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قفءت

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the phenomenon of rain affecting vegetation, specifically causing it to change, spoil, or be covered by dust. It also touches upon the act of breaking or splitting something, particularly beads.

Derived headwords

قُفِئَتْverb
  1. 1.
    rained and spoiledclassical

    The land rained upon, causing its vegetation to change and become corrupted or spoiled.

قَفْءnoun
  1. 1.
    dust on plantsclassical

    The condition where dust falls upon and covers young plants.

اقتفأverb
  1. 1.
    split openclassical

    To split open or break apart something, specifically referring to beads.

افتَقَأَverb
  1. 1.
    split openclassical

    To split open or break apart something, used in the context of beads.

Parallel reading

قُفِئَتِ الْأَرْضُ، كَسَمِعَ، قُفْءًا: مُطِرَتْ فَتَغَيَّرَ نَبَاتُهَا وَفَسَدَ
The land was rained upon, as in 'sami'a', with qaf'an: it rained and its vegetation changed and spoiled.
أَوِ الْقُفْءُ: أَنْ يَقَعَ التُّرَابُ عَلَى الْبَقْلِ
Or al-qaf'u: is when dust falls upon the young plants.
وَتَقَدَّمَ فِي: ف ق أ
And it was previously mentioned in: f q a.
وَاقْتَفَأَ الْخَرَزَ: افْتَقَأَهُ
And iqtafa'a the beads: iftaqa'ahu.