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قلص

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root قلص (qalasa) primarily relates to concepts of contraction, shrinking, and sudden movement or elevation. It extends to describe the physical state of objects like garments or shadows, the physical condition of animals, and the action of traveling or moving swiftly. It also encompasses terms for young female animals, particularly camels.

Derived headwords

قَلَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to leapboth

    To jump or spring suddenly.

  2. 2.
    to feel nauseousclassical

    To feel sick to one's stomach; to have a feeling of nausea.

  3. 3.
    to riseclassical

    Used for water, meaning to become elevated or rise.

  4. 4.
    to set outclassical

    Used for a group of people, meaning to pack up and begin traveling.

  5. 5.
    to contractboth

    Used for lips, meaning to draw back or become inverted.

  6. 6.
    to shrinkboth

    Used for shadows, meaning to recede or become shorter.

  7. 7.
    to shrinkboth

    Used for clothing after washing, meaning to become smaller or contract.

قَلَصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nauseaclassical

    A feeling of sickness in the stomach.

قَلُوصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    young camel (female)both

    A young female camel, specifically one that is still being ridden until it reaches its second year (then it is called a nāqah). It can also refer to a tall-legged female camel.

  2. 2.
    young femaleclassical

    Used metaphorically to refer to young women.

قَلِيصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    risingclassical

    Describing water that is rising or elevated.

قَلَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to continueclassical

    To persist or continue in an action or state.

قَلْصَةُ البِئْرِnoun
  1. 1.
    well waterclassical

    The water that collects and rises in a well.

قَلَائِصُnoun
  1. 1.
    young camels (female)both

    Plural of qalūṣ, referring to young female camels.

قُلُصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    young camels (female)both

    Plural of qalūṣ, referring to young female camels.

  2. 2.
    young womenclassical

    Metaphorical use for young women.

قَلَاصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    young camels (female)both

    Plural of qalūṣ, referring to young female camels.

أَقْلَصَverb
  1. 1.
    hump appearedclassical

    Used for a camel, meaning its hump began to show or become visible.

  2. 2.
    became fatclassical

    Used for a female camel, meaning it became fat during the summer.

  3. 3.
    milk roseclassical

    Used for a female camel, meaning its milk became scarce or its milk production increased and rose.

قَالِصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    risingclassical

    Describing water that is rising or elevated.

قَلُوصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    female ostrichclassical

    A female ostrich.

  2. 2.
    young birdclassical

    A young bird, specifically from a flock or a young bustard chick.

عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ الْإِمَامُname
  1. 1.
    Abd al-Aziz ibn Imran ibn Ayyub al-Imamclassical

    The father of Abd al-Aziz ibn Imran ibn Ayyub al-Imam, a companion of al-Shafi'i, who was a prominent Maliki scholar.

Parallel reading

قلص يقلص قلوصا: وثب
Qalasa, yaqlisu, qalūsan: to leap.
ونفسه: غثت
And his soul: felt nauseous.
والماء: ارتفع
And the water: rose.
والقوم: احتملوا فساروا
And the people: packed up and traveled.
وشمرت
And contracted.
والظل عني: انقبض
And the shadow from me: receded.
والثوب بعد الغسل: انكمش
And the garment after washing: shrank.
وقلصة البئر، محركة: الماء يجم فيها ويرتفع
And the qalsah of the well, movable: the water that collects and rises in it.
والقلوص من الإبل: الشابة، أو الباقية على السير، أو أول ما يركب من إناثها إلى أن تثني، ثم هي ناقة، والناقة الطويلة القوائم، خاص بالإناث
And the qalūṣ from the camels: the young one, or the one remaining in service, or the first of the females to be ridden until she is two years old, then she is a nāqah, and the tall-legged female camel, specific to females.
ويكنون عن الفتيات بالقلص
And they use 'al-qulass' as a metaphor for young women.
وأقلص البعير: ظهر سنامه شيئا
And the camel aqlasa: its hump appeared somewhat.
والناقة: سمنت في الصيف، أو غارت وارتفع لبنها
And the female camel: became fat in the summer, or its milk became scarce and rose.
وقلصت تقليصا: استمرت
And she qallasat taqlisan: she continued.
وكمفتاح: جد عبد العزيز بن عمران بن أيوب الإمام، من أصحاب الشافعي
And like miftāh: the grandfather of Abd al-Aziz ibn Imran ibn Ayyub al-Imam, from the companions of al-Shafi'i.