قسح

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of hardness, dryness, and rigidity. It extends to describe physical states of objects and living beings, including sexual arousal and the texture of fabrics.

Derived headwords

قَسَحَverb

1.
to be hardboth
To be solid, firm, or unyielding in nature.
2.
to be dryboth
To be arid or lacking moisture.

قَسَاحَةnoun

1.
hardnessboth
The quality of being hard, solid, or unyielding.
2.
drynessboth
The state of being dry or arid.

قَسُوحَةnoun

1.
hardnessclassical
A state of being hard or rigid.
2.
drynessclassical
A state of being dry.

أَقْسَحَverb

1.
to be sexually arousedclassical
To experience strong sexual arousal or erection.

قَسْحnoun

1.
drynessboth
The state of being dry or arid.
2.
erectionclassical
The remaining state of sexual arousal or erection.

قاسَحَverb

1.
to be dryclassical
To become dry or arid.

قاسِحadjective

1.
dryboth
Characterized by dryness or aridity.
2.
hardboth
Possessing hardness or rigidity.

ثوب قاسحadjective

1.
thick fabricclassical
A garment made of thick, coarse material.

مَقْسُوحadjective

1.
hardenedclassical
Having become hard or rigid.
2.
dried outclassical
Having become dry.

Parallel reading

قَسَحَ، كَمَنَعَ، قَسَاحَةً وَقَسُوحَةً: صَلُبَ

Qasaḥa, like manaʿa, means to be hard, with the nouns qasāḥah and qasūḥah.

وَالرَّجُلُ: كَثُرَ إِنْعَاظُهُ، كَأَقْسَحَ

And for a man: to have frequent erections, like aqsaḥa.

وَالحَبْلُ: فَتَلَهُ

And for a rope: to twist it.

وَالقَسْحُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: اليَبَسُ

And al-qasḥu, when vocalized, means dryness.

أَوْ بَقِيَّةُ الإِنْعَاظِ

Or the remainder of an erection.

وَإِنَّهُ لَقَسَّاحٌ: مَقْسُوحٌ

And indeed he is qassāḥ: maqṣūḥ.

وَقَاسَحَهُ: يَابِسَهُ

And qāsaḥahu means to be dry with it.

وَثَوْبٌ قَاسِحٌ: غَلِيظٌ

And a thōbun qāsiḥun means thick.