القنوع

Root entry · 40 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of contentment, satisfaction, and acceptance, often in the face of less than ideal circumstances. It also extends to meanings related to submission, asking, and specific physical descriptions of animals and objects.

Derived headwords

القُنُوعnoun

1.
contentmentboth
The state of being satisfied with what one has, accepting one's lot.
2.
askingclassical
The act of requesting or begging.
3.
submissionclassical
Humiliation or subservience.

قَنَعَverb

1.
to be contentboth
To be satisfied with what one has; to accept one's portion.
2.
to askclassical
To beg or request.
3.
to submitclassical
To be humbled or subservient.

قَانِعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot; accepting.
2.
beggarclassical
One who asks or begs.

قَنِيعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot.

قَنَاعَةnoun

1.
contentmentboth
Satisfaction with one's lot; acceptance of one's portion.

قَنِعَverb

1.
to be contentboth
To be satisfied with what one has.

قَنَعَverb

1.
to be contentboth
To be satisfied with what one has.

قَانِعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot.

قَنِيعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot.

قَنَعَverb

1.
to be contentboth
To be satisfied with what one has.

قَنِعَverb

1.
to be contentboth
To be satisfied with what one has.

قَانِعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot.

قَنِيعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot.

مُقْنِعadjective

1.
satisfyingboth
That which satisfies or content.
2.
bent inwardsclassical
Describing teeth that are curved inwards.

قَنَعَverb

1.
to incline towards pastureclassical
Used for camels that lean towards their grazing area.
2.
to incline towards homeclassical
Used for camels that lean towards their dwelling.
3.
to move from sparse to rich vegetationclassical
Describing the movement of animals.

قَنَعَةnoun

1.
pasture inclinationclassical
The inclination of camels towards pasture.
2.
home inclinationclassical
The inclination of camels towards their dwelling.
3.
animal movementclassical
The movement of animals from sparse to rich vegetation.

قَنُوعًاnoun

1.
ascentclassical
Used for camels that ascend.

قَنَعَاnoun

1.
flaccidityclassical
Used for the flaccidity of a waterskin's mouth.

أَقْنَعَverb

1.
to make contentboth
To satisfy someone.
2.
to straighten the headclassical
To make the head erect or level.
3.
to direct towards pastureclassical
To guide animals towards their grazing area.
4.
to impoverishclassical
To make someone needy or destitute.

اسْتَقْنَعَverb

1.
to become erectclassical
Used for the head becoming erect.
2.
to become flaccidclassical
Used for the flaccidity of a waterskin's mouth.

مِقْنَعnoun

1.
head coveringclassical
A veil or covering worn by a woman on her head.

مِقْنَعَةnoun

1.
head coveringclassical
A veil or covering worn by a woman on her head.

قِنَاعnoun

1.
veilclassical
A larger veil or covering worn by a woman.
2.
palm leaf stripclassical
A strip made from palm leaves.
3.
heart coveringclassical
The pericardium or covering of the heart.
4.
armorclassical
A piece of armor.

قُنُعnoun

1.
veilsclassical
Plural of قناع (veil).
2.
armorclassical
Plural of قناع (armor).

قَنَعَةnoun

1.
female sheepclassical
A female sheep, also called خمار.

قَانِعadjective

1.
travelerclassical
One who moves from one place to another.

قُنُوطnoun

1.
descentclassical
A downward movement.
2.
ascentclassical
An upward movement (opposite of descent).

قُنْعَةnoun

1.
summit of a mountainclassical
The top part of a mountain.
2.
summit of a humpclassical
The top part of a camel's hump.

قُنْعnoun

1.
elevated sand duneclassical
A raised area of sand.
2.
level groundclassical
Level ground that is low on its sides.
3.
armorclassical
A piece of armor.
4.
water sourceclassical
A place named for water.
5.
palm leaf stripclassical
A strip made from palm leaves.

أَقْنَاعnoun

1.
armorsclassical
Plural of قناع (armor).

قُنْعَةnoun

1.
level areaclassical
A smooth area between two gentle hills.

قُنْعَانnoun

1.
level areasclassical
Plural of قنعة (level area).

أَقْنَعَverb

1.
to encounterclassical
To come across something.
2.
to findclassical
To discover or locate.

قَنِيعname

1.
water source nameclassical
A place name referring to a water source.

قَنِيعَةname

1.
water source nameclassical
A place name referring to a water source.

أَقْنَعَverb

1.
to straighten the headclassical
To make the head erect or level.

جَمَلٌ أَقْنَعadjective

1.
camel with erect headclassical
A camel whose head is held erect.

تَقْنِيعnoun

1.
satisfactionclassical
The act of making someone content.
2.
veilingclassical
The act of covering a woman's head with a veil.
3.
covering with a whipclassical
To strike the head with a whip.
4.
comb retractionclassical
The act of a rooster retracting its comb.

رَجُلٌ مُقَنَّعadjective

1.
man with helmetclassical
A man wearing a helmet.

تَقَنَّعَتْverb

1.
to veil oneselfclassical
A woman covering her head with a veil.
2.
to cover oneself with a garmentclassical
To wrap oneself in a piece of clothing.

Parallel reading

ومن دعائهم: نسأل الله القناعة، ونعوذ بالله من القنوع

And among their supplications: 'We ask God for contentment, and we seek refuge in God from asking/submission.'

خير الغنى القنوع، وشر الفقر الخضوع

'The best of wealth is contentment, and the worst of poverty is subservience.'

ورجل قانع وقنيع

And a man who is content and accepting.

والقناعة: الرضى، كالقنع، محركة

And contentment: satisfaction, like being content (with a movable vowel).

وشاهد مقنع، كمقعد، وقنعان، بالضم، ويستوي في الأخيرة المذكر والمؤنث، والواحد والجمع، أي: رضى يقنع به أو بحكمه أو بشهادته.

And a witness who is satisfied, like one who is satisfied, and a satisfied person (with a movable vowel), and the latter is the same for masculine and feminine, singular and plural, meaning: satisfied with it, or with its judgment, or with its testimony.

وقنعت الإبل، كسمع: مالت للمرتع، وكمنع: مالت لمأواها، وأقبلت نحو أهلها، وخرجت من الحمض إلى الخلة

And camels inclined, as in 'samia': inclined towards pasture, and as in 'mana'a': inclined towards their dwelling, and approached their people, and went out from sparse vegetation to rich vegetation.

والاسم: القنعة، بالفتح

And the noun: al-qana'ah, with a fatha.

والإبل قنوعا: صعدت

And camels ascend (qanu'an).

والإداوة قنعا: خنث رأسها

And a waterskin, its mouth became flaccid (qana'an).

والشاة: ارتفع ضرعها، وليس في ضرعها تصوب، كأقنعت واستقنعت.

And a ewe: her udder rose, and there was no drooping in her udder, like when she became erect and became flaccid.

والمقنع والمقنعة، بكسر ميمهما: ما تقنع به المرأة رأسها.

And al-miqna' and al-miqna'ah, with a kasra on their mim: what a woman covers her head with.

والقناع، بالكسر: أوسع منها، والطبق من عسب النخل، وغشاء القلب، والسلاح، ج: قنع

And al-qina', with a kasra: wider than it, and a strip from palm branches, and the covering of the heart, and armor, plural: qanu'

والقانع: الخارج من مكان إلى مكان.

And al-qani': one who goes out from one place to another.

وكصبور: الهبوط، مؤنثة، والصعود، ضد.

And like 'sabur': descent, feminine, and ascent, its opposite.

وقنعة الجبل، والسنام محركة: أعلاهما.

And the summit of the mountain, and the hump, with a fatha: their highest point.

والقنع، محركة، من الرمل: ما أشرف، أو ما استوى أسفله من الأرض إلى جنبه وهو اللبب

And al-qana', with a fatha, from sand: what is elevated, or what is level at its bottom from the ground to its side, which is the chest.

وأقنعه: أرضاه، ورأسه: نصبه، أو لا يلتفت يمينا وشمالا، وجعل طرفه موازيا

And he satisfied him: he made him content, and his head: he straightened it, or he did not turn it right or left, and made its tip parallel.

وفلانا: أحوجه ضد.

And so-and-so: he made him needy, the opposite.

وفم مقنع، كمكرم: أسنانه معطوفة إلى داخل

And a mouth that is 'muqanna'', like 'mukram': its teeth are bent inwards.

وقنعه تقنيعا: رضاه

And he satisfied him with satisfaction (taqni'an): he made him content.

والمرأة: ألبسها القناع

And the woman: he dressed her with the veil.

ورأسه بالسوط: غشاه به

And his head with the whip: he covered it with it.

والديك: رد برائله إلى رأسه.

And the rooster: he returned its wattles to its head.

ورجل مقنع، كمعظم: عليه بيضة الحديد.

And a man wearing a helmet, like 'mu'azzam': he has a helmet of iron on him.

وتقنعت المرأة: لبست القناع

And the woman veiled herself: she wore the veil.

وفلان: تغشى بثوب.

And so-and-so: he covered himself with a garment.