القحط

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns drought, scarcity, and severe conditions. It extends to concepts of intense striking, endurance, and even specific botanical or zoological terms.

Derived headwords

قَحَطَverb

1.
to be aridboth
To experience drought or extreme dryness, referring to a year or land.
2.
to strike severelyclassical
To hit or strike with great intensity.
3.
to be hungryclassical
To suffer from hunger due to scarcity.

قَحْطnoun

1.
droughtboth
A period of severe dryness and lack of rain, leading to scarcity.
2.
severe strikeclassical
An intense blow or strike.

قُحْطnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of plant, often associated with arid conditions.

قَحْطًاnoun

1.
drought (masdar)both
The state or condition of drought, used as a verbal noun.
2.
severe strike (masdar)classical
The act or instance of striking severely, used as a verbal noun.

قُحُوطًاnoun

1.
drought (masdar)both
The state or condition of drought, used as a verbal noun.

أَقْحَطَverb

1.
to cause droughtclassical
To inflict drought upon a land or people.
2.
to have intercourse without emissionclassical
To engage in sexual intercourse without ejaculating.

قَحَطَ الناسverb

1.
people suffered droughtboth
The people experienced a period of drought and scarcity.

قَحَطُواverb

1.
they suffered droughtboth
They experienced a period of drought and scarcity.

أَقْحَطُواverb

1.
they suffered droughtboth
They experienced a period of drought and scarcity.

قَحِيطadjective

1.
severeclassical
Intense, severe, often referring to conditions or striking.

زمن قاحطnoun

1.
drought yearboth
A year characterized by severe drought and scarcity.

قَوَاحِطnoun

1.
drought yearsboth
Plural of 'drought year', referring to multiple years of scarcity.

القَحْطِيّadjective

1.
voraciousclassical
Extremely greedy or voracious, particularly in eating.

التَّقْحِيطnoun

1.
pollinationclassical
The process of pollination, particularly in plants.

قَحْطَانname

1.
Qahtanboth
The name of a progenitor of an Arab tribe.

قَحْطَانِيّadjective

1.
of Qahtanboth
Pertaining to or belonging to the tribe of Qahtan.

أَقْحَاطِيّadjective

1.
of Qahtan (irregular)classical
Pertaining to or belonging to the tribe of Qahtan, formed irregularly.

المِقْحَطnoun

1.
tireless horseclassical
A horse that is exceptionally enduring and rarely tires when running.

Parallel reading

الضرب الشديد

Severe striking.

احتباس المطر

Withholding of rain.

قحط العام

The year was arid.

قحط العام، كمنع وفرح وعني

The year was arid, like 'man'a', 'fariha', and ''uniya'.

قحطا وقحطا وقحوطا

Drought and drought and drought.

وأقحط وقحط الناس، كسمع

And [God] caused drought, and the people suffered drought, like 'sami'a'.

وقحطوا وأقحطوا، بضمهما قليلتان

And they suffered drought and [God] caused drought, with the doubling [of the verb] being rare.

وعام وضرب قحيط، كأمير وفرح: شديد

And an arid year and a severe strike, like 'amir' and 'fariha': severe.

وزمن قاحط ج: قواحط

And a drought year, plural: drought years.

والقحطي: الأكول، عراقية

And 'al-Qahti': the voracious eater, an Iraqi term.

والتقحيط: التلقيح

And 'at-taqheet': pollination.

والقحط، بالضم: نبت

And 'al-quht', with the vowel 'damma': a plant.

وقحطان بن عامر بن شالخ: أبو حي وهو قحطاني وأقحاطي على غير قياس

And Qahtan son of 'Amir son of Shalikh: father of a tribe, and he is Qahtani and Aqhati, irregularly.

والمقحط، كمنبر: فرس لا يكاد يعيا جريا

And 'al-miqhat', like 'minbar': a horse that scarcely tires from running.

وأقحط: جامع ولم ينزل

And 'aqhatta': he had intercourse without ejaculating.

والقوم: أصابهم القحط

And the people: drought afflicted them.

والله تعالى الأرض: أصابها به

And God Almighty afflicted the land: He afflicted it with drought.