قبصه

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of grasping or taking something with the fingertips. It extends to concepts of cutting short, sudden actions, and specific physical attributes of animals and people, as well as geographical locations and a collection of people.

Derived headwords

قَبَصَverb

1.
to grasp with fingertipsboth
To take something with the tips of one's fingers.
2.
to cut shortclassical
To cut short someone's drink before they are satisfied.
3.
to mount (stallion)classical
When a stallion mounts a mare.
4.
to tuck inclassical
To tuck a drawstring into trousers and pull it tight.

قبصه يقبصه: تناوله بأطراف أصابعه — He grasped it with the tips of his fingers.

القَبْصَةnoun

1.
grasp with fingertipsboth
The act of taking something with the tips of the fingers.
2.
handful of foodboth
The amount of food that one's hands can hold.

وذلك المتناول: القبصة — And that which is taken: a grasp with the fingertips.

القُبْصَةnoun

1.
handful of foodboth
The amount of food that one's hands can hold.

ومن الطعام: ما حملت كفاك، ويضم. — And of food: what your hands can carry, with damma.

القَبِيصَةnoun

1.
clump of earthclassical
A clump of earth or gravel.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name, specifically a town east of Mosul and near Samarra.

والقبيصة: التراب المجموع، والحصى — And the qabīṣah: a clump of earth, and gravel.

القَبُوصadjective

1.
well-built horseclassical
A horse that is well-built and whose hooves barely touch the ground when running.

والقبوص: الفرس الوثيق الخلق — And the qabūṣ: the horse of firm build.

قَبَصَverb

1.
to be nimble and energeticboth
To be light, nimble, and energetic.

وقد قبص يقبص: خف ونشط — And he became qabiṣ: light and energetic.

القَبْصnoun

1.
large number of peopleclassical
A large multitude of people.
2.
abundance of sandclassical
A large accumulation of sand.
3.
originclassical
The origin or root of something.

والقبص، بالكسر: العدد الكثير من الناس — And al-qabṣ, with kasr: a large number of people.

المَقْبِصnoun

1.
rope in a raceclassical
A rope stretched out before horses in a race.
2.
standard of equalityclassical
A standard or measure of equality.

وأخذته على المقبص: على قالب الاستواء — And I took him at the maqbiṣ: on the standard of equality.

القَبَصnoun

1.
liver painclassical
A pain affecting the liver, caused by eating dates on an empty stomach.
2.
large, round headclassical
Having a large and round head.
3.
nimbleness and energyboth
Lightness, nimbleness, and energy.

والقبص، محركة: وجع يصيب الكبد من التمر على الريق — And al-qabaṣ, with haraka: a pain that affects the liver from dates on an empty stomach.

أَقْبَصadjective

1.
large-headedclassical
Having a large and round head.

فهو أقبص الرأس: ضخم مدور — So he is aqbaṣ al-ra's: large and round-headed.

قَبِصَverb

1.
to be nimbleboth
To be light, nimble, and energetic.

قبص، كعني، فهو قبص — He was qabiṣ, like 'anī, so he is qabaṣ.

الأَقْبَصadjective

1.
walking with dustclassical
One who walks by kicking up dust with the front of his foot, landing on the heel.

والأقبص: الذي يمشي فيحثي التراب بصدر قدمه، فيقع على موضع العقب — And al-aqbaṣ: he who walks and kicks up dust with the front of his foot, landing on the heel.

قَبَصَتْverb

1.
to contract (womb)classical
When the womb of a female camel contracts.

قبصت رحم الناقة، كفرح: انضمت — The womb of the she-camel contracted, like fariḥa: it closed up.

تَقَبَّصَverb

1.
to gather (locusts)classical
When locusts gather on trees.

والجراد على الشجر: تقبص — And the locusts on the trees: gathering.

حبل قبصadjective

1.
not stretchedclassical
A rope that is not stretched out.

وحبل قبص ومتقبص: غير ممتد — And a rope qabiṣ and mutaqabbiṣ: not stretched.

مُتَقَبِّصadjective

1.
not stretchedclassical
A rope that is not stretched out.

وحبل قبص ومتقبص: غير ممتد — And a rope qabiṣ and mutaqabbiṣ: not stretched.

القَبْصَىnoun

1.
intense runningclassical
A fast and intense run.

والقبصى، كزمكى: العدو الشديد — And al-qabṣā, like zamkā: intense running.

انْقَبَضَverb

1.
to contract (penis sheath)classical
When the penis sheath of a horse contracts.

وانقبض غرمول الفرس: انقبض — And the penis sheath of the horse contracted: it contracted.

ابن الأسودname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

ابن البراءname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

ابن جابرname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

ابن ذؤيبname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

ابن شبرمة أو برمةname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

ابن الدمونname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

ابن المخارقname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

ابن وقاصname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

Parallel reading

قبصه يقبصه: تناوله بأطراف أصابعه

He grasped it with the tips of his fingers.

وذلك المتناول: القبصة، بالفتح والضم

And that which is taken: a grasp with the fingertips, with fatḥa and ḍamma.

وفلانا: قطع عليه شربه قبل أن يروى

And he cut short someone's drink before they were satisfied.

والفحل: نزا

And the stallion: it mounted.

والتكة: أدخلها في السراويل فجذبها

And the drawstring: he inserted it into the trousers and pulled it tight.

والقبصة: الجرادة

And the qabaṣah: a locust.

ومن الطعام: ما حملت كفاك، ويضم

And of food: what your hands can carry, with damma.

والقبيصة: التراب المجموع، والحصى

And the qabīṣah: a clump of earth, and gravel.

وقد قبص يقبص: خف ونشط

And he became qabiṣ: light and energetic.

والقبص، بالكسر: العدد الكثير من الناس

And al-qabṣ, with kasr: a large number of people.

والأصل، ومجمع الرمل الكثير، ويفتح

And the origin, and a large accumulation of sand, with fatḥa.

والمقبص، كمنبر: الحبل يمد بين يدي الخيل في الحلبة

And the maqbiṣ, like minbar: the rope stretched out before the horses in the race.

وأخذته على المقبص: على قالب الاستواء

And I took him at the maqbiṣ: on the standard of equality.

والقبص، محركة: وجع يصيب الكبد من التمر على الريق

And al-qabaṣ, with haraka: a pain that affects the liver from dates on an empty stomach.

وضخم الهامة، قبص، كفرح، فهو أقبص الرأس: ضخم مدور

And large-headed, he was qabiṣ, like fariḥa, so he is aqbaṣ al-ra's: large and round-headed.

والخفة، والنشاط، قبص، كعني، فهو قبص

And lightness, and energy, he was qabiṣ, like 'anī, so he is qabaṣ.

والأقبص: الذي يمشي فيحثي التراب بصدر قدمه، فيقع على موضع العقب

And al-aqbaṣ: he who walks and kicks up dust with the front of his foot, landing on the heel.

وقبصت رحم الناقة، كفرح: انضمت

The womb of the she-camel contracted, like fariḥa: it closed up.

والجراد على الشجر: تقبص

And the locusts on the trees: gathering.

وحبل قبص ومتقبص: غير ممتد

And a rope qabiṣ and mutaqabbiṣ: not stretched.

والقبصى، كزمكى: العدو الشديد

And al-qabṣā, like zamkā: intense running.

وانقبض غرمول الفرس: انقبض

And the penis sheath of the horse contracted: it contracted.