وقص

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root 'وقص' primarily relates to breaking, crushing, or shortening, particularly concerning the neck. It extends to concepts of defects, deficiencies, and specific geographical locations or tribal names. It also describes a gait and a type of gait.

Derived headwords

وَقَصَverb

1.
to break the neckboth
To break someone's neck, often implying a fatal injury.
2.
to crushclassical
To crush or break something, like the neck of an animal or the ground.

وقص عنقه، كوعد كسرها — He broke his neck, like 'kasarah' (he broke it).

تَوْقِيصٌnoun

1.
breaking the neckclassical
The act of breaking the neck.

مَوْقُوصٌadjective

1.
broken-neckedboth
One whose neck has been broken.

فهو موقوص — and he is broken-necked.

وَقَصَتْverb

1.
to crush (ground)classical
The camel crushed the hills, meaning it made them level or smooth.

ووقصت به راحلته تقصه، و الفرس الآكام: دقها — And his mount crushed him, and the horse crushed the hills: it flattened them.

وَاقِصَةٌname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location situated between Al-Far'ah and 'Uqbat al-Shaytan.
2.
a place nameclassical
A water source belonging to the Banu Ka'b tribe.
3.
a place nameclassical
A location near the road to Dhi Marakh, east of Kufa.
4.
a place nameclassical
A location in Al-Yamamah.

وواقصة: ع بين الفرعاء وعقبة الشيطان — And Waqisah: a place between Al-Far'ah and 'Uqbat al-Shaytan.

سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍname

1.
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqasboth
A prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the ten promised paradise.

وأبو إسحاق سعد بن أبي وقاص مالك بن وهيب: أحد العشرة — And Abu Ishaq Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas Malik ibn Wahib: one of the Ten.

الْوَقَّاصِيَّةُname

1.
Al-Waqqasiyyahclassical
A place in Al-Sawad, named after Waqqas ibn 'Abdah ibn Waqqas.

والوقاصية: ة بالسواد منسوبة إلى وقاص بن عبدة بن وقاص — And Al-Waqqasiyyah: a place in Al-Sawad, attributed to Waqqas ibn 'Abdah ibn Waqqas.

الْوِقَصُnoun

1.
defectclassical
A flaw or defect in something.
2.
shortness of neckclassical
A condition characterized by a short neck.
3.
a gaitclassical
A specific gait that combines aspects of slow walking and trotting.

والوقص: العيب، والنقص، والجمع بين الإضمار والخبن — And Al-Wiqaṣ: the defect, the deficiency, and the combination of 'iḍmār' and 'khanab'.

الْوَقَصُnoun

1.
shortness of neckclassical
A condition where the neck is short.

ويحرك، وبالتحريك: قصر العنق — And it is vocalized with fath, and with sukun: shortness of the neck.

أَوْقَصَverb

1.
to make short-neckedclassical
To cause someone to have a short neck.
2.
to shorten (roads)classical
To make two roads shorter by connecting them or finding a shorter route.

وأوقصه الله: صيره أوقص — And Allah made him Awqaṣ: He made him short-necked.

أَوْقَاصٌnoun

1.
broken sticksclassical
Pieces of broken wood or sticks that are thrown into a fire.
2.
a unit of charityclassical
A portion of wealth, specifically the amount between two fixed thresholds, subject to Zakat (charity).
3.
scattered peopleclassical
People who are dispersed and scattered.
4.
minor branchesclassical
The less significant or peripheral members of a tribe or group.

وأوقصه الله: صيره أوقص، وكسار العيدان تلقى في النار، وواحد الأوقاص في الصدقة، وهو ما بين الفريضتين — And Allah made him Awqaṣ: He made him short-necked, and the fragments of sticks thrown into the fire, and the singular of Awqaṣ in charity, which is the amount between the two obligatory portions.

الْوَقَائِصُnoun

1.
tops of bonesclassical
The uppermost parts of the bones of the clavicle (collarbone).

والوقائص: رؤوس عظام القصرة — And Al-Waqā'iṣ: the heads of the bones of the clavicle.

أَقْصَرَverb

1.
to shorten (roads)classical
To make two roads shorter, implying finding a more direct route between them.

وأوقص الطريقين: أقربهما — And he shortened the two roads: he made them closer.

بَنُو الْأَوْقَصِname

1.
Banu Al-Awqaṣclassical
A lineage or clan named Al-Awqaṣ.

وبنو الأوقص: بطن — And Banu Al-Awqaṣ: a clan.

أَوْقَاصًاadverbial phrase

1.
scatteredclassical
To become dispersed and scattered, like fragments.

وصاروا أوقاصا: أي: شلالا متبددين — And they became Awqaṣan: meaning, scattered and dispersed.

أَوْقَاصٌnoun

1.
minor branchesclassical
The less significant or peripheral members of a tribe or group.

وأوقاص من بني فلان، أي: زعانف — And Awqaṣ from the children of so-and-so, meaning: the minor branches.

تَوَاقَصَverb

1.
to imitateclassical
To resemble or imitate someone who is short-necked or has a defect.

تواقص: تشبه بالأوقص — Tawāqaṣa: to resemble the Awqaṣ.

تَوَقَّصَverb

1.
to walk with a specific gaitclassical
To walk with a gait between a slow walk and a trot, or to tread heavily.

توقص: سار بين العنق والخبب، أو هو شدة الوطء في المشي، كأنه يقص ما تحته — Tuwaqqaṣa: to walk between the 'anaq' (slow walk) and 'al-khabab' (trot), or it is the intensity of stepping in walking, as if crushing what is beneath it.

Parallel reading

وقص عنقه، كوعد كسرها

He broke his neck, like 'kasarah' (he broke it).

ووقصت به راحلته تقصه، و الفرس الآكام: دقها

And his mount crushed him, and the horse crushed the hills: it flattened them.

وواقصة: ع بين الفرعاء وعقبة الشيطان

And Waqisah: a place between Al-Far'ah and 'Uqbat al-Shaytan.

وأبو إسحاق سعد بن أبي وقاص مالك بن وهيب: أحد العشرة

And Abu Ishaq Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas Malik ibn Wahib: one of the Ten.

والوقاصية: ة بالسواد منسوبة إلى وقاص بن عبدة بن وقاص

And Al-Waqqasiyyah: a place in Al-Sawad, attributed to Waqqas ibn 'Abdah ibn Waqqas.

والوقص: العيب، والنقص، والجمع بين الإضمار والخبن

And Al-Wiqaṣ: the defect, the deficiency, and the combination of 'iḍmār' and 'khanab'.

ويحرك، وبالتحريك: قصر العنق

And it is vocalized with fath, and with sukun: shortness of the neck.

وأوقصه الله: صيره أوقص

And Allah made him Awqaṣ: He made him short-necked.

وكسار العيدان تلقى في النار

And the fragments of sticks thrown into the fire.

وهو ما بين الفريضتين

Which is the amount between the two obligatory portions.

والوقائص: رؤوس عظام القصرة

And Al-Waqā'iṣ: the heads of the bones of the clavicle.

وأوقص الطريقين: أقربهما

And he shortened the two roads: he made them closer.

وبنو الأوقص: بطن

And Banu Al-Awqaṣ: a clan.

وصاروا أوقاصا: أي: شلالا متبددين

And they became Awqaṣan: meaning, scattered and dispersed.

وأوقاص من بني فلان، أي: زعانف

And Awqaṣ from the children of so-and-so, meaning: the minor branches.

تواقص: تشبه بالأوقص

Tawāqaṣa: to resemble the Awqaṣ.

توقص: سار بين العنق والخبب، أو هو شدة الوطء في المشي، كأنه يقص ما تحته

Tuwaqqaṣa: to walk between the 'anaq' (slow walk) and 'al-khabab' (trot), or it is the intensity of stepping in walking, as if crushing what is beneath it.