القير

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to black, tar-like substances used for coating, and by extension, to things that are bitter or unpleasant. It also encompasses terms for people of low status, specific locations, and a type of skilled archer.

Derived headwords

القيرnoun

1.
tar, pitchboth
A black substance used to coat ships and camels, or bitumen.

القَارnoun

1.
tar, pitchboth
A black substance used to coat ships and camels, or bitumen.

قِيرverb

1.
to coat with pitchboth
To coat something, such as a waterskin or wineskin, with pitch.

قير الحب والزق — He coated the waterskin and the wineskin with it.

أَقْيَرadjective

1.
more bitterclassical
More bitter than something else.

وهذا أقير منه — And this is more bitter than that.

القُيُورnoun

1.
lowly lineageclassical
Someone of humble or obscure lineage.

القَيْرnoun

1.
owner of pitchclassical
A possessor or handler of pitch.
2.
a specific personclassical
The name of Ibn Hayyan al-Thawri, a companion of Jarir.
3.
a specific camelclassical
The name of a camel belonging to Dabbi' bin al-Harith, or his horse.
4.
a locationclassical
A place situated between al-Raqqah and al-Rusafah.
5.
a wellclassical
A well belonging to the Banu 'Ijil near Wasit.

مَشْرَعَةُ القَيَّارname

1.
watering place on the Euphratesclassical
A watering place on the Euphrates river.

دَرْبُ القَيَّارname

1.
a street in Baghdadclassical
A street in Baghdad, to which Abd al-Salam bin Makki al-Qayyari, the hadith scholar, was attributed.

القَيَّارname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name in Iraq.

اقْتَارَverb

1.
to investigateclassical
To investigate or search for a hadith or piece of information.

اقتار الحديث اقتيارا — He investigated the hadith thoroughly.

القَيْرnoun

1.
skilled archerclassical
A skilled archer, particularly one who is adept at shooting from fortifications.

القَيْرَوَانnoun

1.
caravanboth
A caravan, a loanword from Persian.
2.
a city in Moroccoclassical
A city in the Maghreb (North Africa).

Parallel reading

القير، بالكسر، والقار: شيء أسود يطلى به السفن والإبل، أو هما الزفت.

Al-Qayr, with kasra, and al-Qar: a black substance used to coat ships and camels, or they are bitumen.

قير الحب والزق: طلاهما به.

He coated the waterskin and the wineskin with it.

وهذا أقير منه

And this is more bitter than that.

والقيور، كتنور: الخامل النسب.

And al-Quyur, like tunur: the one of humble lineage.

وكشداد: صاحب القير، وابن حيان الثوري صاحب جرير، وجمل ضابئ بن الحارث، أو فرسه، وع بين الرقة والرصافة، وبئر لبني عجل قرب واسط.

And like Shaddad: the owner of al-Qayr, and Ibn Hayyan al-Thawri, the companion of Jarir, and the camel of Dabbi' bin al-Harith, or his horse, and a place between al-Raqqah and al-Rusafah, and a well of Banu 'Ijil near Wasit.

ومشرعة القيار: على الفرات.

And Mashra'at al-Qayyar: on the Euphrates.

ودرب القيار: ببغداد، وإلى أحدهما نسب عبد السلام بن مكي القياري المحدث.

And Darb al-Qayyar: in Baghdad, and to one of them was attributed Abd al-Salam bin Makki al-Qayyari, the hadith scholar.

واقتار الحديث اقتيارا

He investigated the hadith thoroughly.

والقير، كهين: الأسوار من الرماة الحاذق.

And al-Qayr, like hin: the skilled archer from the fortifications.

والقيروان: القافلة، معرب، ود بالمغرب.

And al-Qayrawan: the caravan, a loanword, and a place in the Maghreb.