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القوت

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sustenance, provisions, and the means of living. It extends to concepts of sufficiency, preservation, and the ability to endure or provide.

Derived headwords

القوتnoun
  1. 1.
    Sustenanceboth

    The basic necessities for life, provisions, or food.

  2. 2.
    Livelihoodboth

    The means by which one earns money to live.

القيتnoun
  1. 1.
    Sustenanceclassical

    A term synonymous with القوت, referring to provisions or sustenance.

القيتةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sustenanceclassical

    A term synonymous with القوت, referring to provisions or sustenance.

القائتnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    A name for a lion, possibly due to its predatory nature and need for sustenance.

  2. 2.
    Sufficiencyboth

    Enough of a living or sustenance to meet one's needs.

القواتnoun
  1. 1.
    Sustenanceclassical

    A term synonymous with القوت, referring to provisions or sustenance.

قاتهمverb
  1. 1.
    To provide sustenanceboth

    To give someone their provisions or sustenance.

قوتاًnoun
  1. 1.
    Sustenanceboth

    A measure or portion of sustenance or provisions.

قياتةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sustenanceclassical

    A term synonymous with القوت, referring to provisions or sustenance.

اقتاتواverb
  1. 1.
    To subsistboth

    To live on or subsist on provisions.

المقيتnoun
  1. 1.
    Preserverboth

    One who preserves or guards something.

  2. 2.
    Witnessboth

    One who bears witness to something.

  3. 3.
    All-Powerfulboth

    One who is capable or has the power to provide for all.

  4. 4.
    Sustainerboth

    One who provides sustenance to everyone according to their needs.

اقتتverb
  1. 1.
    To feedclassical

    To feed a fire, meaning to give it fuel.

قيتةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fuelclassical

    Wood or other material used as fuel for a fire.

استقاتهverb
  1. 1.
    To ask for sustenanceboth

    To request provisions or sustenance from someone.

أقاتهverb
  1. 1.
    To endureboth

    To be able to bear or endure something.

أقات عليهverb
  1. 1.
    To endureboth

    To be able to bear or endure something, often with a sense of burden.

Parallel reading

القوت والقيت والقيتة، بكسرهما، والقائت والقوات: المسكة من الرزق.
Al-qūt, al-qayt, and al-qayta (with kasra), and al-qā'it and al-quwāt: the portion of sustenance.
وقاتهم قوتا وقوتا وقياتة، (بالكسر) ، فاقتاتوا.
And He provided them sustenance, a portion of sustenance, and a portion of sustenance (with kasra), so they subsisted.
والقائت: الأسد، و من العيش: الكفاية.
And al-qā'it: the lion, and of living: sufficiency.
والمقيت: الحافظ للشيء، والشاهد له، والمقتدر، كالذي يعطي كل ms0185 أحد قوته.
And al-muqīt: the preserver of a thing, the witness to it, and the capable one, like one who gives everyone their sustenance.
واقتت لنارك قيتة: أطعمها الحطب.
And feed your fire with qītah: meaning, feed it with firewood.
واستقاته: سأله القوت.
And istaqātahu: he asked him for sustenance.
وأقاته وأقات عليه: أطاقه.
And aqātahu and aqāta 'alayhi: he was able to bear it.