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القيح

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of pus, specifically pus that is not mixed with blood. It describes the process of a wound producing pus and related verbal forms.

Derived headwords

القَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    pusboth

    Matter discharged from a wound or sore, characterized by its lack of admixture with blood.

قَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to produce pusboth

    Said of a wound, meaning it produced pus.

يَقِيحُverb
  1. 1.
    to produce pusboth

    The present tense form of the verb meaning a wound produces pus.

قَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to produce pusboth

    An alternative form of the verb meaning a wound produced pus.

قَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to produce pusboth

    Another variant of the verb meaning a wound produced pus.

قِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    pusboth

    A noun form referring to pus, derived from the verb.

تَقَيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateboth

    A verb form indicating the process of forming or discharging pus.

أَقَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to suppurateclassical

    A verb form, likely causative, meaning to cause something to produce pus.

Parallel reading

المدة لا يخالطها دم
Matter not mixed with blood.
قاح الجرح يقيح
The wound produced pus, it suppurates.
كقاح يقوح
Like qāḥa, yūqiḥu.
وقيح وتقيح وأقاح
And qīḥ, taqayyaḥa, and aqāḥa.
واوية يائية
A wāw-ending, a yā'-ending.