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قرصف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to thick, soft, or luxurious coverings, possibly with a connotation of richness or comfort. It is primarily used in classical texts to describe specific types of textiles or garments.

Derived headwords

قَرْصَفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick cloth/garmentclassical

    A type of thick, soft, or luxurious cloth, possibly a blanket or a rich garment.

قَرْقَرَهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    Its rattling soundclassical

    The rattling sound made by something, likely referring to the sound of the animal or its saddle/covering.

Parallel reading

وفي الحديث أنه خرج على أتان وعليها قرصف لم يبق منه إلا قرقرها
And in the hadith, it is mentioned that he went out on a female donkey, and upon her was a qarsaf, of which nothing remained but its rattling sound.
القرصف: القطيفة
Al-qarsaf: The velvet/thick cloth.
هكذا ذكره أبو موسى بالراء
This is how Abu Musa mentioned it with the letter 'ra'.
ويروى بالواو
And it is narrated with the letter 'waw'.