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قيح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of pus, a discharge from a wound or infection. It extends to related ideas of discharge, corruption, and the open space or courtyard of a dwelling.

Derived headwords

القَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    pusboth

    A thick, yellowish or greenish fluid discharge from infected tissue, not mixed with blood.

قَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    the ulcer festeredboth

    the ulcer festered

يَقِيحُverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateboth

    The wound produced pus or became infected (present tense).

قِيحَverb
  1. 1.
    it festeredboth

    it festered

تَقَيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    it festeredboth

    it festered

قَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    courtyardclassical

    The open space or courtyard of a house or dwelling.

Parallel reading

المدة لا يخالطها دم.
Pus is a discharge not mixed with blood.
تقول منه: قاح الجرح يقيح.
From it, you say: the wound suppurated, it suppurates.
وقيح الجرح وتقيح.
And the wound suppurated and became infected.
وقاحة الدار: ساحتها.
And the courtyard of the house: its open space.