And it is half a dānaq.

وأصله قراط بالتشديد لأن جمعه قراريط

And its origin is qirāṭ with a shaddah because its plural is qarārīṭ.

فقد جاء تفسيره فيه أنه مثل جبل أحد

Its interpretation has come in it that it is like the mountain of Uhud.

والقيراط جزء من أجزاء الدينار وهو نصف عشره في أكثر البلاد

And the qīrāṭ is a part of the parts of the dīnār, and it is half of its tenth in most lands.

والقرط: الذي تعلفه الدواب وهو شبيه بالرطبة وهو أجل منها وأعظم ورقا

And al-qirṭ: that which is fed to animals, and it is similar to al-ruṭbah, but it is more esteemed and has larger leaves.

والقرطية والقرطية: ضرب من الإبل ينسب إليها

And al-qirṭiyyah and al-qirṭiyyah: a type of camel attributed to it.