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Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a heavy or slow gait, and by extension, stealthy movement or deception. It also encompasses specific terms for body parts, animals, places, and ailments.

Derived headwords

قَطَاverb
  1. 1.
    to walk heavilyboth

    To walk with a heavy or slow gait.

القَطَاnoun
  1. 1.
    sandgrouseboth

    A type of bird, specifically the sandgrouse. It is also used as a collective noun.

  2. 2.
    heavy walkingclassical

    The act of walking with a heavy or slow gait.

  3. 3.
    disease in sheepclassical

    A specific ailment affecting sheep.

قَطَاقِطَاverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a specific sound, described as 'qataqita', often associated with the sandgrouse.

قَاطَاverb
  1. 1.
    to walk quicklyclassical

    To walk with a quick or hurried pace.

اقْطُوطَىverb
  1. 1.
    to walk quicklyclassical

    To walk with a quick or hurried pace, similar to 'qata'.

قَطْوَانadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy walkerclassical

    Describing someone who walks with a heavy or slow gait.

قَطُوطَىadjective
  1. 1.
    long-legged, short-stridedclassical

    Describing a person with long legs who takes short steps.

القَطَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    rumpboth

    The rump or the area between the hips, or the seat of a rider on a mount.

قَطَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    sandgrouse (singular)both

    A singular instance of the sandgrouse bird.

قَطَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    sandgrouse (plural)both

    The plural form of sandgrouse.

تَقَطَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to delayclassical

    To act slowly or to delay one's actions.

  2. 2.
    to deceiveclassical

    To deceive or trick one's companions.

  3. 3.
    to turn awayclassical

    To turn away or avert one's face.

  4. 4.
    to rideclassical

    For a horse to carry its rider on its rump.

قُسْمِيَةname
  1. 1.
    Qutmiyahclassical

    A proper name, specifically referring to a woman named Qutmiyah, wife of Marwan ibn al-Hakam.

رَوْضُ القَطَاname
  1. 1.
    Rawd al-Qataclassical

    A place name, likely a meadow or plain associated with sandgrouse.

قَطْوَانname
  1. 1.
    Qatwanclassical

    A place name, a location in Kufa.

قَطِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    affected by diseaseclassical

    Describing a sheep that is afflicted with the 'qata' disease.

Parallel reading

ثقل مشيه
his walking was heavy
و القطا: صوتت وحدها قطاقطا
And the sandgrouse made its sound, qataqita
و الماشي: قارب في مشيه
And the walker: he hurried his pace
فهو قطوان
and he is qatwan (heavy walker)
وهو ع
and it is a place name
والطويل الرجلين المتقارب الخطو
and the one with long legs and short steps
والقطاة: العجز
And the qatah: the rump
وما بين الوركين أو مقعد الرديف من الدابة
and what is between the hips or the rider's seat on the mount
وطائر ج: قطا
and a bird, plural: qata
وتقطى: تبطى
And taqatta: to delay
ولأصحابه: ختلهم
and to his companions: to deceive them
وبوجهه: صدف
and with his face: to turn away
والفرس: ركب قطاتها
and the horse: it carried its rider on its rump
وكسمية: امرأة مروان بن الحكم
And Qutmiyah: a woman of Marwan ibn al-Hakam
وروض القطا: ع
And Rawd al-Qata: a place name
وقطوان محركة: ع بالكوفة
And Qatwan, vocalized: a place name in Kufa
منه الأكسية
from it are the cloaks
والقطا: داء في الغنم
And al-Qata: a disease in sheep
وشاة قطية، مخففة
And a sheep qatiyyah, lightened (vowel)