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القهد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes qualities of color, specifically pale or whitish hues, and also refers to certain types of sheep and other animals with specific physical characteristics. It can also denote a manner of walking.

Derived headwords

القَهْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Pale colorboth

    Referring to a pale or whitish color.

  2. 2.
    Dull whiteclassical

    Describing a whitish color that is somewhat dull or impure.

  3. 3.
    Breed of sheepclassical

    A type of sheep that has a reddish tinge, small ears, or a reddish face with small ears.

  4. 4.
    Hornless animalclassical

    An animal that lacks horns.

  5. 5.
    Young wild assclassical

    A young wild ass.

  6. 6.
    Gazelleclassical

    A gazelle.

  7. 7.
    Short-tailed animalclassical

    An animal characterized by a short tail.

  8. 8.
    Small cattleclassical

    Small, delicate cattle.

  9. 9.
    Unopened narcissusclassical

    A narcissus flower that has not yet bloomed.

قَهَدَverb
  1. 1.
    To walk with short stepsboth

    To walk with short, close steps, without spreading one's legs widely.

قُهَيْدname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Matraf al-Ghaffariclassical

    A person named Kuzbayr, son of Matraf al-Ghaffari, whose companionship is debated.

Parallel reading

النقي اللون، والأبيض الأكدر، وضرب من الضأن تعلوه حمرة، وتصغر آذانه، أو الأحيمر الأكيلب الوجه، ج: قهاد، أو الذي لا قرون له، والجؤذر، والخذف، والقصير الذنب، والصغير اللطيف من البقر، والنرجس إذا لم يتفتح
Pale colored, whitish impure, a type of sheep with a reddish tinge and small ears, or reddish with small ears, plural: qihad, or hornless, and the young wild ass, and the gazelle, and the short-tailed, and small delicate cattle, and the narcissus when not yet opened.
وبالتحريك: ع. وكزبير، ابن مطرف الغفاري: ms0389 اختلف في صحبته.
And with vowel movement: a name. And Kuzbayr, son of Matraf al-Ghaffari: ms0389 his companionship is debated.
وقهد في مشيته، كمنع: قارب في خطوه، ولم ينبسط في مشيه.
And he walked with short steps, like man'a: he shortened his stride and did not spread his legs in his walk.