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ءقسن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of firmness, rigidity, and intensity. It describes hands becoming hardened by work, wood becoming stiff, and a person becoming old and rigid. It also extends to the intensification of darkness in the night and moving forward with a task.

Derived headwords

أَقْسَنَverb
  1. 1.
    hands hardenedclassical

    His hand became firm and rigid due to work and irrigation.

اقْسَأَنَّverb
  1. 1.
    wood became stiffclassical

    The wood became stiff and hard.

  2. 2.
    man became oldclassical

    The man became old and rigid.

  3. 3.
    advanced in workclassical

    He proceeded or advanced in his work.

  4. 4.
    night intensifiedclassical

    The darkness of the night became intense.

قَسْأَنِينَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stiffness, hardnessclassical

    The state of being stiff and hard, particularly referring to wood.

قُوسَيْنِيَاname
  1. 1.
    region nameclassical

    A region or district located between Egypt and Alexandria.

Parallel reading

صلبت يده على العمل والسقي.
His hand became firm and rigid due to work and irrigation.
اقْسَأَنَّ العود قَسْأَنِينَةً
The wood became stiff and hard, a state of stiffness.
اقْسَأَنَّ الرجل
The man became old and rigid.
اقْسَأَنَّ في العمل
He proceeded or advanced in his work.
اقْسَأَنَّ الليل
The darkness of the night became intense.
وقوسينيا، بضم القاف وكسر النون مشددة الياء: كورة بين مصر والإسكندرية.
And Qusainiya, with damma on the qaf and kasra on the nun, with a shadda on the ya: a district between Egypt and Alexandria.