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قحزن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of striking someone forcefully, causing them to fall or be thrown down. It also refers to the implement used for striking, such as a stick or club.

Derived headwords

قَحْزَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike downboth

    To strike someone forcefully, causing them to fall or be thrown down.

تَقَحْزَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall downclassical

    To fall down as a result of being struck.

قَحْزَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stickclassical

    A stick, similar to a staff, used for striking.

  2. 2.
    clubclassical

    A club or cudgel, often made of wood.

  3. 3.
    piece of woodclassical

    A piece of wood, about a cubit or span in length, resembling a stick.

قَحَازِنnoun
  1. 1.
    sticksclassical

    Plural of قحزنة (qahzanah), referring to sticks or clubs.

Parallel reading

ضربه فقحزنه، بالزاي، أي صرعه.
He struck him and knocked him down, with a 'zay', meaning he felled him.
قحزنه وقحزله وضربه حتى تقحزن وتقحزل أي حتى وقع.
He struck him down and struck him down, and struck him until he fell down and fell down, meaning until he fell.
القحزنة العصا.
The qahzanah is the stick.
القحزنة ضرب من الخشب طولها ذراع أو شبر نحو العصا.
The qahzanah is a type of wood, its length a cubit or a span, like a stick.
ضربناهم بقحازننا فارجعنوا أي بعصينا فاضطجعوا.
We struck them with our sticks and they fell down, meaning with our sticks they lay down.
والقحزنة: الهراوة؛
And the qahzanah: the club;
جلدت جعار، عند باب وجارها، ... بقحزنتي عن جنبها جلدات
I flogged Ja'ar, at the door and his neighbor, ... with my club from its side, flogging blows