قنزع

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns tufts or locks of hair, especially on the head. It extends to describe things resembling these locks, such as feathers on a bird's head or women's head adornments. Figuratively, it can refer to calamities, ugly speech, or even small people.

Derived headwords

القِنَازِعnoun

1.
tufts of hairboth
A lock or tuft of hair left on a child's head, or scattered around the head.
2.
women's head adornmentsclassical
What a woman wears on her head, resembling tufts of hair.
3.
calamitiesclassical
Figuratively, refers to severe troubles or calamities.
4.
ugly speechclassical
Refers to unpleasant or offensive speech.
5.
small peopleclassical
Refers to young or small individuals.

القِنَازِعَةnoun

1.
tuft of hairclassical
A single lock or tuft of hair, similar to القنازع.

القُنْزُعَةnoun

1.
tuft of hairboth
A lock of hair, especially one left on a child's head.
2.
woman's head adornmentclassical
A head ornament worn by a woman.
3.
small amount of hairclassical
A small quantity of hair, particularly in the middle of the head.
4.
wonderclassical
Refers to amazement or wonder.
5.
short womanclassical
A woman who is very short.
6.
stoneclassical
A stone larger than a walnut.

القُنْزُعnoun

1.
feathers on a rooster's headclassical
The clump of feathers on the head of a rooster.

القُنْزُعَاتnoun

1.
tufts of hairboth
Plural of قنزعة, referring to tufts of hair on the head.
2.
feathers on a rooster's headclassical
Plural of قنزع, referring to the feathers on a rooster's head.

القَزَعnoun

1.
shaved hair patchesclassical
The practice of shaving some parts of the hair while leaving others scattered.

القَنَازِعnoun

1.
calamitiesclassical
Refers to severe troubles or calamities.
2.
ugly speechclassical
Refers to unpleasant or offensive speech.

القَنَاذِعnoun

1.
ugly speechclassical
Refers to unpleasant or offensive speech, similar to القنازع.

القُنْزُعَةnoun

1.
short womanclassical
A very short woman.

القَنَازِعnoun

1.
small peopleclassical
Refers to young or small individuals.

القُنْزُعَةnoun

1.
stoneclassical
A stone larger than a walnut.

Parallel reading

القنزعة والقنزعة؛ الأخيرة عن كراع: واحدة القنازع، وهي الخصلة من الشعر تترك على رأس الصبي، وهي كالذوائب في نواحي الرأس.

Al-qanza'ah and al-qanza'ah; the latter from Kraa': is one of the qanaazi', which is a lock of hair left on a boy's head, and it is like the locks around the sides of the head.

والقنزعة: التي تتخذها المرأة على رأسها.

And al-qanza'ah: is what a woman wears on her head.

خضلي قنازعك أي نديها ورطليها بالدهن ليذهب شعثها

Moisten your qanaazi' (locks of hair), meaning dampen and soften them with oil so that their dishevelment goes away.

نهى عن القنازع ؛ هو أن يؤخذ بعض الشعر ويترك منه مواضع متفرقة لا تؤخذ كالقزع.

He forbade al-qanaazi'; it is when some hair is taken and scattered places are left unshaven, like al-qaza'.

لم يبق من شعره إلا قنزعة، والعنصوة مثل ذلك، قال: وهذا مثل نهيه عن القزع.

Nothing remained of his hair but a qanza'ah, and al-'unsawah is similar to that, he said: And this is like his prohibition of al-qaza'.

خذ من قنازع رأسك أي مما ارتفع من شعرك وطال.

Take from the qanaazi' of your head, meaning from what is raised and long in your hair.

غطي قنازعك يا أم أيمن

Cover your qanaazi' (tufts of hair), O Umm Ayman.

وقيل: هو القليل من الشعر إذا كان في وسط الرأس خاصة؛

And it is said: it is a small amount of hair, especially if it is in the middle of the head.

ينؤن، ولم يكسين إلا قنازعا ... من الريش، تنواء الفصال الهزائل

They rise, and they are not covered except with qanaazi' ... of feathers, the rising of weak young camels.

وقيل: هو الشعر حوالي الرأس؛

And it is said: it is the hair around the head.

كأن طسا بين قنزعاته ... مرتا، تزل الكف عن قلاته

As if pools between his qanza'aat (tufts of hair) ... have passed, the hand slips from its smooth ground.

طير عنها قنزعا من قنزع ... مر الليالي؛ أبطئي وأسرعي

Fly away from it, qanza'an from qanza' ... the passing of nights; be slow and be fast.

والقنزع والقنزعة: الريش المجتمع في رأس الديك.

And al-qanza' and al-qanza'ah: the gathered feathers on the head of a rooster.

والقنزعة: المرأة القصيرة.

And al-qanza'ah: the short woman.

والقنازع: الدواهي.

And al-qanaazi': calamities.

والقنزعة: العجب.

And al-qanza'ah: wonder.

وتشبه بها قنازع النصي والأسنمة؛

And the qanaazi' of the thorny trees and the humps are likened to it.

قنازع أسنام بها وثغام

Qanaazi' of humps and patches of sand.

والقنازع من الشعر: ما تبقى في نواحي الرأس متفرقا؛

And al-qanaazi' of hair: what remains scattered around the sides of the head.

صير منك الرأس قنزعات، ... واحتلق الشعر على الهامات

Your head became qanza'aat (tufts) from you, ... and the hair was shaved off the tops of the heads.

والقنازع في غير هذا: القبيح من الكلام؛

And al-qanaazi' in other contexts: the ugly of speech.

أتيت الجمال، واجتنبت القنازعا

I came with beauty, and I avoided the qanaazi' (ugly speech).

القنازع والقناذع القبيح من الكلام، فاستوى عندهما الزاي والذال في القبيح من الكلام، فأما في الشعر فلم أسمع إلا القنازع.

Al-qanaazi' and al-qanaadhi' are ugly speech, so the Zay and Dhal are equivalent for them in ugly speech, but in poetry I have only heard al-qanaazi'.

ولو بلغت قنزعة رأسه

Even if it reached the qanza'ah (tuft) of his head.

فقال: قنذعة

So he said: qandhah.

والقنازع: صغار الناس.

And al-qanaazi': small people.

والقنزعة: حجر أعظم من الجوزة.

And al-qanza'ah: a stone larger than a walnut.