قعص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sudden, immediate death, often resulting from a blow or a swift affliction. It also describes a rapid, fatal disease affecting sheep.

Derived headwords

أَقْعَصَverb

1.
to kill instantlyclassical
To strike someone and kill them immediately on the spot.

قَعْصnoun

1.
sudden deathclassical
A swift and immediate death, often caused by a blow or a projectile, resulting in death at the very spot it occurred.

قَعَصًاnoun

1.
if he was struck by a blow or a shot and died on the spotboth
if he was struck by a blow or a shot and died on the spot

القَعَاصnoun

1.
sheep diseaseclassical
A disease that affects sheep, causing them to die quickly.

قُعِصَverb

1.
to die suddenly (passive)classical
To be struck by a disease or affliction that causes immediate death.

مَقْعُوصَةadjective

1.
afflicted with sudden deathclassical
Describing a female animal or person that has died suddenly from a disease or affliction.

Parallel reading

ضربَه فأقعَصَه، أي قتله مكانه.

He struck him and killed him instantly, meaning he killed him on the spot.

والقَعْص: الموت الوَحِي.

And al-qacṣ: swift death.

مات فلان قعصًا، إذا أصابته ضربة أو رمية فمات مكانه.

So-and-so died suddenly, if a blow or a throw struck him and he died on the spot.

من قتل قعصًا فقد استوجب المآب.

Whoever kills [someone who dies] suddenly has deserved the return [to God].

والقَعَاص: داء يأخذ الغنم لا يلبثها أن تموت.

And al-qaʿāṣ: a disease that affects sheep, leaving them no respite before they die.

وموتان يكون في الناس كقعاص الغنم.

And there will be deaths among people like the sheep disease.

وقد قُعِصَتْ فهي مَقْعُوصَة.

And she died suddenly, and she is one who died suddenly.