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قهد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific shade of white, often mixed with a dull or muddy quality. It can also refer to a place name.

Derived headwords

قَهْدnoun
  1. 1.
    dull whiteclassical

    A color that is white but has a dull, muddy, or impure quality.

قَهَبnoun
  1. 1.
    dull whiteclassical

    Similar to قهد (qahd), referring to a dull or impure white color.

قِهَادname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    The name of a specific location.

Parallel reading

القهد مثل القهب، وهو الأبيض الأكدر.
Al-qahd is like al-qahab, and it is the impure white.
لمعفر قهد تنازع شلوه * غبس كواسب لا يمن طعامها
To a dull white-colored [animal] whose carcass is being fought over by dark, scavenging [animals] that do not withhold their food.
والقهاد: اسم موضع.
And al-Qihād: is the name of a place.