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قاض

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of demolition, collapse, and dismantling. It extends to the idea of replacement or exchange, and also to movement, specifically coming and going.

Derived headwords

قَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to demolishboth

    To tear down or destroy a structure, such as a building.

قَوَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to dismantleboth

    To take apart or dismantle something, often without complete destruction.

  2. 2.
    to remove supportsclassical

    Specifically, to remove the supporting elements, like poles and ropes, of a tent or structure.

تَقْوِيضnoun
  1. 1.
    dismantlingboth

    The act of dismantling or taking apart, often implying a less destructive process than complete demolition.

  2. 2.
    undoingclassical

    The act of undoing or unmaking, specifically the removal of supports.

تَقَوَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to collapseboth

    To fall down or collapse, as a structure does.

  2. 2.
    to fall downboth

    To fall down or crumble.

انْقَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to collapseclassical

    To collapse or fall down, similar to تقوض.

قَوَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to come and goclassical

    To move back and forth, to come and go.

قَوَّضًا بِقَوَّضٍphrase
  1. 1.
    exchange for exchangeclassical

    An idiom meaning to replace something with something else, an exchange for an exchange.

Parallel reading

قاض البناء: هدمه
To demolish the building: to destroy it.
كقوضه
Like its demolition.
أو التقويض: نقض من غير هدم
Or al-taqweed: undoing without demolition.
أو هو نزع الأعواد والأطناب
Or it is the removal of the poles and ropes.
وتقوض: انهدم
And taqawwada: it collapsed.
كانقاض
Like inqada.
والرجل: جاء، وذهب
And the man: he came and went.
وهذا بذا قوضا بقوض
And this for that is an exchange for an exchange.