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القرس

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense cold, freezing, and frost. It extends to describe things that are frozen, very cold, or have solidified due to cold. It also has some less common derivations related to small insects and specific geographical locations or historical figures.

Derived headwords

القَرَسnoun
  1. 1.
    intense coldboth

    Severe and biting cold, often associated with frost.

  2. 2.
    frostclassical

    A thick layer of frost or frozen dew.

القَارِسadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely coldboth

    Describing something that is extremely cold, like the weather.

  2. 2.
    ancientclassical

    Referring to something old or long-standing.

القَرِيسadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely coldboth

    Describing something that is extremely cold.

  2. 2.
    ancientclassical

    Referring to something old or long-standing.

  3. 3.
    cooked and solidifiedclassical

    Specifically used for fish that has been cooked, seasoned, and left to solidify.

قَرَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to freezeboth

    The act of water freezing or becoming solid due to cold.

  2. 2.
    to intensify (cold)both

    The weather becoming severely cold.

قَرِسَverb
  1. 1.
    to intensify (cold)both

    The weather becoming severely cold.

قُرُسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    frozenclassical

    Describing something that has become solid and frozen.

قِرْسnoun
  1. 1.
    small gnatsclassical

    Refers to tiny mosquitoes or gnats.

القُرْقَسnoun
  1. 1.
    small gnatsclassical

    A plural form referring to small mosquitoes or gnats.

القُرَاسِيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    huge and strong (camel)classical

    Describing a large, robust, and powerful camel.

قَارَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to make coldclassical

    To cause something to become cold or frozen.

قَرَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to make coldclassical

    To cause something to become cold or frozen.

تَقْرِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    making coldclassical

    The act of causing something to become cold or frozen.

ابن سالم الغنوي الشاعرname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Salim al-Ghanawiclassical

    A poet named Ibn Salim al-Ghanawi.

قُورَسname
  1. 1.
    Qurasclassical

    A place name, referring to a ruined area near Aleppo.

آل قَرّاسname
  1. 1.
    Aal Qarasclassical

    A geographical name referring to cold mountains or hills in the Sarat region.

Parallel reading

القَرَس: البَرْد الشَّديد
Al-Qaras: intense cold.
كالقَارِس والقَرِيس
like the intensely cold and the ancient.
والبارِد وأكثَف الصَّقِيع وأبرَدَه
and the cold, and the thickest frost and its coldest.
وبالتحريك: الجامِد
And with harakah (fath): the solid/frozen.
وبالكسر: صِغار البَعُوض، كالقُرْقَس
And with kasr: small mosquitoes, like al-Qurqas.
وقَرَسَ الماءُ يَقْرِسُ: جَمَدَ
And water freezes, it freezes: it became solid.
والبَرْد: اشْتَدَّ، كَقَرِسَ، كَفَرِحَ
And the cold: intensified, like qaris, like fariha.
والقارِسُ والقَرِيسُ: القَدِيمُ
And al-Qaris and al-Qarees: the ancient.
وككتاب: ابن سالم الغَنَوِي الشَّاعِر
And like Kitab: Ibn Salim al-Ghanawi the poet.
والقُرَاسِيَة، بالضم وتخفيف الياء: الضَّخْم الشَّديد من الإِبِل
And al-Qurasiah, with damma and light ya: the huge and strong among camels.
وقُورَس، بالضم وكسر الراء: كُورَةٌ بنواحي حَلَبَ خَرابٌ
And Quras, with damma and kasr of ra: a district in the vicinity of Aleppo, ruined.
وأَقْرَسَهُ البَرْدُ وقَرَّسَهُ تَقْرِيسًا: بَرَّدَهُ
And the cold made it intensely cold, and it made it intensely cold with taqrees: it made it cold.
وآلُ قَرَّاس، كسَحَاب: أَجْبُلٌ بارِدَةٌ، أو هِضابٌ بناحية السَّراة
And Aal Qaras, like Sahab: cold mountains, or plateaus in the region of Sarat.
وسَمَكٌ قَرِيسٌ: طُبِخَ، وعُمِلَ فيهِ صِبَاغٌ، وتُرِكَ حتَّى جَمَدَ
And a fish qarees: it was cooked, and seasoning was applied to it, and it was left until it solidified.