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قحح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes purity, unadulterated essence, and genuineness. It can apply to abstract qualities like nobility or baseness, as well as to lineage and language.

Derived headwords

قَحّadjective
  1. 1.
    for the pure, like the sincere in itboth

    for the pure, like the sincere in it

  2. 2.
    meaning pure, unmixedboth

    meaning pure, unmixed

قَحَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Purity, genuinenessboth

    The state or quality of being pure, unadulterated, or genuine. It signifies the essence of something.

  2. 2.
    Baseness, ignobilityclassical

    The quality of being utterly base or ignoble, referring to the pure essence of such a character trait.

قُحُوحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Purity, genuinenessclassical

    Similar to قحاحة, this noun denotes the state of being pure or genuine.

قَحْقَحnoun
  1. 1.
    Bone around the anusclassical

    A specific anatomical term referring to the bone that surrounds the anus, situated slightly above the 'qib' (tailbone).

Parallel reading

يقال: رجل قح، للجافي كأنه خالص فيه.
It is said: a man is qah, meaning coarse, as if it were pure within him.
وأعراب أقحاح، وعربي قح.
And pure Arabs, and an Arab who is pure.
أي محض خالص.
Meaning, pure and unadulterated.
وعربية قحة وعبد قح، أي خالص بين القحاحة.
And a pure Arabic language and a pure slave, meaning pure among the purity.