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قعف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of uprooting, collapsing, and falling, often with a sense of forceful removal or destruction. It can describe actions related to plants, earth, and structures.

Derived headwords

قَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    uprootboth

    To uproot a palm tree completely.

  2. 2.
    scrape awayclassical

    To scrape away soil with hooves due to intense treading.

  3. 3.
    wash awayclassical

    For rain to wash away stones from the face of the earth.

القَحْفُnoun
  1. 1.
    hollowed vesselclassical

    What is in a vessel, implying it is emptied or hollowed out.

القَعْفُnoun
  1. 1.
    fallboth

    A fall or collapse.

  2. 2.
    small hillsclassical

    Specifically, the collapse of a wall, or small hills piled upon each other.

انْقَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    collapseboth

    For an embankment to collapse or break down.

  2. 2.
    uprootclassical

    For a wall to be uprooted from its foundation.

  3. 3.
    dislodgeboth

    For something to be dislodged or removed from its place.

تَقَعَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    be dislodgedboth

    To be dislodged or removed from its place, similar to انقعف.

اقْتَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    be dislodgedboth

    To be dislodged or removed from its place, similar to انقعف.

  2. 2.
    take eagerlyclassical

    To take something with great desire or eagerness.

Parallel reading

قعف النخلة، كمنع: استأصلها
To uproot a palm tree, as in 'man'a', means to uproot it.
و ما في الإناء: قحفه
And what is in the vessel: its hollowed-out part.
و فلان: اجترف التراب بقوائمه من شدة الوطء
And so-and-so: he scraped away the soil with his hooves from the intensity of his treading.
و المطر: جرف الحجارة عن وجه الأرض
And the rain: it washed away the stones from the face of the earth.
والقعف، محركة: السقوط، أو خاص بالحائط، والجبال الصغار يكون بعضها على بعض.
And al-qa'f, when vocalized: a fall, or specifically a wall, and small hills piled upon each other.
وانقعف الجرف: انهار
And the embankment collapsed: it fell down.
و الحائط: انقلع من أصله
And the wall: it was uprooted from its origin.
و الشيء: زال عن موضعه
And the thing: it was dislodged from its place.
كتقعف واقتعف في الكل
Like it was dislodged and it was dislodged in all of them.
واقتعفه: أخذه أخذا رغيبا
And he took it eagerly: he took it with great desire.