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القهز

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of red woolen cloth, possibly mixed with silk. It also encompasses the meaning of leaping or jumping.

Derived headwords

القهزnoun
  1. 1.
    red woolen clothboth

    A type of cloth made from red wool, similar to sheep's wool. It might sometimes be mixed with silk.

القهزيadjective
  1. 1.
    of red woolen clothboth

    Describing something as being made of or related to the red woolen cloth mentioned under القهز.

قهزverb
  1. 1.
    to leapboth

    To jump or spring forward.

القهيزnoun
  1. 1.
    silkclassical

    Refers to silk, possibly in the context of being mixed with the woolen cloth.

Parallel reading

القهز، ويكسر، والقهزي: ثياب من صوف أحمر كالمرعزى وربما يخالطه الحرير.
Al-qahz, and it can be pronounced with a kasra, and al-qahzi: garments of red wool like sheep's wool, and sometimes silk is mixed with it.
وقهز، كمنع: وثب.
And qahaza, like man'a: to leap.
والقهيز: القز.
And al-qahiz: silk.