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قرس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense cold and freezing. It describes severe weather conditions, the state of being frozen, and things that are cold or have been chilled. It also extends to describe strong, robust animals and cold geographical locations.

Derived headwords

القِرْسnoun
  1. 1.
    severe coldboth

    Intense, biting cold, often associated with winter weather.

  2. 2.
    frozen matterclassical

    Something that has become solid or frozen, particularly water.

قَرِسَverb
  1. 1.
    it frozeboth

    it froze

قَرْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intensification of coldboth

    The act or state of severe cold intensifying.

  2. 2.
    freezingboth

    The process or result of becoming frozen.

المَقْرُورadjective
  1. 1.
    chilledboth

    Someone or something that has been affected by cold, often to the point of shivering or being frozen.

قَارِسadjective
  1. 1.
    that which has frozenboth

    that which has frozen

قَرِيسadjective
  1. 1.
    that which has frozenboth

    that which has frozen

أَقْرَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make intensely coldboth

    The cold caused something to become intensely cold or frozen.

قَرَّسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make intensely coldboth

    The cold caused something to become intensely cold or frozen (intensified form).

تَقْرِيسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intense chillingboth

    The act of making something intensely cold or frozen.

القُرَاسِيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    huge and strongclassical

    Describing camels that are large, robust, and powerful.

آل قُرَاسname
  1. 1.
    cold mountainsclassical

    A place name referring to mountains known for their cold climate.

قُرَاسname
  1. 1.
    mountain nameclassical

    A specific mountain in Yemen, known for its coldness.

Parallel reading

إذا اصفر آفاق السماء من القرس
when the horizons of the sky turn yellow from the severe cold
ليلة ذات قرس
a night of intense cold
وقد قرس البرد قرسا
and the cold intensified intensely
وقد تصليت حر حربهم كما تصلى المقرور من قرس
And I endured the heat of their war as the chilled one endures from the cold
البرق اليوم قارس وقريس
The water today is freezing and frozen.
وقرس الماء أي جمد
And the water froze, meaning it became solid.
وأصبح الماء اليوم قريسا وقارسا أي جامدا
And the water became today qarees and qaris, meaning frozen.
سمك قريس وهو أن يطيخ ثم يتخذ له صباغ فيترك فيه حتى يجمد
Qarees fish, which is when it is caught, then a dye is made for it, and it is left in it until it solidifies.
وأقرسه البرد وقرسه تقريسا
And the cold made it intensely cold, and he made it intensely cold.
قرست الماء في الشن، إذا بردته
You chilled the water in the waterskin, meaning you cooled it.
القراسية من الابل: الضخم الشديد
Al-Qurasiyah of camels: the huge and strong.
قربت أجمالا قراسيات
I brought forth huge, strong camels.
آل قراس: أجبل باردة
Aal Quras: cold mountains.
وآل قراس صوب أسقية كحل
And Aal Quras, a downpour from dark waterskins.
ويقال مائد وقراس: جبلان باليمن
And it is said Ma'id and Quras: two mountains in Yemen.