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قفص

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of binding or confining, particularly the legs of an animal. It also extends to the noun for a cage, especially for birds, derived from this concept of confinement.

Derived headwords

قَفَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to bind legsclassical

    To bind the legs of an animal, such as a gazelle, gathering them together.

قَفْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    binding of legsclassical

    The act of binding the legs of an animal, as described in the verb form.

أَقْفَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    cagesmodern

    Plural of 'quffas', referring to cages, particularly those used for birds.

القَفَصnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the bird cagesboth

    one of the bird cages

Parallel reading

قفصت الظبي قفصا، إذا شددت قوائمه وجمعتها.
You bind the gazelle with a binding, if you tighten its legs and gather them.
والقفص بالتحريك: واحد الأقفاص التي للطير.
And al-qafas (with harakah) is the singular of the cages that are for birds.