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قذع

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns foul, indecent, and abusive speech. It extends to the act of verbally attacking someone with such language, and metaphorically, to repelling or deterring someone.

Derived headwords

قَذَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be indecentclassical

    To engage in indecent or foul speech.

  2. 2.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike someone, possibly with a stick. This usage is noted as potentially being with the letter 'dhal' (ذ) instead of 'dhad' (ض).

قَذْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    indecencyclassical

    Indecency or foulness in speech.

أَقْذَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak indecentlyclassical

    To speak indecently or foully to someone, to insult them with abusive language.

  2. 2.
    to overpower verballyclassical

    To overpower or subdue someone with one's speech.

  3. 3.
    to deterclassical

    To deter or prevent someone from something.

إِقْذَاعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    indecent speechclassical

    The act of speaking indecently or foully.

مُقَذَّعadjective
  1. 1.
    indecentclassical

    Foul, indecent, or abusive, especially referring to speech.

القَذْعnoun
  1. 1.
    indecent speechclassical

    Foul and indecent speech, the mention of which is considered ugly or inappropriate.

القَنَاذِعnoun
  1. 1.
    ugly wordsclassical

    Ugly or reprehensible words.

قَذِيعadjective
  1. 1.
    indecentclassical

    Indecent or foul, referring to speech.

أَقْذَعadjective
  1. 1.
    indecentclassical

    Indecent or foul, referring to speech. It can be a description of the speech itself or indicate someone who has spoken indecently.

قَذَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to deterclassical

    To deter or prevent someone from an action.

تَقَذَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare for evilclassical

    To prepare oneself for evil or to act with malice towards someone.

قَذَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare for evilclassical

    To prepare oneself for evil or to act with malice towards someone.

قَذَّعَ لهverb
  1. 1.
    to be indecent towardsclassical

    To be indecent or foul in speech towards someone.

قَذَّعَ بهverb
  1. 1.
    to cause distressclassical

    To cause someone distress or pain by speaking, akin to insulting or harming them.

قَذَّاعnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    Meaning 'nothing' or 'of no consequence'. This is noted as less common than 'qaza' (قزاع) with a 'zay' (ز).

Parallel reading

القذع: الخنى والفحش.
Al-qadh': Indecency and foulness.
قذعه يقذعه قذعا وأقذعه وأقذع له إقذاعا: رماه بالفحش وأساء القول فيه.
Qadha'ahu, yaqdhahu, qadh'an, wa aqdha'ahu, wa aqdha'a lahu, iqdhā'an: He accused him of indecency and spoke foully to him.
وأقذع القول: أساءه.
And aqdha'a al-qawl: He made the speech bad/foul.
من قال في الإسلام شعرا مقذعا فلسانه هدر.
Whoever recites indecent poetry in Islam, his tongue is in vain (i.e., his words have no consequence or are sinful).
والقذع: الفحش من الكلام الذي يقبح ذكره.
And al-qadh': The indecency of speech whose mention is ugly.
من روى هجاء مقذعا فهو أحد الشاتمين
Whoever narrates indecent satire is one of the revilers.
الهجاء المقذع: الذي فيه فحش وقذف وسب يقبح نشره
Indecent satire: That which contains indecency, slander, and abuse whose dissemination is ugly.
وأقذع له: أفحش في شتمه.
And aqdha'a lahu: He was indecent in his abuse of him.
والقناذع: الكلام القبيح
And al-qanādhi': Ugly speech.
ومنطق قذع وقذيع وقذع وأقذع: فاحش
And qadh'un, qadhī'un, qadh'un, and aqdha'u: Indecent.
يا أيها القائل قولا أقذعا
O you who speaks an indecent saying.
وأقذعه بلسانه إقذاعا: قهره بلسانه.
And aqdha'ahu bi-lisānihi iqdhā'an: He overpowered him with his tongue.
وقذعه بالعصا يقذعه قذعا: ضربه
And qadha'ahu bil-'aṣā yaqdhahu qadh'an: He struck him with a stick.
قذعته عن الأمر إذا كففته
Qadha'tuhu 'an al-amr idhā kafaftahu: You deterred him from the matter if you stopped him.
تقذع له بالشر وتقدع، بالذال والدال، وتقذع وتقدع إذا استعد له بالشر.
Taqdha'a lahu bish-sharri wa taqda'a, bil-dhal wal-dal, wa taqdha'a wa taqda'a idhā ista'adda lahu bish-sharri: He prepared evil for him and acted maliciously, with 'dhal' and 'dal', and he prepared evil for him and acted maliciously if he prepared evil for him.
يريد أن يقذعه به أي يسمعه ما يشق عليه، فسماه قذعا وأجراه مجرى يشتمه ويؤذيه
He means to cause him distress with it, meaning to make him hear what is difficult for him, so he called it 'qadh' and treated it as an insult and harm.
وما عليه قذاع أي شيء
And he has no qadhā' upon him, meaning nothing.