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قرطس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to writing materials, specifically paper or parchment. It also extends to the act of writing on such materials and, metaphorically, to hitting a target.

Derived headwords

القِرْطاسnoun
  1. 1.
    that which is written uponboth

    that which is written upon

القُرْطاسnoun
  1. 1.
    that which is written uponboth

    that which is written upon

القُرْطُسnoun
  1. 1.
    Paper, parchmentclassical

    Also refers to the material used for writing, mentioned by Abu Zayd.

قرطسverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, he hit itboth

    meaning, he hit it

Parallel reading

القرطاس: الذي يكتب فيه.
Al-qirṭās: that which is written upon.
والقرطاس بالضم مثله، وكذلك القرطس.
And al-qurṭās with dammah is similar, and likewise al-qurṭus.
ذكره أبو زيد في نوادره.
Abu Zayd mentioned it in his 'Nawadir'.
كأن بحيث استودع الدار أهلها * مخط زبور من دواة وقرطس *
As if where its people entrusted the dwelling * was a script from an inkwell and paper *
ويسمى الغرض قرطاسا.
And the target is called qirṭās.
يقال: رمى فقرطس، إذا أصابه.
It is said: he aimed and hit (fa-qaraṭasa), if he struck it.