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قرص

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root قرص (q-r-ṣ) primarily relates to pinching, squeezing, or biting with fingers or similar appendages. It extends to meanings of cutting into small pieces, and also refers to a type of bread and certain plants.

Derived headwords

قَرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    pinching with two fingersboth

    pinching with two fingers

  2. 2.
    it bit them (fleas)both

    it bit them (fleas)

  3. 3.
    a loaf of breadboth

    a loaf of bread

  4. 4.
    plural of qurṣaboth

    plural of qurṣa

  5. 5.
    he cut it into loavesboth

    he cut it into loaves

  6. 6.
    with shadda for intensificationboth

    with shadda for intensification

  7. 7.
    the disk of the sunboth

    the disk of the sun

يَقْرِصُverb
  1. 1.
    he pinchesboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to pinch'.

قَرْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    a pinchboth

    The act or instance of pinching.

  2. 2.
    a stingboth

    The act or sensation of being stung.

  3. 3.
    cutting into piecesboth

    The act of cutting into small pieces.

القَارِصَةadjective
  1. 1.
    harmful wordclassical

    A word that is hurtful or damaging.

قَارِصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    harmful wordclassical

    A word that is hurtful or damaging.

اقْرُصِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, wash it with your fingertipsboth

    meaning, wash it with your fingertips

قَرِّصِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    with shaddaboth

    with shadda

القُرْصnoun
  1. 1.
    breadboth

    A round, flat loaf of bread.

القُرْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    breadboth

    A round, flat loaf of bread.

أَقْرَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    loaves of breadboth

    The plural of قرص (qurṣ), referring to loaves of bread.

قَرَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    pinching with two fingersboth

    pinching with two fingers

  2. 2.
    it bit them (fleas)both

    it bit them (fleas)

  3. 3.
    a loaf of breadboth

    a loaf of bread

  4. 4.
    plural of qurṣaboth

    plural of qurṣa

  5. 5.
    he cut it into loavesboth

    he cut it into loaves

  6. 6.
    with shadda for intensificationboth

    with shadda for intensification

  7. 7.
    the disk of the sunboth

    the disk of the sun

تَقْرِيصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting into piecesboth

    The act of cutting into small pieces, often dough.

قُرْصُ الشَّمْسnoun
  1. 1.
    sun's discboth

    The visible disc or orb of the sun.

القَارِصadjective
  1. 1.
    biting (milk)classical

    Milk that has a sharp, biting taste that irritates the tongue.

القُرَّاصnoun
  1. 1.
    chamomileclassical

    A plant, specifically chamomile, or its dried flowers.

قُرَّاصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chamomile flowerclassical

    A single flower of the chamomile plant.

Parallel reading

القرص بالإصبعين.
The pinch with the two fingers.
وقد قرصه يقرصه بالضم قرصا.
And he pinched him, he pinches him, with damma, a pinch.
وقرص البراغيث: لسعها.
And the pinch of fleas: their sting.
والقارصة: الكلمة المؤذية.
And the harmful (word): the hurtful word.
قوارص تأتيني وتحتقرونها
Hurtful things come to me and you belittle them.
وقد يملأ القطر الإناء فيفعم
And a drop may fill the vessel until it overflows.
فقال: " اقرصيه بماء "، أي اغسليه بأطراف أصابعك.
So he said: 'Pinch it with water,' meaning wash it with your fingertips.
ويروى " قرصيه " بالتشديد.
And it is narrated 'scrub it' with the shadda.
قال أبو عبيد: أي قطعيه به.
Abu Ubaid said: meaning cut it with it.
والقرص بالضم والقرصة من الخبز.
And the qurs (with damma) and the qursah are of bread.
وقرصت المرأة العجين تقرصه قرصا، وقرصته تقريصا، أي قطعته قرصة قرصة.
And the woman kneaded the dough, she cuts it into pieces, a cutting, and she cut it, a repeated cutting, meaning she cut it piece by piece.
وقرص الشمس: عينها.
And the qurs of the sun: its disc.
والقارص: اللبن الذي يحذي اللسان.
And the biting (milk): the milk that irritates the tongue.
" عدا القارص فحزر "
'The biting (milk) went too far, so it soured.'
والقراص البابونج، وهو نور الأقحوان إذا يبس، الواحدة قراصة.
And al-qurras is chamomile, which is the flower of the chamomile when dried, the single one is a qursah.