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القشبر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to coarse, rough, or unrefined materials, particularly wool. It also extends to descriptions of physical coarseness in people, like a thick beard, and can refer to a widespread or advanced condition of something negative, such as a disease.

Derived headwords

القشبرnoun
  1. 1.
    inferior woolclassical

    The lowest quality of wool, or the refuse and waste from wool processing.

قشبرnoun
  1. 1.
    widespread diseaseclassical

    A widespread or advanced infestation of scabies or a similar skin disease.

قشبارnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse stickclassical

    A stick or branch that is rough or coarse in texture.

قشبار اللحيةnoun
  1. 1.
    long beardclassical

    A man whose beard is long and thick.

قشابرهاnoun
  1. 1.
    long beardclassical

    The long and thick parts of a man's beard.

Parallel reading

القشبر، كزبرج: أردأ الصوف ونفايته.
Al-qashbar, like zubraj: the worst wool and its refuse.
وكقنفذة: د بنواحي طليطلة.
And like qunfudhah: a place in the regions of Toledo.
وكإردب: الغليظ.
And like 'irdabb: the coarse.
وكعلابط من الجرب: الفاشي منه.
And like 'alaabat from scabies: the widespread infestation of it.
والقشبار، بالكسر، من العصي: الخشنة.
And al-qashbar, with kasra, from sticks: the coarse ones.
ورجل قشبار اللحية، وقشابرها، بالضم: طويلها.
And a man with a qashbar beard, and its qashabir, with damma: its length.