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قعف

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns forceful actions, particularly in relation to the ground, water, and removal. It describes intense trampling, erosion, scooping, and uprooting, often implying a destructive or complete removal.

Derived headwords

قَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to trample intenselyclassical

    To trample with great force, causing the ground to be churned up and dust to be swept away.

  2. 2.
    to scoop outboth

    To take all of something from a container, leaving it empty.

  3. 3.
    to erodeclassical

    Rain or water eroding stones with its intensity.

قَعْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intense tramplingclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) for the intense trampling of the ground, involving the sweeping away of dust.

يَقْعَفْنَverb
  1. 1.
    they trampleclassical

    A verb form indicating the action of intense trampling, used here in reference to the ground.

يقعفن باعا — they trample a cubit's length —
القَعْفnoun
  1. 1.
    intense tramplingclassical

    The act of intense trampling and sweeping away of dust.

  2. 2.
    scooping outboth

    The act of emptying a container by taking all its contents.

  3. 3.
    fallingclassical

    A fall or collapse, particularly of a wall.

القَحْفnoun
  1. 1.
    scooping outclassical

    The act of emptying a container by drinking or scooping out all its contents.

القَاعِفadjective
  1. 1.
    intense (rain)classical

    Describing rain that is intense and forceful, similar to 'qahif'.

قُعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential floodclassical

    A flood with abundant water that sweeps away whatever it encounters.

انْقَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be uprootedboth

    To be pulled out or detached from its origin or foundation.

  2. 2.
    to collapseclassical

    To fall down or collapse, especially referring to a wall or embankment.

  3. 3.
    to dieclassical

    To pass away or die.

اقْتَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to tear offclassical

    To tear off or pull away a piece, like tearing flesh.

اقتعف الجلمة منها — he tore off the piece of flesh from it —
قَحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to scoop outclassical

    To empty a container by scooping out all its contents.

قَحَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential floodclassical

    A flood with abundant water that sweeps away whatever it encounters.

جُرَافnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential floodclassical

    A flood with abundant water that sweeps away whatever it encounters.

جُحَافnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential floodclassical

    A flood with abundant water that sweeps away whatever it encounters.

قَحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to scoop outclassical

    To empty a container by scooping out all its contents.

قَحَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential floodclassical

    A flood with abundant water that sweeps away whatever it encounters.

جُرَافnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential floodclassical

    A flood with abundant water that sweeps away whatever it encounters.

جُحَافnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential floodclassical

    A flood with abundant water that sweeps away whatever it encounters.

انْقَعَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To pass away or die.

انْغَرَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To pass away or die.

اقْتَثَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to uprootclassical

    To pull out or eradicate from the root.

شَدَاverb
  1. 1.
    to pull stronglyclassical

    To pull or tug strongly.

نُطَفadjective
  1. 1.
    slow and deliberateclassical

    Describing a slow, measured, and perhaps slightly unsteady gait.

Parallel reading

قعف يقعف قعفا
He trampled intensely, a strong trampling.
يقعفن باعا، كفراش الغضرم، ... مظلومة، وضاحيا لم يظلم الغضرم: الماء.
They trample a cubit's length, like the bedding of the Ghudram (water)...
وقعف ما في الإناء: أخذ جميعه واشتفه.
He scooped out what was in the vessel: he took all of it and drank it dry.
القعف لغة في القحف، وهو اشتفافك ما في الإناء أجمع.
Al-qaf is a dialectal variant of al-qahf, which is your scooping out all that is in the vessel.
والقاعف من المطر: الشديد مثل القاحف.
And al-qa'if of rain is the intense one, like al-qahif.
وسيل جحاف وقعاف وجراف وقحاف بمعنى واحد.
And a flood of juhhaf, qu'af, juraf, and qahaf are all synonymous.
وقعف المطر الحجارة يقعفها: أخذها بشدته وجرفها.
And the rain eroded the stones, it took them with its intensity and swept them away.
وسيل قعاف: كثير الماء يذهب بما يمر به.
And a qu'af flood: abundant water that carries away whatever it passes.
وانقعف الشيء: انقلع من أصله.
And the thing became uprooted: it was pulled out from its origin.
وقعت النخلة: اقتلعتها من أصلها.
And he uprooted the palm tree: he pulled it out from its roots.
انقعف الجرف إذا انهار وانقعر
The embankment collapses if it crumbles and caves in.
اقتعف الجلمة منها أي اقتلع اللحم بجملته
He tore off the piece of flesh from it, meaning he uprooted the flesh entirely.
يقال: اقتث واجتث إذا قلع من أصله
It is said: iqtath and ijtath if one pulls out from the root.
وانقعص وانقعف وانغرف إذا مات.
And inqa'as, inqa'af, and ingharf if one dies.
والقعف: السقوط في كل شيء، وقيل: القعف سقوط الحائط.
And al-qaf: falling in everything, and it was said: al-qaf is the falling of a wall.
انقعف الحائط: انقلع من أصله
The wall became uprooted: it was pulled out from its foundation.
شدا علي سرتي لا تنقعف
Pull strongly on my navel so it does not come loose.