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القشع

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of dryness, scattering, peeling, and separation. It extends to describe things that are dry, tattered, or dispersed, as well as foolishness, and the act of clearing or dispersing.

Derived headwords

القَشْعnoun
  1. 1.
    worn-out furclassical

    Refers to old or worn-out fur, or a piece of it.

  2. 2.
    pigeon droppingsclassical

    The droppings found in a pigeon coop.

  3. 3.
    foolclassical

    An unintelligent or foolish person, implying their intellect has 'peeled off'.

  4. 4.
    ostrich feathersclassical

    The feathers of an ostrich.

  5. 5.
    spitclassical

    Phlegm or mucus that is spat out.

  6. 6.
    leather tentclassical

    A tent made of leather.

  7. 7.
    matclassical

    A mat, possibly made of leather or similar material.

  8. 8.
    worn-out mat piececlassical

    A piece of a worn-out mat.

  9. 9.
    dry waterskinclassical

    A waterskin that has become dry and stiff.

  10. 10.
    emaciated manclassical

    A man whose flesh has dried up or wasted away due to old age.

  11. 11.
    chameleonclassical

    A chameleon.

  12. 12.
    dispersing cloudclassical

    Clouds that are scattering and moving away from the sky.

  13. 13.
    basketclassical

    A type of basket.

  14. 14.
    male hyenaclassical

    The male of the hyena species.

  15. 15.
    thin iceclassical

    A thin layer of ice that has frozen on a surface.

  16. 16.
    dried mud flakeclassical

    A piece of dried mud that has flaked off.

  17. 17.
    dry skinclassical

    A piece of dry, stiff skin.

  18. 18.
    drynessclassical

    The state of being dry.

  19. 19.
    man of instabilityclassical

    A man who cannot remain firm in his decisions or actions.

  20. 20.
    hyena's soundclassical

    The sound made by a female hyena.

القَشْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of furclassical

    A piece of worn-out fur.

  2. 2.
    piece of matclassical

    A piece of a worn-out mat.

  3. 3.
    piece of dried mudclassical

    A piece of dried mud that has flaked off.

  4. 4.
    piece of dry skinclassical

    A piece of dry, stiff skin.

  5. 5.
    piece of cloudclassical

    A piece of cloud remaining after the main cloud cover has dispersed.

  6. 6.
    piece of dry skinclassical

    A piece of dry, stiff skin.

  7. 7.
    Kashuthahclassical

    Refers to a type of plant or herb, possibly Kashuthah.

  8. 8.
    old womanclassical

    An old woman.

قَشَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to dry

    To become dry.

أَقْشَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to disperse (wind)classical

    The wind dispersed the clouds.

  2. 2.
    to disperse (people)classical

    To cause people to disperse.

  3. 3.
    to disperse (people)classical

    People dispersed.

  4. 4.
    to depart from waterclassical

    To leave the water source.

انْقَشَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to disperse

    Clouds dispersed and cleared away.

تَقَشَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to disperseclassical

    Clouds dispersed and cleared away.

قَشَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to disperse (people)classical

    To cause people to disperse.

  2. 2.
    to milk (camel)classical

    To milk a female camel.

قَشَّاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessclassical

    A state of dryness, similar to 'qazaa'.

قَشِيعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    scatteredclassical

    Herbage or vegetation that is scattered or dispersed.

أَقْشَعُadjective
  1. 1.
    superiorclassical

    More noble or superior to someone else.

قَشِعَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    weakclassical

    A sheep that is weak or sickly.

القَشْعُnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessclassical

    The state of being dry.

  2. 2.
    man of instabilityclassical

    A man who is indecisive or cannot stick to a plan.

القُشْعُnoun
  1. 1.
    female hyena's soundclassical

    The sound made by a female hyena.

قَشِيعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    scatteredclassical

    Herbage or vegetation that is scattered or dispersed.

Parallel reading

القشع، بالفتح: الفرو الخلق، القطعة منه: بهاء، وكناسة الحمام، ويثلث، والأحمق لأن عقله قد تقشع عنه، وريش النعام، والنخامة ترمى، كالقشعة، بالكسر.
Al-qash' (with fatha): worn-out fur, a piece of it: splendor, pigeon droppings, and (with damma), the fool because his intellect has peeled off from him, ostrich feathers, and spit that is thrown, like al-qash'ah (with kasra).
وكثمامة: بيت من جلد، ج: قشوع، والنطع، أو قطعة من نطع خلق، والقربة اليابسة، والرجل المنقشع لحمه كبرا، وهي: بهاء، الحرباء، والسحاب الذاهب المنقشع عن وجه السماء، ويكسر، والزنبيل، وذكر الضباع، وما جمد من الماء رقيقا على شيء، وما تقلف من يابس الطين، والقطعة منه: قشعة، وما تقشع من وجه الأرض بيدك ثم ترمي به، والجلد اليابس، ج: كعنب.
And like kathamah: a tent made of leather, pl. qashu', and a mat, or a piece of a worn-out mat, and a dry waterskin, and a man whose flesh has wasted away with age, and it is: splendor, the chameleon, and the dispersing cloud moving away from the face of the sky, and (with kasra), the basket, and the male hyena, and what freezes thinly from water on something, and what flakes off from dry mud, and a piece of it: qash'ah, and what you scrape off the face of the earth with your hand and then throw, and dry skin, pl. like 'inab.
وقشع القوم، كمنع: فرقهم فأقشعوا، نادر، و الريح السحاب: كشفته، كأقشعته، فأقشع وانقشع وتقشع، و الناقة: حلبها.
And qasha'a the people, like mana'a: he dispersed them and they dispersed, rare, and the wind dispersed the clouds: it uncovered them, like aqsha'athu, so they dispersed, and inqasha'a and taqashsha'a, and the she-camel: he milked her.
والقشعة: الكشوثاء، والعجوز، وبالكسر والفتح: القطعة من السحاب تبقى بعد انقشاع الغيم، والقطعة من الجلد اليابس، جمع المكسور: كعنب، والمفتوح: كجبال.
And al-qash'ah: al-kashuthah, and the old woman, and (with kasra and fatha): a piece of cloud remaining after the clearing of the overcast, and a piece of dry skin, the plural of the broken form is like 'inab, and the open form is like jibāl.
وشاة قشعة، كفرحة: غثة.
And a qash'ah sheep, like farihah: weak.
والقشع، ككتف: اليابس، والرجل لا يثبت على أمر.
And al-qash', like katif: the dry, and the man who does not remain firm in a matter.
وما عليه قشاع كقزاع زنة ومعنى.
And he has nothing like qazaa' in weight and meaning.
وكغراب: صوت الضبع الأنثى.
And like ghurab: the sound of the female hyena.
وقشع، كسمع: جف.
And qashi'a, like sami'a: it dried.
وكلأ قشيع، كأمير: متفرق.
And qashī' herbage, like amīr: scattered.
وهو أقشع منه: ms1012 أشرف.
And he is aqsha' than him: more noble.
وأقشعوا: تفرقوا، و عن الماء: أقلعوا.
And aqsha'ū: they dispersed, and from the water: they departed.
والريح السحاب: كشفته، كأقشعته، فأقشع وانقشع وتقشع
And the wind dispersed the clouds: it uncovered them, like aqsha'athu, so they dispersed, and inqasha'a and taqashsha'a