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قرط

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to objects worn on the ear, specifically earrings. It also extends to concepts of burning or consuming, and to specific measurements or items of equipment.

Derived headwords

القُرْطnoun
  1. 1.
    the earring that hangs in the earlobeboth

    the earring that hangs in the earlobe

قُرْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of qurt (earring)both

    plural of qurt (earring)

قُرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of qurt (earring)both

    plural of qurt (earring)

قُرْطname
  1. 1.
    he put an earring on the girlboth

    he put an earring on the girl

قَرَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    he put an earring on the girlboth

    he put an earring on the girl

تَقَرَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be adorned (ear)classical

    To have an earring put in one's ear; to be adorned with an earring.

القِيرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    half a daniq (a unit of weight)both

    half a daniq (a unit of weight)

  2. 2.
    like Mount Uhud (in the Hadith)both

    like Mount Uhud (in the Hadith)

  3. 3.
    two tassuj (a unit of weight)both

    two tassuj (a unit of weight)

قِرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of qurt (earring)both

    plural of qurt (earring)

القُرْطِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A great disaster or calamity.

قُرْطِيطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small amountclassical

    A very small or insignificant thing.

القُرْطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle padclassical

    A saddle pad or blanket placed under a saddle.

القُرْطَانnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle padclassical

    A saddle pad or blanket, specifically the felt or cloth placed under the saddle.

Parallel reading

القرط: الذي يعلق في شحمة الأذن
The earring: that which is hung on the lobe of the ear.
والجمع قرطة وقراط أيضا، مثل رمح ورماح.
And its plural is qirṭah and qirāṭ also, like rumḥ and rumāḥ.
والقراط أيضا: شعلة السراج ما احترق من طرف الفتيلة.
And al-qirāṭ also: the flame of the lamp, what has burned from the tip of the wick.
وقرطت الجارية فتقرطت هي.
And the girl was adorned (with an earring), and she became adorned.
قرطك الله على العينين * عقاربا سودا وأرقمين *
May God adorn your eyes with black scorpions and vipers.
ويقال: قرط فرسه، إذا طرح اللجام في رأسه.
And it is said: he bridled his horse, if he placed the bridle on its head.
وقرط السراج إذا نزع منه ما احترق ليضئ.
And he trimmed the lamp if he removed from it what had burned to make it shine.
والقيراط: نصف دانق، وأصله قراط بالتشديد، لأن جمعه قراريط، فأبدل من إحدى حرفي تضعيفه ياء، عى ما ذكرناه في دينار.
And the qīrāṭ: half a dānq, and its origin is qirāṭ with a shadda, because its plural is qarārīṭ, so one of its doubled letters was replaced by a yā', as we mentioned concerning dīnār.
وأما القيراط الذى في الحديث فقد جاء تفسيره فيه أنه مثل جبل أحد.
As for the qīrāṭ mentioned in the hadith, its interpretation came within it, that it is like Mount Uhud.
والقرطيط: الداهية.
And al-qurṭīṭ: the calamity.
وما جاد فلان بقرطيطة، أي بشئ يسير.
And so-and-so did not give generously with a qurṭīṭah, meaning a small thing.
والقرطاط بالضم: البردعة، وكذلك القرطان بالنون.
And al-qurṭāṭ with dammah: the saddle pad, and likewise al-qurṭān with noon.
هي الحلس الذي يلقى تحت الرحل.
It is the saddle cloth that is placed under the riding saddle.
كأنما رحلى والقراططا
As if my saddle and the saddle pads
ذى زفرة ينشر بالقرطاط
With a snort, he spreads with the saddle pads