قبص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root قبص (q-b-ṣ) primarily relates to the act of taking or grasping something with the fingertips. It extends to meanings of quickness, agility, and a large quantity, particularly of people. It also encompasses specific medical and equestrian terms.

Derived headwords

قَبَصَverb

1.
taking with the fingertipsboth
taking with the fingertips

القَبَصnoun

1.
grasping with fingertipsboth
The act of taking or grasping something with the tips of the fingers.
2.
pain in the liverclassical
A pain that affects the liver, often caused by eating dates on an empty stomach and then drinking water.
3.
quickness and agilityclassical
A state of lightness, quickness, and liveliness.
4.
large number of peopleclassical
A numerous gathering or multitude of people.

فَقَبَصْتُ قَبْصَةً مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ — And I took a grasp from the track of the Messenger.

أَرْفِقَةٌ تَشْكُو الْجُحَافَ وَالْقَبَصَ — (The camels) are complaining of thirst and liver pain.

قَبِصَverb

1.
taking with the fingertipsboth
taking with the fingertips

قَبِصٌadjective

1.
taking with the fingertipsboth
taking with the fingertips

قَبْصَاءadjective

1.
large and prominentclassical
Describing a 'hamma' (a type of bird or possibly a head ornament) as large and elevated.

بِهَامَةٍ قَبْصَاءَ كَالْمِهْرَاسِ — With a large, prominent 'hamma' like a pestle.

القَبَصnoun

1.
large number of peopleclassical
A large quantity or multitude of people.

لَكُمْ قَبَصُهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَثْرَى وَأَقْتَرَا — You have a multitude of them, among the rich and the poor.

المِقْبَصnoun

1.
rope in horse racingclassical
A rope stretched between the front legs of horses during a race.

أَخَذْتُهُ عَلَى الْمِقْبَصِ — I caught him by the 'miqbas' (rope).

القُبَيْصَةnoun

1.
small graspboth
A small amount of something that is taken or grasped with the fingertips.

قُبَيْصَةname

1.
name of a manclassical
A proper name of a man, specifically referring to Iyas ibn Qabisa al-Ta'i.

وَهُوَ إِيَاسُ بْنُ قُبَيْصَةَ الطَّائِيِّ — And he is Iyas ibn Qabisa al-Ta'i.

Parallel reading

التناول بأطراف الأصابع.

Taking with the fingertips.

ومننه قرأ الحسن: " فقبصت قبصة من أثر الرسول ".

And from it, Al-Hasan recited: 'And I took a grasp from the track of the Messenger.'

والقبص، بالتحريك: وجع يصيب الكبد عن أكل التمر على الريق ثم يشرب عليه الماء.

And Al-Qabas, with vowel movement, is a pain that affects the liver from eating dates on an empty stomach then drinking water upon it.

قال الراجز: أرفقة تشكو الجحاف والقبص

The poet said: (The camels) are complaining of thirst and liver pain.

تقول منه: قبص الرجل، بالكسر.

From it, they say: The man experienced liver pain (with kasra).

والقبص أيضا: الخفة والنشاط، عن أبى عمرو.

And Al-Qabas is also lightness and liveliness, according to Abu Amr.

وقد قبص الرجل فهو قبص.

And the man became quick and agile, so he is quick and agile.

والقبص أيضا: مصدر قولك هامة قبصاء، أي ضخمة مرتفعة.

And Al-Qabas is also the مصدر (verbal noun) of your saying 'hammah qabṣā', meaning large and elevated.

قال الراجز: بهامة قبصاء كالمهراس

The poet said: With a large, prominent 'hammah' like a pestle.

والقبص بالكسر: العدد الكثير من الناس:

And Al-Qabas, with kasra, is the large number of people:

لكم مسجدا الله المزوران والحصى * لكم قبصه من بين أثرى وأقترا *

You have the two mosques of God, the visited and the pebbles * You have its multitude from among the rich and the poor *

والمقبص (1) : الحبل الذي يمد بين يدي الخيل في الحلبة.

And Al-Miqbas is the rope that is stretched between the front legs of horses in a race.

ومنه قولهم: أخذته على المقبص.

And from it is their saying: I caught him by the 'miqbas'.

والقبيصة: ما تناولته بأطراف أصابعك.

And Al-Qubayṣah is what you took with the tips of your fingers.

وقبيصة أيضا: اسم رجل، وهو إياس بن قبيصة الطائى.

And Qubayṣah is also the name of a man, and he is Iyas ibn Qabisa al-Ta'i.