القعص

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sudden death, swift killing, and severe illness, particularly in animals. It also describes a lion's ferocity and a sheep's stubbornness.

Derived headwords

قَعَصَverb

1.
to die suddenlyboth
To die suddenly and unexpectedly, often from a blow or wound.
2.
to kill swiftlyclassical
To kill someone or something quickly and decisively.

قَعْصٌnoun

1.
sudden deathboth
Sudden and swift death.
2.
swift killingclassical
The act of killing swiftly.

قَعَصًاadverb

1.
suddenly deadboth
Describes the state of dying suddenly in place.

قَعَصَ (كغراب)verb

1.
to be afflicted with diseaseclassical
To be afflicted with a disease, particularly in sheep, causing rapid death, or a chest ailment.

مَقْعُوصَةadjective

1.
afflicted with diseaseclassical
Describing a sheep afflicted with a fatal disease or a person with a chest ailment.

المَقْعَاصnoun

1.
lionclassical
A name for a lion that kills swiftly.

المَقْعَصnoun

1.
lionclassical
A name for a lion that kills swiftly.

القَعَاصnoun

1.
lionclassical
A name for a lion that kills swiftly.
2.
fatal diseaseclassical
A swift and fatal disease, especially in sheep.

شَاةٌ قَعُوصadjective

1.
stubborn eweclassical
A ewe that strikes its milker and withholds its milk.

قَعَصَتْ (كفرح)verb

1.
to become stubbornclassical
To become like the stubborn ewe, striking its milker and withholding milk.

قَعَصَهُ (كمنعه)verb

1.
to kill him on the spotboth
To kill someone or something instantly in the place where they are.

أَقْعَصَهُverb

1.
to kill him on the spotboth
To kill someone or something instantly in the place where they are.

انْقَعَصَverb

1.
to dieclassical
To die suddenly.
2.
to bendclassical
For a thing to bend or break.

Parallel reading

الموت الوحي

Sudden death.

مات قعصا: أصابته ضربة أو رمية فمات مكانه

He died suddenly: he was struck by a blow or a throw and died in his place.

وكغراب: داء في الغنم لا يلبثها أن تموت

And like 'ghurab': a disease in sheep that causes them to die quickly.

وداء في الصدر كأنه يكسر العنق

And a disease in the chest as if it breaks the neck.

قعصت، بالضم، فهي مقعوصة

She was afflicted (with the disease), and she is afflicted.

والمقعاص والمقعص والقعاص: الأسد يقتل سريعا

And Al-Maq'as, Al-Maq'as, and Al-Qa'as: the lion that kills swiftly.

وشاة قعوص: تضرب حالبها، وتمنع الدرة

And a stubborn ewe: she strikes her milker and withholds her milk.

وقعصت، كفرح: ما كانت كذلك فصارت

And she became (like that), as in 'faraha': she was not like that, then she became so.

وقعصه، كمنعه: قتله مكانه، كأقعصه

And he killed him (like 'man'a'): he killed him in his place, like 'aq'asahu'.

وانقعص: مات

And he died: he died.

والشيء: انثنى

And the thing: it bent.