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قترد

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to abundance, specifically in livestock and dairy products. It describes someone who has many sheep and, by extension, considerable wealth. The entry also notes a potential scribal error, suggesting a different root might be intended.

Derived headwords

قتردverb
  1. 1.
    to have abundant milk and cheeseclassical

    When applied to a man, it means his milk and cheese were abundant.

قتردةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of wealthclassical

    An abundance of wealth, indicated by the kasra (qitrada).

قتردadjective
  1. 1.
    possessing many sheepclassical

    Possessing many sheep.

قترادadjective
  1. 1.
    possessing many sheepclassical

    Possessing many sheep.

مقتردadjective
  1. 1.
    possessing many sheepclassical

    Possessing many sheep.

Parallel reading

قترد الرجل: كثر لبنه وأقطه.
The man qatarda: his milk and cheese were abundant.
وعليه قتردة مال، بالكسر، أي: مال كثير.
And he had qitrada of wealth, with a kasra, meaning: abundant wealth.
وهو قترد وقتارد ومقترد: ذو غنم كثير،
And he is qatard, qatard, and muqatard: possessing many sheep,
والكل تصحيف،
And all of these are scribal errors,
والصواب: بالثاء المثلثة،
And the correct reading is: with the letter thaa' (ث),
كما ذكرناه بعد،
as we mentioned later,
صرح به أبو عمرو وابن الأعرابي وغيرهما.
Abu Amr, Ibn al-Arabi, and others confirmed this.