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قيء

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of vomiting. It also extends to related concepts like inducing vomiting, and metaphorically, to retracting or taking back something given.

Derived headwords

قَاءَverb
  1. 1.
    he vomitedboth

    he vomited

يَقِئُverb
  1. 1.
    vomitsboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to vomit'.

قَيْئًاnoun
  1. 1.
    vomitingboth

    The act or process of vomiting.

اسْتَقَاءَverb
  1. 1.
    he induced vomitingboth

    he induced vomiting

تَقَيَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to induce vomitingboth

    To make an effort to vomit; to try to vomit.

قَيَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to vomitboth

    To make someone or something vomit.

أَقَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to vomitboth

    An alternative form meaning to make someone or something vomit.

يَقِئُ الصِّبْغَverb
  1. 1.
    absorbs dyeclassical

    Said of a fabric that is saturated and takes in dye deeply.

القُيُوءnoun
  1. 1.
    emeticclassical

    A medicine that is drunk to induce vomiting.

قِيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    frequent vomitingclassical

    A condition characterized by frequent or excessive vomiting.

Parallel reading

الراجع في هبته كالراجع في قيئه
One who retracts his gift is like one who retracts his vomit.
واستقاء وتقيأ: تكلف القئ
And 'istaqā' and 'taqayya' mean to deliberately cause vomiting.
وقيأته وأقأته أنا بمعنى
And I caused him to vomit (using both qayya'tuhu and aqā'tuhu).
وهذا ثوب يقئ الصبغ، إذا كان مشبعا
And this is a garment that absorbs dye, if it is saturated.
القُيُوء بالفتح على فعول: الدواء الذى يشرب للقئ
Al-quyū' (with fatḥa on the qāf) is like 'fuyūl': the medicine that is drunk to induce vomiting.
ويقال: به قياء بالضم والمد، إذا جعل يكثر القئ
And it is said: 'bihi qiyā'' (with ḍamma and madd on the qāf), if one begins to vomit frequently.