قرش

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root قرش (q-r-sh) primarily relates to the concepts of earning, gathering, and accumulating wealth or resources. It also extends to meanings of coming together, intermingling, and, by extension, the name of the Quraysh tribe and its members, signifying their prominence and influence.

Derived headwords

قَرَشَverb

1.
to earn and gatherboth
To acquire wealth or possessions through effort and to collect them.

قُرَيْشname

1.
a tribeboth
a tribe

قُرَشِيّadjective

1.
Qurayshiteboth
Pertaining to or a member of the Quraysh tribe.

قُرَيْشِيّadjective

1.
Qurayshite (variant)both
An alternative form for adjective pertaining to or a member of the Quraysh tribe.

التَّقْرِيشnoun

1.
earning and gatheringboth
The act of acquiring and collecting wealth or resources.
2.
incitementclassical
Similar to 'tahreesh', meaning to instigate or provoke.

تَقَرَّشُواverb

1.
they gatheredboth
They came together or assembled.

المِقْرَشَةnoun

1.
year of droughtclassical
A year characterized by severe scarcity and hardship, often due to drought.

تَقَارَشَتverb

1.
they intermingledclassical
Spears or weapons became intertwined or overlapped during combat.

أَقْرَشَ بِهِverb

1.
he strove for itclassical
To make an effort towards something or to engage in it.

Parallel reading

القرش: الكسب والجمع.

Al-Qarsh: Earning and gathering.

وقد قرش يقرش.

And he earns and gathers.

وبه سميت قريش، وهى قبيلة، وأبوهم النضر بن كنانة بن خزيمة بن مدركة ابن الياس بن مضر.

And by it Quraysh was named, and it is a tribe, and their father is Nadr bin Kinanah bin Khuzaymah bin Mudrikah bin Ilyas bin Mudar.

فكل من كان من أولاد النضر فهو قرشي، دون ولد كنانة ومن فوقه.

So everyone who is from the offspring of Nadr is a Qurayshite, excluding the offspring of Kinanah and those above him.

وربما قالوا قريشي. وهو القياس.

And sometimes they say Qureishi. And this is the standard.

لكل (1) قريشي عليه مهابة * سريع إلى داعى الندى والتكرم *

Every Qurayshite has awe upon him * quick to the caller of generosity and nobility *

فإن أردت بقريش الحى صرفته، وإن أردت به القبيلة لم تصرفه.

If you intend by Quraysh the clan, you decline it (for inflection), and if you intend the tribe, you do not decline it.

غلب المساميح الوليد سماحة * وكفى قريش المعضلات وسادها *

The generous ones were surpassed by Al-Walid in generosity * And he sufficed Quraysh in difficult matters and led them *

والتقريش: الاكتساب.

And Al-Taqreesh: Earning.

وتقرشوا: تجمعوا.

And they gathered: They assembled.

والتقريش، مثل التحريش، عن أبى عبيد.

And Al-Taqreesh, like Al-Tahreesh, from Abu Ubayd.

والمقرشة: السنة المحل (1) .

And Al-Miqrasheh: The year of scarcity.

وتقارشت الرماح، أي تداخلت في الحرب.

And the spears intermingled, meaning they overlapped in war.

وأقرش به إقراشا، أي سعى به ووقع فيه. حكاه يعقوب.

And he strove for it with great effort, meaning he sought it and engaged in it. Ya'qub narrated it.