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القعش

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of gathering, collecting, and bringing things together. It also extends to physical actions like bending or breaking, and describes states of being such as being light, sturdy, or collapsing.

Derived headwords

القَعْشnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringboth

    The act of collecting or bringing things together.

  2. 2.
    bending a beamclassical

    The action of bending the end of a wooden beam towards oneself.

  3. 3.
    litterclassical

    A type of litter or palanquin, similar to a howdah, used for transport.

  4. 4.
    demolitionboth

    The act of demolishing a building or other structure.

قَعَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together.

  2. 2.
    to bendclassical

    To bend the end of a wooden beam towards oneself.

  3. 3.
    to demolishboth

    To tear down or destroy a building or structure.

قَعْشٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringboth

    The act of gathering or collecting.

قُعُوشٌnoun
  1. 1.
    litterclassical

    A type of litter or palanquin, similar to a howdah.

القُعُوشnoun
  1. 1.
    lightnessboth

    Being light or agile.

  2. 2.
    sturdy camelclassical

    A camel that is thick-set or robust.

قَعْشَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    head-raisingclassical

    A female animal that raises her head high.

قَعْوَشَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downboth

    To cause someone to fall or be thrown down.

تَقَعْوَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to collapseboth

    To fall down or crumble, referring to a structure.

  2. 2.
    to grow oldclassical

    To become old or advanced in age, referring to an elderly person.

انْقَعَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to departboth

    For a group of people to depart and go away.

  2. 2.
    to collapseboth

    For a wall or structure to collapse or fall down.

Parallel reading

الجمع
The gathering
وعطفك رأس الخشبة إليك
And bending the end of the wooden beam towards you
ومركب كالهودج ج: قعوش
And a mount like a howdah, plural: qushush
وهدم البناء وغيره
And demolition of a building and other things
والقعوش، كجرول: الخفيف
And al-qushush, like jurwal: the light one
والبعير الغليظ
And the thick-set camel
والقعشاء: الرافعة رأسها
And al-qa'shaa': the one raising her head
وقعوشه: صرعه
And qawshuhu: he threw him down
وتقعوش: تهدم
And tawa'wash: it collapsed
والشيخ: كبر
And the old man: he grew old
وانقعش القوم: انقلعوا، فذهبوا
And the people departed: they moved off and went away
وانقعش الحائط: انهدم
And the wall collapsed: it fell down