القدح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root القدح primarily relates to concepts of piercing, striking, and drawing or scooping. It extends to describe parts of weapons, tools for fire-starting, containers for drinking, and even ailments or pests. The root also encompasses actions like preparing food, training animals, and abstract concepts like planning.

Derived headwords

القَدْحnoun

1.
Arrow shaftclassical
An arrow before it is fletched and tipped.
2.
Drinking vesselboth
A vessel that quenches the thirst of two people, or a name encompassing small and large vessels.
3.
Piercingboth
The act of piercing or stabbing.
4.
Holeclassical
A hole made in something by the tip of a blade.
5.
Corrosionboth
A corrosive agent that affects trees and teeth, or a crack in wood.
6.
Scoop of brothboth
A portion of broth.
7.
Fliesboth
Flies.
8.
Wellclassical
A well from which water is drawn by hand.

ج: قداح وأقدح وأقاديح — plurals of the arrow shaft

ج: أقداح — plural of the drinking vessel

ج: قداح — plural of the drinking vessel

قَدَحَverb

1.
To pierceboth
To stab or pierce someone.
2.
To make a holeclassical
To make a hole in something with the tip of a blade.
3.
To try to strike fireboth
To attempt to produce fire by striking a flint and steel.

وقدح فيه، كمنع: طعن — and he pierced it, like منع: he stabbed

وفي القدح: خرقه بسنخ النصل — and in al-qadḥ: making a hole with the base of the blade

وبالزند: رام الإيراء به، كاقتدح — and with the fire-drill: he attempted to strike fire with it, like iqtadaḥa

قَدَّاحnoun

1.
Fire-striking toolboth
The iron part of a fire-striking tool.
2.
Flintboth
The stone used with the iron for striking fire.
3.
Young plant tipsclassical
Tender tips of plants.
4.
Tender shootsclassical
Tender, soft shoots of alfalfa.

والمقدح والقداح والمقداح: حديدته — and al-miqdah and al-qidāḥ and al-miqdāḥ: its iron part

والقداح والقداحة: حجره — and al-qidāḥ and al-qidāḥah: its stone

والقداح، ككتان: أطراف النبت الغض — and al-qidāḥ, like kattān: the tender tips of the plant

قَدَّاحةnoun

1.
Fire-striking toolboth
The stone used for striking fire.
2.
Craftclassical
The craft or making of something.

والقداح والقداحة: حجره — and al-qidāḥ and al-qidāḥah: its stone

وصنعته: القداحة — and its craft: al-qidāḥah

اِقْتَدَحَverb

1.
To strike fireboth
To attempt to strike fire, especially with a fire drill.
2.
To scoopboth
To scoop up broth.
3.
To plotboth
To plot or devise a matter.

وبالزند: رام الإيراء به، كاقتدح — and with the fire-drill: he attempted to strike fire with it, like iqtadaḥa

اقتدح المرق: غرفه — iqtadaḥa the broth: he scooped it

واقتدح الأمر: دبره — and iqtadaḥa the matter: he devised it

مِقْدَحnoun

1.
Fire-striking ironboth
The iron part of a fire-striking tool.
2.
Ladleboth
A ladle or scoop.

والمقدح والقداح والمقداح: حديدته — and al-miqdah and al-qidāḥ and al-miqdāḥ: its iron part

والمقدح: المغرفة — and al-miqdah: the ladle

مِقْدَاحnoun

1.
Fire-striking ironboth
The iron part of a fire-striking tool.

والمقدح والقداح والمقداح: حديدته — and al-miqdah and al-qidāḥ and al-miqdāḥ: its iron part

القَادِحnoun

1.
Corrosionboth
A corrosive agent that affects trees and teeth.
2.
Crackboth
A crack or fissure in wood.

والقدح والقادح: أكال يقع في الشجر والأسنان، والصدع في العود — and al-qadḥ and al-qādiḥ: a corrosion that affects trees and teeth, and a crack in wood

قَادِحَةnoun

1.
Wormboth
A worm or grub.

والقادحة: الدودة — and al-qādiḥah: the worm

قُدُوحnoun

1.
Fliesboth
Flies.
2.
Wellclassical
A well from which water is drawn by hand.

والقدوح: الذباب، كالأقدح، والركي تغرف باليد — and al-qudūḥ: the flies, like al-aqdaḥ, and a well from which water is drawn by hand

أَقْدَحnoun

1.
Fliesboth
Flies.

والقدوح: الذباب، كالأقدح — and al-qudūḥ: the flies, like al-aqdaḥ

قَدِيحnoun

1.
Brothboth
Broth.
2.
Sedimentboth
What remains at the bottom of a pot, scooped with difficulty.

والقديح: المرق، أو مايبقى في أسفل القدر فيغرف بجهد — and al-qidīḥ: the broth, or what remains at the bottom of the pot and is scooped with difficulty

تَقْدِيحnoun

1.
Training a horseclassical
The training or conditioning of a horse.
2.
Sunken eyesboth
The sinking or hollowing of the eyes.
3.
Striking fireboth
The act of striking fire.

والتقديح: تضمير الفرس، وغؤور العين، كالقدح — and al-taqdīḥ: the training of a horse, the sinking of the eyes, like al-qadḥ

قَدْحَةnoun

1.
Sparkboth
A spark from striking fire.
2.
Portionboth
A single instance or occurrence.

والقدحة، بالكسر: اسم من اقتداح النار — and al-qudḥah, with kasr: a name for striking fire

والقدحة، بالفتح: للمرة — and al-qadḥah, with fatḥ: for a single instance

ذو مقيدحانname

1.
Proper nameclassical
A proper name of a person.

وذو مقيدحان بن ألهان: قيل — and Dhū Muqaydiḥān bin Ilhān: it is said

Parallel reading

القَدْح، بالكسر: السهم قبل أن يراش وينصل

Al-qadḥ, with kasr: the arrow before it is fletched and tipped.

وبالتحريك: آنية تروي الرجلين، أو اسم يجمع الصغار والكبار

And with taḥrīk: a vessel that quenches the thirst of two people, or a name encompassing small and large vessels.

وقدح فيه، كمنع: طعن

And he pierced it, like man'a: he stabbed.

وفي القدح: خرقه بسنخ النصل

And in al-qadḥ: making a hole with the base of the blade.

وبالزند: رام الإيراء به، كاقتدح

And with the fire-drill: he attempted to strike fire with it, like iqtadaḥa.

والمقدح والقداح والمقداح: حديدته

And al-miqdah and al-qidāḥ and al-miqdāḥ: its iron part.

والقداح والقداحة: حجره

And al-qidāḥ and al-qidāḥah: its stone.

والمقدح: المغرفة

And al-miqdah: the ladle.

والقدح والقادح: أكال يقع في الشجر والأسنان، والصدع في العود

And al-qadḥ and al-qādiḥ: a corrosion that affects trees and teeth, and a crack in wood.

والقادحة: الدودة

And al-qādiḥah: the worm.

وقدحة من المرق: غرفة منه

And a qudḥah of broth: a scoop of it.

والقدوح: الذباب، كالأقدح، والركي تغرف باليد

And al-qudūḥ: the flies, like al-aqdaḥ, and a well from which water is drawn by hand.

والقديح: المرق، أو مايبقى في أسفل القدر فيغرف بجهد

And al-qidīḥ: the broth, or what remains at the bottom of the pot and is scooped with difficulty.

والتقديح: تضمير الفرس، وغؤور العين، كالقدح

And al-taqdīḥ: the training of a horse, the sinking of the eyes, like al-qadḥ.

والقدحة، بالكسر: اسم من اقتداح النار

And al-qudḥah, with kasr: a name for striking fire.

والقدحة، بالفتح: للمرة

And al-qadḥah, with fatḥ: for a single instance.

ومننه: "لو شاء الله لجعل للناس قدحة ظلمة كما جعل لهم قدحة نور"

And from it: "If Allah had willed, He would have made for mankind a spark of darkness as He made for them a spark of light."

والقداح، ككتان: أطراف النبت الغض، وأرآد رخصة من الفصفصة، وع في ديار تميم

And al-qidāḥ, like kattān: the tender tips of the plant, and tender, soft shoots of alfalfa, and a place in the lands of Tamim.

واقتدح المرق: غرفه

And he scooped the broth: he scooped it.

واقتدح الأمر: دبره

And he devised the matter: he planned it.

والاسم: القدحة، بالكسر

And the noun: al-qudḥah, with kasr.

وذو مقيدحان بن ألهان: قيل

And Dhū Muqaydiḥān bin Ilhān: it is said.