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قلص

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the concept of rising, elevation, or contraction. It extends to meanings of gathering, shrinking, and also refers to specific stages of animal maturity and physical attributes.

Derived headwords

قَلَصَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing roseboth

    the thing rose

  2. 2.
    to shrink, to contractboth

    to shrink, to contract

  3. 3.
    the garment shrankboth

    the garment shrank

قُلُوصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    risingclassical

    The act of rising or becoming elevated.

قَالِصadjective
  1. 1.
    elevatedclassical

    Describing water that has risen in a well.

  2. 2.
    diminishedclassical

    Describing a lip or shadow that has decreased or shrunk.

قِلَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    elevated waterclassical

    Water that has gathered and risen in a well.

  2. 2.
    young female camelsclassical

    A plural for young female camels, specifically those that are ridden until they reach the age of being two-toothed.

قَلِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    elevatedclassical

    Describing water that has risen in a well.

قَلَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    well's water levelclassical

    The water that gathers and rises within a well.

قَلَصَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing roseboth

    the thing rose

  2. 2.
    to shrink, to contractboth

    to shrink, to contract

  3. 3.
    the garment shrankboth

    the garment shrank

تَقَلَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    all of it meaning it gathered and withdrewboth

    all of it meaning it gathered and withdrew

أَقْلَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to show humpclassical

    A camel began to show its hump.

  2. 2.
    to become fatclassical

    A female camel became fat, especially in the summer.

مِقْلَاصadjective
  1. 1.
    fattening in summerclassical

    Describing a female camel that gains weight specifically during the summer.

مُقَلَّصadjective
  1. 1.
    tall-leggedclassical

    Describing a horse that is tall, well-built, and has long legs, appearing ready for action.

قَلُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    young she-camelclassical

    A young female camel, equivalent to a young woman, typically ridden until she is two-toothed.

  2. 2.
    female ostrichclassical

    The female of the ostrich from the young chicks.

قُلُصnoun
  1. 1.
    the thing roseboth

    the thing rose

  2. 2.
    to shrink, to contractboth

    to shrink, to contract

  3. 3.
    the garment shrankboth

    the garment shrank

قَلَائِصnoun
  1. 1.
    young she-camelsclassical

    Plural of قلوص, referring to young female camels.

Parallel reading

قلص الشئ يقلص قلوصا: ارتفع.
A thing rose, it rises, with rising: it became elevated.
قلص الظل.
The shadow rose.
قلص الماء، إذا ارتفع في البئر، فهو ماء قالص وقلاص وقليص.
Water rose, when it rose in the well, it is then elevated water, qalas, qilas, and qalis.
فأوردها من آخر الليل مشربا * بلاثق خضرا ماؤهن قليص *
So he brought them to drink late at night from a place * with green, lush plants, their water being elevated.
يا ريها من بارد قلاص * قد جم حتى هم بانقياص *
Oh, how refreshing it is from cold, elevated water * that has gathered until it almost overflowed!
وهى قلصة البئر، ويجمع قلصات للماء الذي يجم فيها ويرتفع.
And it is the water level of the well, and its plural is qalasat for the water that gathers in it and rises.
وقلص وقلص وتقلص، كله بمعنى انضم وانزوى.
And qalas, qalas, and taqallas, all mean to draw together and withdraw.
يقال: قلصت شفته، أي انزوت.
It is said: his lip contracted, meaning it withdrew.
وقلص الثوب بعد الغسل.
And the garment contracted after washing.
وشفة قالصة وظل قالص، إذا نقص.
And a contracted lip and a diminished shadow, if it decreased.
يقال أقلص البعير، إذا ظهر سنامه شيئا.
It is said a camel became aqlas, when its hump appeared somewhat.
وأقلصت الناقة، إذا سمنت في الصيف.
And a she-camel became aqlas, if she grew fat in the summer.
وناقة مقلاص، إذا كان ذلك السمن إنما يكون منها في الصيف.
And a female camel is miqlas, if that fattening only occurs from her in the summer.
وفرس مقلص بكسر اللام: مشرف، أي مشمر طويل القوائم.
And a horse is muqallas (with kasra on the lam): elevated, meaning well-built and long-legged.
يضمر بالأصائل فهو نهد * أقب مقلص فيه اقورار *
He is lean in the afternoons, so he is robust * short-backed, tall-legged, with a proud bearing *
والقلوص من النوق: الشابة، وهي بمنزلة الجارية من النساء.
And the qalous from the she-camels is the young one, and she is like a young maiden among women.
والقعود: أول ما يركب من ذكور الابل إلى أن يثنى، فإذا أثنى فهو جمل.
And the qa'ud is the first of the male camels to be ridden until it is two-toothed, and when it is two-toothed, it is a camel.
وربما سموا الناقة الطويلة القوائم قلوصا.
And sometimes they name a she-camel with long legs a qalous.
والقلوص أيضا: الأنثى من النعام من الرئال.
And the qalous is also: the female of the ostrich from the chicks.