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قحز

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of leaping, jumping, and sudden movement. It also extends to describe a specific ailment affecting sheep and the act of causing someone to move or flee.

Derived headwords

قَحَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to leap, to jumpboth

    To make a sudden, quick leap or jump, often in response to something.

  2. 2.
    to move suddenlyclassical

    To move or shift position abruptly, as if startled or agitated.

قَحْزnoun
  1. 1.
    a leap, a jumpboth

    The act of leaping or jumping; a sudden movement.

  2. 2.
    agitation, restlessnessclassical

    A state of being unsettled or restless, characterized by quick movements.

قَحَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to leapclassical

    To make someone or something leap or jump.

ضربته فقحز — I struck him and he leaped.
وقحزه غيره تقحيزا — And another caused him to leap.
تَقْحِيزnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to leapclassical

    The act of causing someone or something to leap or move suddenly.

  2. 2.
    making flee, driving awayclassical

    The act of causing someone to move away or flee.

قُحَازnoun
  1. 1.
    disease of sheepclassical

    A specific ailment or disease that affects sheep.

قَاحِزadjective
  1. 1.
    leaping, jumpingclassical

    Characterized by leaping or sudden movement.

Parallel reading

القحز: الوثب والقلق.
Al-qahz: leaping and restlessness.
تقول منه: ضربته فقحز.
You say from it: I struck him and he leaped.
قال أبو كبير يصف الطعنة: مستنة سنن الفلو (2) مرشة * تنفى التراب بقاحز معرورف *
Abu Kabir said, describing the wound: A path through the plains, splashed, *repelling dust with a leaping [thing] that has a mane*.
والمعروف: الذى له عرف من ارتفاعه.
And al-ma'ruf: that which has a mane from its height.
وقحزه غيره تقحيزا، أي نزاه.
And another caused him to leap (taqheezan), meaning, to move away.
والقحاز: داء يصيب الغنم.
And al-qahaz: a disease that afflicts sheep.