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قعض

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of bending, curving, or arching something, often in the context of structures or natural forms. It can also refer to the resulting bent or curved state.

Derived headwords

قَعَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to bend, curveboth

    To bend or curve something, like a branch or a structure. It implies an action of imparting a curve.

قعضت العود: عطفته كما تعطف عروش الكرم والهودج — It bent the branch: it curved it like the trellises of the vine and the howdah are curved.
القَعَضnoun
  1. 1.
    bending, curvingclassical

    The act or process of bending or curving something.

  2. 2.
    bent, curvedclassical

    Describing something that is bent or curved, often used as a passive participle.

والقعض: المقعوض، وصف بالمصدر كقولك: ماء غور — And al-qaḍḍ: the muqa'aḍ, described by the masdar like your saying: mā' ghawr (deep water).
المَقْعُوضadjective
  1. 1.
    bent, curvedclassical

    Something that has been bent or curved.

والقعض: المقعوض، وصف بالمصدر كقولك: ماء غور — And al-qaḍḍ: the muqa'aḍ, described by the masdar like your saying: mā' ghawr (deep water).

Parallel reading

قعضت العود: عطفته كما تعطف عروش الكرم والهودج.
It bent the branch: it curved it like the trellises of the vine and the howdah are curved.
إما ترى دهرا حناني حفضا * أطر الصناعين العريش القعضا
If you see that time has bent me low * I have straightened the bent canopy.
يقول: إن ترى أيتها المرأة الهرم حناني فقد كنت أفدى في حال شبابى، لهدايتي في المفاوز، وقوتى على السفر.
He says: If you see, O old woman, that time has bent me, then I used to redeem myself in my youth, for my guidance in the deserts, and my strength for travel.
والقعض: المقعوض، وصف بالمصدر كقولك: ماء غور.
And al-qaḍḍ: the muqa'aḍ, described by the masdar like your saying: mā' ghawr (deep water).
والعريش ههنا: الهودج.
And the canopy here: the howdah.