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القعط

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes concepts of tightness, constriction, and intensity. It extends to meanings of fear, anger, loud shouting, and forceful action like driving or leading. It also encompasses physical states like dryness and specific items like turbans.

Derived headwords

القَعْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Tightnessboth

    The state of being tight or constricted.

  2. 2.
    Fearclassical

    A feeling of fear or timidity.

  3. 3.
    Epilepsyclassical

    A seizure or convulsive fit.

  4. 4.
    Angerclassical

    Intense anger or rage.

  5. 5.
    Loud shoutingclassical

    The act of shouting loudly.

  6. 6.
    Many sheepclassical

    A large flock of sheep.

  7. 7.
    Forceful drivingclassical

    Driving animals or people with great force.

  8. 8.
    Uncoveringclassical

    The act of revealing or uncovering.

  9. 9.
    Expulsionclassical

    The act of driving away or expelling.

  10. 10.
    Turban tyingclassical

    The act of tightly wrapping a turban.

  11. 11.
    Drynessclassical

    A state of being dry or parched.

تَقْعِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    Tightnessclassical

    The state of being tight or constricted.

  2. 2.
    Forceful drivingclassical

    Driving animals or people with great force.

إقْعَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    Loud shoutingclassical

    The act of shouting loudly.

قَعَاطadjective
  1. 1.
    Violent driverclassical

    A person who drives animals or people harshly and violently.

قَعَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To be humiliatedclassical

    To become debased, humbled, or disgraced.

أَقْعَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To speak obscenelyclassical

    To use foul or indecent language.

  2. 2.
    To humiliateclassical

    To disgrace or humiliate someone.

  3. 3.
    To disperseclassical

    For a group of people to disperse or scatter.

قَعْطverb
  1. 1.
    To speak obscenelyclassical

    To use foul or indecent language.

  2. 2.
    To humiliateclassical

    To disgrace or humiliate someone.

قُعْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated loadclassical

    A load carried high on an animal.

مُتَقَعِّطadjective
  1. 1.
    Very curlyclassical

    Describing hair that is extremely curly or tightly coiled.

  2. 2.
    Adamantclassical

    Firm and unyielding in one's stance or decision.

اِقْتَعَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To wear a turbanclassical

    To put on a turban without tucking the ends under the chin.

مِقْعَنَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Turbanclassical

    A type of headwear, specifically a turban.

قُعُوطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Qartataclassical

    A term referring to a specific type of garment or covering, possibly related to the root's meaning of tightness or wrapping.

Parallel reading

القعط، كالمنع: الشد، والتضييق
Al-qaṭ, like al-manʿ: tightness, and constriction.
كالتقعيط، والجبن، والصرع، والغضب
Like taqʿīṭ, and fear, and epilepsy, and anger.
وشدة الصياح، كالإقعاط، والشاء الكثيرة
And intensity of shouting, like iqʿāṭ, and many sheep.
والسوق الشديد، كالتقعيط، والكشف، والطرد
And forceful driving, like taqʿīṭ, and uncovering, and expulsion.
ورجل قعاط، كسحاب وكتاب: سواق عنيف للدواب
And a man qaṭāṭ, like saḥāb and kitāb: a violent driver of beasts.
وقعط، كسمع: ذل وهان
And qaṭa, like samiʿa: he was humiliated and debased.
وأقعط في القول: أفحش، كقعط
And aqʿaṭa in speech: he was obscene, like qaṭa.
وفلانا: أهانه
And aqʿaṭa someone: he humiliated him.
والقوم عنه: انكشفوا
And the people from him: they dispersed.
وكمعظم: الحمل المرتفع على الدابة
And like muʿẓam: the load raised high on the beast.
والمتقعط الرأس: الشديد الجعودة، والمتشدد في الأمر
And al-mutaqaṭṭiṭ al-raʾs: extremely curly, and adamant in the matter.
واقتعط: تعمم، ولم يدر تحت الحنك
And iqtaʿaṭa: he wore a turban, and did not wrap it under his chin.
وكمكنسة: العمامة
And like miknasa: the turban.
والقعوطة: القعرطة
And al-quʿūṭa: al-qarṭaṭa.