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قعر

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of depth, the bottom, or the lowest part of something. It extends to meanings related to reaching the bottom, drinking completely, speaking with exaggerated depth, and also encompasses physical locations like wells, valleys, and mountains.

Derived headwords

قَعْرnoun
  1. 1.
    bottom, lowest partboth

    The deepest or lowest part of anything, such as a well, a valley, or a container.

  2. 2.
    depthboth

    The extent of depth, often used metaphorically.

  3. 3.
    wellclassical

    A deep well.

  4. 4.
    mountainclassical

    A mountain.

  5. 5.
    basin, depressionboth

    A large basin or depression in the earth.

  6. 6.
    mind, intellectclassical

    Intellect or understanding.

  7. 7.
    platter, large dishclassical

    A large platter or dish.

قُعُورnoun
  1. 1.
    bottoms, depthsboth

    The plural of قَعْر, referring to the bottoms or deepest parts of things.

القَعِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    deep-bottomedclassical

    Describing something that has a deep bottom, like a well.

قَعَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    depthclassical

    The state or quality of being deep.

قَعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to reach the bottomboth

    To reach the bottom or depth of something, like a well.

  2. 2.
    to drink completelyboth

    To drink all of the contents of a container, down to the bottom.

  3. 3.
    to eat completelyboth

    To eat all of a dish, especially from the bottom.

  4. 4.
    to fell, cut downclassical

    To cut down a tree from its roots, causing it to fall.

  5. 5.
    to miscarryclassical

    For a ewe to abort its fetus prematurely.

أَقْعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a bottomclassical

    To create or establish a bottom for something, such as a well.

تَقَعَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak affectedlyboth

    To speak in an affected or pompous manner, using the full extent of the mouth.

تَقْعِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    affected speechclassical

    The act of speaking affectedly or pompously.

  2. 2.
    shoutingclassical

    The act of shouting.

قِيعَرadjective
  1. 1.
    pompous speakerclassical

    One who speaks affectedly or pompously.

قِيعَارadjective
  1. 1.
    pompous speakerclassical

    One who speaks affectedly or pompously.

مِقْعَارadjective
  1. 1.
    pompous speakerclassical

    One who speaks affectedly or pompously.

  2. 2.
    deep-bottomedclassical

    Describing something with a deep bottom, like a container or well.

قَعْرَانadjective
  1. 1.
    having something at the bottomclassical

    Describing a container that has something remaining at its bottom.

قَعِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    deep dishclassical

    A dish containing enough food to cover its bottom.

  2. 2.
    hollow, depressionboth

    A hollow or depression in the ground.

قَعِرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    deep-desiring (woman)classical

    A woman described as having deep sexual desire, or finding arousal deep within her genitals.

وَقَعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to fell, throw downclassical

    To throw someone down forcefully, to fell them.

انْقَعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be felledclassical

    For a tree to be cut from its roots and fall.

القَعْرَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of birdclassical

    A specific type of bird, possibly a type of pigeon or dove.

المَقْعَارname
  1. 1.
    a clan nameclassical

    The name of a clan or lineage.

القَعْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hollow, depressionboth

    A hollow or depression in the ground.

  2. 2.
    platter, large dishclassical

    A large platter or dish.

القَعْرnoun
  1. 1.
    hollow, depressionboth

    A hollow or depression in the earth.

القَعَرnoun
  1. 1.
    deep wellclassical

    A deep well.

القُعَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hollow, depressionboth

    A hollow or depression in the ground.

القُعَارnoun
  1. 1.
    mountainclassical

    A mountain.

Parallel reading

قعر كل شيء: أقصاه
The bottom of everything: its furthest extent.
والقعير: البعيد القعر، كالقعور.
And al-qa'eer: is that which is far in depth, like al-qu'oor.
وقد قعر، ككرم، قعارة.
And it became deep, like goodness, in depth.
وقعر البئر، كمنع: انتهى إلى قعرها، أو عمقها
And the well reached its bottom, like 'to prevent': it reached its bottom, or its depth.
والإناء: شرب ما فيه
And the container: he drank what was in it.
والثريدة: أكلها من قعرها.
And the thareedah: he ate it from its bottom.
وأقعر البئر: جعل لها قعرا.
And he made the well have a bottom: he made a bottom for it.
وقعر في كلامه تقعيرا وتقعر: تشدق، وتكلم بأقصى فمه.
And he spoke in his speech with taq'eer and taqa''ara: he spoke pompously, and spoke from the furthest part of his mouth.
وهو قيعر وقيعار ومقعار، بالكسر.
And he is qai'ar, qia'ar, and miq'aar, with kasr.
وإناء قعران: في قعره شيء.
And a quraan container: there is something in its bottom.
وقصعة قعرة، كفرحة وسكرى: فيها ما يغطي قعرها، واسم ما فيه القعرة، ويضم.
And a qara dish, like farha and sukra: it has what covers its bottom, and the name of what is in it is al-qara, and it is pronounced with damma.
وقعب مقعار: واسع بعيد القعر.
And a miq'aar cup: wide with a deep bottom.
وامرأة قعرة، كفرحة وسريعة: بعيدة الشهوة، أو التي تجد الغلمة في قعر فرجها، أو التي تريد المبالغة.
And a qara woman, like farha and sareea: distant in desire, or one who finds arousal in the depth of her vagina, or one who desires excess.
وقعره، كمنعه: صرعه
And he qara'ahu, like man'ahu: he threw him down.
والنخلة فانقعرت: قطعها من أصلها فسقطت وانجعفت
And the palm tree became unqari'at: it was cut from its roots and fell and was uprooted.
والشاة: ألقت ما في بطنها لغير تمام.
And the ewe: she dropped what was in her belly prematurely.
والقعراء: ع.
And al-qaraa': a bird.
وبنو المقعار، بالكسر: بطن.
And the sons of al-miq'aar, with kasr: a lineage.
والقعر: الجفنة، وجوبة تنجاب من الأرض، كالقعرة.
And al-qawr: the platter, and a hollow scooped from the earth, like al-qara.
وما في هذا القعر مثله، أي: البلد، وبالتحريك: العقل.
And there is nothing like it in this qawr, meaning: the land, and with haraka: the intellect.
وكتنور: البئر العميقة.
And like tunoor: the deep well.
وكغراب: جبل.
And like ghuraab: a mountain.
والتقعير: الصياح.
And al-taq'eer: shouting.
والقعرة، بالضم: الوهدة.
And al-qu'ara, with damma: the hollow.
وكزبير: اسم.
And like zubair: a name.