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قحف

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the skull, specifically the upper part of the cranium, and by extension, broken or detached pieces of it. It also extends to concepts of breaking, cutting, and drinking deeply, often with a sense of intensity or finality.

Derived headwords

القَحْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Skull boneboth

    The bone forming the upper part of the skull, covering the brain.

  2. 2.
    Skullboth

    The entire skull, especially when broken or damaged.

  3. 3.
    Broken pieceboth

    A detached or broken fragment from the skull.

  4. 4.
    Cup/bowlclassical

    A wooden vessel or bowl, shaped like a half-cup.

  5. 5.
    Fragment of a vesselclassical

    A chip or broken piece from a wooden cup or bowl.

القحف: العظم الذي فوق الدماغ من الجمجمة — The skull bone: the bone above the brain of the skull.
قَحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To break offclassical

    To break off a piece of the skull.

  2. 2.
    To strikeclassical

    To strike the skull or hit its bone.

  3. 3.
    To drink upclassical

    To drink all of what is in a vessel.

  4. 4.
    To scrapeclassical

    To scrape or scoop out the contents of a vessel.

  5. 5.
    To coughclassical

    To cough.

وقحفه قحفا: ضرب قحفه وأصاب قحفه — And he struck his skull, and hit his skull.
قَحْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Breaking offclassical

    The act of breaking off or fracturing the skull.

  2. 2.
    Strikingclassical

    The act of striking the skull.

  3. 3.
    Drinking allclassical

    The act of drinking everything in a vessel.

  4. 4.
    Coughingclassical

    The act of coughing.

وقحفه قحفا: ضرب قحفه وأصاب قحفه — And he struck his skull, and hit his skull.
أَقْحَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Skullsboth

    Plural of قحف, referring to skulls or broken pieces of skulls.

  2. 2.
    Great mattersclassical

    Figuratively, significant or overwhelming issues.

ورماه بأقحاف رأسه إذا رماه بالأمور العظام — And he threw at him the skulls of his head, meaning he threw at him great matters.
قُحُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    Skullsboth

    Plural of قحف, referring to skulls or broken pieces of skulls.

  2. 2.
    Ladlesclassical

    Spoons or ladles used for scooping.

وقحفه يقحفه قحفا: قطع قحفه — And he cut off its skull, cutting it off.
قُحْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Skull fragmentboth

    A piece or fragment of a skull.

والقحف: ما ضرب من الرأس فطاح — And the skull: what is struck from the head and falls off.
اِقْتَحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To break off a piececlassical

    To break off a piece from the skull.

  2. 2.
    To drink entirelyclassical

    To drink all of something, especially a liquid.

  3. 3.
    To snatch awayclassical

    To take or snatch something away forcefully.

وضربه فاقتحف قحفا من رأسه أي أبان قطعة من الجمجمة — And he struck him, so he broke off a piece from his head, meaning he separated a piece from the skull.
مُقَاحَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense drinkingclassical

    The act of drinking intensely or deeply.

المقاحفة شدة المشاربة بالقحف — Al-Muqahafah is the intensity of drinking with the skull.
مَقْحُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Skull-brokenclassical

    Having one's skull broken or cut.

ورجل مقحوف: مقطوع القحف — And a man maqhouf: one whose skull is cut off.
قَحَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense drinkingclassical

    The act of drinking intensely or copiously.

  2. 2.
    Intense rainclassical

    Heavy, sudden, and destructive rain.

والقحاف: شدة الشرب — And al-Qahhaf: intensity of drinking.
قَاحِفadjective
  1. 1.
    Intense (rain)classical

    Describing rain that is severe and comes suddenly.

والقاحف من المطر: المطر الشديد كالقاعف إذا جاء مفاجأة — And al-Qahif of rain: intense rain like al-Qaa'if when it comes suddenly.
قَحَّفَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Destructive (dust storm)classical

    Describing a dust storm that sweeps things away.

وعجاجة قحفاء: وهي التي تقحف الشيء وتذهب به — And a Qahfa' dust storm: which sweeps away and takes things.
مِقْحَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Scooping stickclassical

    A wooden stick used for scooping out grain or other contents.

والمقحفة الخشبة التي يقحف بها الحب — And al-Miqhafah is the wooden stick with which grain is scooped.
قَحَّافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Scooped portionclassical

    What is scooped or scraped out from something.

ويقال: قحفته أقحفه قحفا، والقحافة ما جرفته منه — And it is said: he scooped it out, scooping it out, and al-Qahafah is what was scraped from it.
قُحَافَةname
  1. 1.
    Qahafahclassical

    A male given name, derived from the root.

بَنُو قَحَافَةname
  1. 1.
    Banu Qahafahclassical

    A tribe or clan named after Qahafah.

وبنو قحافة: بطن — And Banu Qahafah: a clan.
قُحَيْفname
  1. 1.
    Quhayfclassical

    A male given name, possibly a poet.

وقحيف العامري: أحد الشعراء — And Quhayf al-Amiri: one of the poets.

Parallel reading

القحف: العظم الذي فوق الدماغ من الجمجمة، والجمجمة التي فيها الدماغ
The skull bone: the bone above the brain of the skull, and the skull which contains the brain.
وقيل: قحف الرجل ما انفلق من جمجمته فبان ولا يدعى قحفا حتى يبين
And it was said: the skull of a man is what splits from his skull and becomes apparent, and it is not called a skull until it becomes apparent.
والقحف: قطع القحف أو كسره.
And al-Qahf: the cutting or breaking of the skull.
وقحفه قحفا: ضرب قحفه وأصاب قحفه
And he struck his skull, and hit his skull.
والقحف: ما ضرب من الرأس فطاح
And al-Qahf: what is struck from the head and falls off.
تهوى بذي العقر أقحافا جماجمهم، ... كأنها حنظل الخطبان ينتقف
Their skulls fall with the blow of the strike, ... as if they were the colocynths of al-Khutban being picked.
وضربه فاقتحف قحفا من رأسه أي أبان قطعة من الجمجمة
And he struck him, so he broke off a piece from his head, meaning he separated a piece from the skull.
المقاحفة شدة المشاربة بالقحف
Al-Muqahafah is the intensity of drinking with the skull.
وكانت نذرت لتشربن في قحف رأس عاصم بن ثابت الخمر
And she had vowed to drink wine in the skull of the head of 'Asim bin Thabit.
يأكل العصابة يومئذ من الرمانة ويستظلون بقحفها ؛ أراد قشرها تشبيها بقحف الرأس
A group will eat from a pomegranate on that day and take shelter under its rind; meaning its peel, by analogy with the skull bone.
فما رئي موطن أكثر قحفا ساقطا أي رأسا فكنى عنه ببعضه أو أراد القحف نفسه
So no place was seen with more fallen skulls, meaning heads, so he referred to it by a part of it or intended the skull itself.
ورماه بأقحاف رأسه إذا رماه بالأمور العظام، مثل بذلك.
And he threw at him the skulls of his head when he threw at him great matters; this is an example.
يدعن هام الجمجم المقحوف ... صم الصدى كالحنظل المنقوف
They leave the tops of the broken skulls ... hard like the picked colocynth.
والقحف: القدح.
And al-Qahf: the cup.
والقحف: الكسرة من القدح، والجمع كالجمع.
And al-Qahf: the chip from the cup, and the plural is like the plural.
إذا جربت إبلهم يجعلون الخضخاض في قحف ويطلون الأجرب بالهناء الذي جعلوه فيه
When their camels are tested, they put the muddy water in a skull-shaped vessel and anoint the scabby one with the salve they made in it.
يقال: ما له قد ولا قحف
It is said: he has neither a leather cup nor a wooden cup.
وقحف ما في الإناء يقحفه قحفا واقتحفه: شربه جميعه.
And he drank what was in the vessel, drinking it all up.
شربت بالقحف.
I drank with the skull (i.e., intensely).
والقحف والقحاف: شدة الشرب.
And al-Qahf and al-Qahhaf: intensity of drinking.
اليوم قحاف وغدا نقاف.
Today is intense drinking, and tomorrow is a feast.
والقاحف من المطر: المطر الشديد كالقاعف إذا جاء مفاجأة
And al-Qahif of rain: intense rain like al-Qaa'if when it comes suddenly.
اقتحف سيله كل شيء
Its flood swept away everything.
وعجاجة قحفاء: وهي التي تقحف الشيء وتذهب به.
And a Qahfa' dust storm: which sweeps away and takes things.
والقحوف: المغارف.
And al-Quhuf: the ladles.
والمقحفة الخشبة التي يقحف بها الحب.
And al-Miqhafah is the wooden stick with which grain is scooped.
وقحف يقحف قحافا: سعل
And he coughed, coughing a cough.
وقحيف العامري: أحد الشعراء
And Quhayf al-Amiri: one of the poets.