القصب

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hollow, tubular structures, often plant-based, and by extension, things that are hollow, elongated, or channel-like. It also extends to actions of cutting or separating, and to specific anatomical parts and places.

Derived headwords

القَصَبnoun

1.
reeds, canesboth
All plants with hollow, tubular stems, such as bamboo or sugarcane. The singular is 'qasabah'.
2.
finger bonesclassical
The bones of the fingers.
3.
throat passagesclassical
The passages of the throat.
4.
nostrilsclassical
The channels through which breath passes in the nose.
5.
elongated objectsclassical
Anything elongated made of a substance.
6.
fine linen garmentsclassical
Soft, fine garments made of linen.
7.
water channelsclassical
The channels or conduits of water from springs.

قَصَبَةnoun

1.
reed, caneboth
A single stalk of a reed or cane plant.
2.
newly dug wellclassical
A well that has been recently excavated.
3.
palaceclassical
A palace, or its inner part.
4.
cityclassical
A city, or the main part of a city.
5.
villageclassical
A village.
6.
twisted lock of hairclassical
A twisted lock or tuft of hair.
7.
bone with marrowclassical
Any bone containing marrow.

قَصَبَاءnoun

1.
reeds (collective)classical
The collective group of reeds or canes.
2.
place of reedsclassical
The place where reeds grow.

أَقْصَبَverb

1.
to grow reedsclassical
A place became abundant with reeds.
2.
camels refused waterclassical
Camels refused to drink water, lifting their heads from it.

قَصَبَverb

1.
to cutboth
To cut something.
2.
to separate a sheep's windpipeclassical
To separate the windpipe of a sheep.
3.
to prevent from drinkingclassical
To prevent someone from drinking before they are satiated.
4.
to find fault withclassical
To find fault with someone, to criticize them.
5.
to insultclassical
To insult someone.

اقْتَصَبَverb

1.
to cutclassical
To cut something (synonymous with قصبه).

قَصِيبadjective

1.
refusing waterclassical
A camel or she-camel that refuses to drink water.
2.
cutclassical
Something that has been cut.

قَاصِبadjective

1.
refusing waterclassical
A camel or she-camel that refuses to drink water.

القَصَبnoun

1.
backboneclassical
The backbone.
2.
intestinesclassical
The intestines.

أَقْصَابnoun

1.
backs, intestinesclassical
Plural of 'qasab' (backbone, intestines).

القَصَّابnoun

1.
flute playerclassical
One who plays the flute or pipe.
2.
butcherboth
A butcher.

القَاصِبnoun

1.
butcherboth
A butcher (synonymous with al-qassab).

القَصَابَةnoun

1.
tubeclassical
A tubular structure.
2.
flute, pipeclassical
A musical instrument like a flute or pipe.
3.
intercourseclassical
Sexual intercourse.
4.
embankment, leveeclassical
An embankment built in riverbeds to prevent floodwaters from collapsing the walls.
5.
dwellingsclassical
Houses or dwellings.
6.
twisted lock of hairclassical
A twisted lock of hair (synonymous with qasabah).

القُصَيْبَةnoun

1.
tubeclassical
A small tube.
2.
fluteclassical
A small flute or pipe.
3.
twisted lock of hairclassical
A small, twisted lock of hair.

التَّقْصِيبnoun

1.
curling hairclassical
The act of curling or crimping hair.
2.
tying hands behind neckclassical
The act of tying someone's hands behind their neck.

المَقْصِبnoun

1.
race markerclassical
The marker that determines the winner in a race.
2.
frothy milkclassical
Milk that has become thick with foam.

قَصُوبadjective

1.
sheep whose windpipe is cutclassical
A sheep whose windpipe has been cut.

قَصَّبَverb

1.
to cutclassical
To cut something repeatedly or thoroughly.

تَقَصَّبَverb

1.
to become tubularclassical
To become like a tube or reed.

قَصَّابَةnoun

1.
twisted lock of hairclassical
A twisted lock of hair (synonymous with qasabah).

قُصَيْبَةnoun

1.
tubeclassical
A small tube.
2.
fluteclassical
A small flute or pipe.
3.
twisted lock of hairclassical
A small, twisted lock of hair.

تَقَصَّبَةnoun

1.
twisted lock of hairclassical
A twisted lock of hair.

ذُو قَصَابname

1.
Dhu Qassabclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Malik ibn Nuwayrah.

القَاصِبnoun

1.
resounding thunderclassical
Thunder that makes a loud, resounding noise.

القَصَبَاتname

1.
Al-Qassabatclassical
A place name in the Maghreb.
2.
Al-Qassabatclassical
A place name in Al-Yamamah.

القُصَيْبَةname

1.
Al-Qusaybahclassical
A place name in the land of Al-Yamamah (belonging to Taym, Adi, and Thawr, sons of Abd Manah).
2.
Al-Qusaybahclassical
A place name between Yanbu and Khaybar.
3.
Al-Qusaybahclassical
A place name in Bahrain.

أَقْصَبَ الرَّاعِيphrase

1.
camels refused waterclassical
The shepherd's camels refused to drink water.

رَعَى فَأَقْصَبَphrase

1.
he grazed poorlyclassical
A saying used for a shepherd who tends his flock poorly, causing them not to drink.

قَصَب قَصَبphrase

1.
calling a eweclassical
A call used to summon a ewe.

Parallel reading

كل نبات ذي أنابيب

Every plant with tubes.

الواحدة: قصبة، وقصباة

The singular is: qasabah, and qasbah.

والقصباء: جماعتها، ومنبتها

And Al-Qassaba' is their collective group, and their place of growth.

وقد أقصب المكان

And the place has become abundant with reeds.

وأرض قصبة ومقصبة

And a land of reeds and a place for reeds.

وقصبه يقصبه: قطعه

And he cut it, he cuts it: he cut it.

والشاة: فصل قصبها

And the sheep: he separated its windpipe.

والبعير قصبا وقصوبا: امْتَنَعَ من شرب الماء، فرفع رأسه عنه

And the camel refused water, and refused to drink, so it lifted its head from it.

وفلانا: منعه من الشرب قبل أن يروى، وعابه، وشتمه، كقصبه

And so-and-so: he prevented him from drinking before he was satiated, he found fault with him, and insulted him, like he cut him.

والقصب، محركة أيضا: عظام الأصابع، وشعب الحلق، ومخارج الأنفاس

And Al-Qasab, also with harakah: the bones of the fingers, the passages of the throat, and the outlets of breath.

وما كان مستطيلا من الجوهر

And whatever was elongated of substance.

وثياب ناعمة من كتان، الواحد: قصبي

And soft garments of linen, the singular is: Qasabi.

والدر الرطب المرصع بالياقوت

And moist pearls studded with rubies.

ومنه: "بشر خديجة ببيت في الجنة من قصب"

And from it: 'Give Khadijah the good news of a house in Paradise made of reeds'.

ومجاري الماء من العيون

And the channels of water from the springs.

والقصب، بالضم: الظهر، والمعى، ج: أقصاب

And Al-Qasab, with dammah: the back, and the intestines, plural: Aqsab.

والقصاب: الزمار، والنافخ في القصب، والجزار، كالقاصب فيهما

And Al-Qassab: the flute player, and the one who blows in the reeds, and the butcher, like Al-Qasib in both.

والقصابة: الأنبوبة، كالقصيبة، والمزمار، والوقاع في الناس

And Al-Qassabah: the tube, like Al-Qusaybah, and the flute, and sexual intercourse among people.

وكتاب: مسناة تبنى في اللحف لئلا يستجمع السيل فينهدم عراق الحائط بسببه، والديار، الواحدة: قصبة

And like Kitab: an embankment built in riverbeds so that the flood does not gather and collapse the wall's foundation because of it, and the dwellings, the singular is: Qasabah.

وذو قصاب: فرس لمالك بن نويرة

And Dhu Qassab: a horse belonging to Malik ibn Nuwayrah.

والقاصب: الرعد المصوت

And Al-Qasib: the resounding thunder.

والقصيب من الغنم: التي تجزها

And Al-Qasub of the sheep: that which is cut.

وتدعى النعجة فيقال: قصب قصب

And the ewe is called, and it is said: Qasab Qasab.