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قربع

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a state of being contracted, hunched, or gathered, often due to cold or in a seated posture. It can also refer to someone who is withdrawn or isolated in their gathering.

Derived headwords

المُقَرْنَبِعnoun
  1. 1.
    Hunched personboth

    A person who is gathered or hunched up, often in a seated position.

  2. 2.
    Withdrawn individualclassical

    Someone who is withdrawn or isolated in their gathering, perhaps in a council or meeting.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To hunch upclassical

    To contract oneself or hunch up, especially due to cold.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To contract from coldclassical

    To draw oneself together or become contracted due to the cold.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To draw oneself inclassical

    To pull oneself inward or become compressed.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To sit hunchedclassical

    To sit in a contracted or hunched posture.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To gather oneselfclassical

    To draw oneself together or gather oneself, often in a seated position.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be contractedclassical

    To be in a state of being contracted or drawn together.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be compressedclassical

    To be pressed together or compressed.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be withdrawnclassical

    To be drawn back or withdrawn, especially in a social context.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be gatheredclassical

    To be collected or gathered together.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be hunchedclassical

    To be in a state of being hunched or bent over.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be drawn togetherclassical

    To be pulled or drawn together, physically or metaphorically.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be contracted (similar to اقرعب)classical

    To be contracted, similar to the meaning of the root اقرعب.

اِقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be drawn in (similar to اقرعب)classical

    To be drawn in or pulled inward, similar to the meaning of the root اقرعب.

Parallel reading

المُقَرْنَبِع: المُجْتَمِع
Al-Muqarnabi': The gathered one.
اِقْرَنْبَعَ الرَّجُلُ في مَجْلِسِهِ
The man hunched up in his seat.
أي تَقَبَّضَ مِنَ البَرْدِ
Meaning he contracted from the cold.
وَمِثْلُهُ اِقْرَعَبَّ
And similar to it is iqra'abba.
أي انْقَبَضَ
Meaning he contracted.