قفس

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of death, restraint, and grasping. It also extends to descriptions of physical attributes like size and shape, as well as bodily functions and specific geographical or social groups.

Derived headwords

قَفَسَverb

1.
to dieboth
To cease to live; to pass away.
2.
to tie up (antelope)classical
To bind the legs of an antelope.
3.
to grab (hair)classical
To seize someone by their hair.
4.
to seize forcefullyclassical
To take something with force, snatching and anger.

قَفْسًاnoun

1.
deathboth
The state of being dead; the cessation of life.
2.
tying (antelope)classical
The act of binding the legs of an antelope.
3.
grabbing (hair)classical
The act of seizing someone by their hair.
4.
forceful seizureclassical
The act of taking something with force, snatching and anger.

قُفُوسًاnoun

1.
deathclassical
The state of being dead; the cessation of life.
2.
tying (antelope)classical
The act of binding the legs of an antelope.
3.
grabbing (hair)classical
The act of seizing someone by their hair.
4.
forceful seizureclassical
The act of taking something with force, snatching and anger.

قَفَسَ الظبيverb

1.
to tie an antelopeclassical
To bind the legs of an antelope.

قَفَسَ فلانًاverb

1.
to grab someone by hairclassical
To seize someone by their hair.

قَفَسَ الشيءverb

1.
to seize something forcefullyclassical
To take something with force, snatching and anger.

قَفِسَverb

1.
to have large dungclassical
To have large, voluminous dung, referring to the nose (metaphorically).

أَقْفَسadjective

1.
similarclassical
Similar to another; resembling.
2.
long and bentclassical
Anything that is long and bent or curved.

قَفْسَاءnoun

1.
stomachboth
The organ of digestion; the belly.
2.
abdomenboth
The part of the body between the chest and the pelvis.
3.
vile, bad womanclassical
A woman who is base, ignoble, or of bad character.

قَفَّاسnoun

1.
vile, bad womanclassical
A woman who is base, ignoble, or of bad character.

قَفْسnoun

1.
group (in Kermān)classical
A group of people in Kermān, similar to Kurds.

تَقَفَّسَverb

1.
to leapclassical
To jump or spring suddenly and lightly.

يَتَقَافَسَانِ بِشُعُورِهِمَاverb

1.
they leap at each otherclassical
They are leaping at each other, specifically by grabbing each other's hair.

Parallel reading

قفس قفساً

He died a death.

قفس الظبي

He tied the antelope.

قفس فلاناً

He grabbed him by the hair.

قفس الشيء أخذاً انتزاعاً وغضباً

He seized the thing with force, snatching and anger.

وقفس كفرح عظمت روثه أنفه

And he had large dung (metaphorically, his nose), as in 'faraha'.

والأقفس المقرف

And al-aqfas is the similar one.

وكل ما طال وانحنى

And everything that is long and bent.

والقفساء المعدة

And al-qafsa' is the stomach.

والبطن

And the abdomen.

واللئيمة الرديئة

And the vile, bad woman.

كقفاس

Like qaffas.

والقفس بالضم طائفة بكرمان كالأكراد

And al-qifs, with damma, is a group in Kermān like the Kurds.

وتقفس وثب

And taqaffasa means to leap.

وهما يتقافسان بشعورهما يتواثبان

And they are leaping at each other by their hair, they are jumping.