قطط

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of cutting or separating something transversely. It extends to meanings related to time, sufficiency, and the price of goods. Additionally, it describes physical characteristics like curly hair and includes terms for animals and rain.

Derived headwords

قَطَطْتُ الشَّيْءَ أَقْطُهُverb

1.
to cut transverselyboth
To cut something across its width or breadth.

قَطَّparticle

1.
he cut it acrossboth
he cut it across
2.
the past timeboth
the past time
3.
time, eternityboth
time, eternity

ما رأيته قط — I have never seen him.

ما رأيته إلا مرة واحدة فقط — I have not seen him except once only.

المِقَطَّةnoun

1.
what the pen is cut onboth
what the pen is cut on

القَطَّاطnoun

1.
reed makerclassical
A craftsman who makes reeds, specifically for pens or similar items.

قَطَّverb

1.
he cut it acrossboth
he cut it across
2.
the past timeboth
the past time
3.
time, eternityboth
time, eternity

وردنا أرضا قاطا سعرها — We arrived at a land whose prices were high.

قُطُوطnoun

1.
high pricesboth
The state of prices being elevated or expensive.

وحاجة الحى وقط الاسعار — And the need of the tribe and the high prices of goods.

قَطَّاطnoun

1.
plural of qitt (male cat)both
plural of qitt (male cat)

كانت قطاط — It was enough.

قَطَّنِيparticle

1.
enough for meclassical
An expression indicating sufficiency directed towards the speaker.

وقال قطني — And he said, 'Enough for me'.

قَطَّكَparticle

1.
enough for youclassical
An expression indicating sufficiency directed towards the addressee.

قَطَّنِيparticle

1.
enough for meclassical
An expression indicating sufficiency directed towards the speaker, with the added nun for grammatical reasons.

قَطَّنِيparticle

1.
enough for meclassical
An expression indicating sufficiency directed towards the speaker, with the added nun for grammatical reasons.

قَطَّنِيparticle

1.
enough for meclassical
An expression indicating sufficiency directed towards the speaker, with the added nun for grammatical reasons.

قَطَّنِيparticle

1.
enough for meclassical
An expression indicating sufficiency directed towards the speaker, with the added nun for grammatical reasons.

قَطَّطَverb

1.
to be very curlyboth
Describing hair as being intensely curly or tightly coiled.

وجعد قطط — And tightly curly hair.

قَطَّ الشَّعْرُadjective

1.
very curlyboth
Possessing hair that is extremely curly or tightly coiled.

ورجل قط الشعر — And a man with very curly hair.

القِطّnoun

1.
the male catboth
the male cat
2.
the bookboth
the book
3.
the document of rewardboth
the document of reward

أكلت القطاطا فأفنيتها — I ate the cats and finished them off.

القِطَاطnoun

1.
catsboth
Plural of cat.

القِطَّةnoun

1.
the female catboth
the female cat

القُطُوطnoun

1.
giftsclassical
Plural of gift, referring to rewards or prizes.

بغبطته يعطي القطوط ويأفق — In his joy, he gives gifts and bestows favors.

قُطْنَاnoun

1.
our shareclassical
Our portion or allotted share, particularly in a divine or destined context.

عجل لنا قطنا قبل يوم الحساب — Hasten to us our share before the Day of Reckoning.

قَطْقَطَverb

1.
to drizzleclassical
To rain lightly; to produce a fine, gentle rain.

قطقطت السماء فهي مقطقطة — The sky drizzled, and it was drizzling.

القَطْقَطnoun

1.
light rainclassical
The smallest form of rain, a very light drizzle.

مُقَطْقِطَةadjective

1.
drizzlingclassical
Describing the sky when it is producing a light rain.

القَطْقَطَانَةname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

إذا قطعته عرضا

if you cut it transversely.

ومننه قط القلم

And from it is the cutting of the pen.

والمقطة: ما يقط عليه القلم

And the miqattah: what the pen is cut upon.

والقطاط: الخراط الذي يعمل الحقق

And al-qattat: the craftsman who makes the reeds.

القط: فصل الشئ عرضا

Al-qatt: separating something transversely.

كان علي رضي الله عنه إذا اعتلى قد، وإذا اعترض قط

Ali, may God be pleased with him, when he ascended, he would cut, and when he encountered something across his path, he would cut it transversely.

ما رأيته قط

I have never seen him.

كانت قطط، فلما سكن الحرف الثاني للادغام جعل الآخر متحركا إلى إعرابه

It was qatat, and when the second letter was made silent for assimilation, the last one was made movable to its case ending.

ومنهم من يقول قط يتبع الضمة الضمة، مثل مد يا هذا

And some of them say qat follows the dammah with a dammah, like madd, O you.

ومنهم من يقول قط مخففة، يجعله أداة ثم يبنيه على أصله ويضم آخره بالضمة التى في المشددة

And some of them say qat is lightened, making it a particle, then building it on its origin and adding a dammah to its end from the dammah in the doubled letter.

ومنهم من يتبع الضمة الضمة في المخففة أيضا ويقول قط، كقولهم لم أره مذ يومان، وهى قليلة

And some of them follow the dammah with a dammah in the lightened form as well and say qat, like their saying 'I haven't seen him since two days ago', and this is rare.

فأما إذا كانت بمعنى حسب وهو الاكتفاء، فهي مفتوحة ساكنة الطاء

But if it means 'hasb' (sufficiency), it is open with a silent taa'.

تقول: ما رأيته إلا مرة واحدة فقط

You say: I have not seen him except once only.

فإذا أضفت قلت قطك هذا الشئ، أي حسبك

And if you add, you say qattaka this thing, meaning 'enough for you'.

وقال قطني مهلا رويدا قد ملات بطني

And he said, 'Enough for me, gently, slowly, I have filled my belly'.

وإنما دخلت النون ليسلم السكون الذى بنى الاسم عليه

And the nun entered only so that the sukoon upon which the noun is built would be preserved.

وإنما أدخلوها في أسماء مخصوصة نحو قطني وقدنى وعنى ومنى

And they only introduced it into specific nouns like qatni, qadni, anni, and munna.

ويقال قطاط، مثل قطام، أي حسبى

And it is said qattat, like qattam, meaning 'enough for me'.

أطلت فراطهم حتى إذا ما قتلت سراتهم كانت قطاط

I let their leaders go until when I killed their nobles, it was enough.

قط السعر يقط بالكسر قطا وقطوطا أي غلا

The price rose, it rises with a kasrah, qattan and qutootan, meaning it became expensive.

يقال: وردنا أرضا قاطا سعرها

It is said: We arrived at a land whose prices were high.

وحاجة الحى وقط الاسعار

And the need of the tribe and the high prices of goods.

وجعد قطط، أي شديدة الجعودة

And tightly curly hair, meaning intensely curly.

وقد قطط شعره بالكسر، وهو أحد ما جاء على الاصل بإظهار التضعيف

And his hair became very curly with a kasrah, and this is one of the instances where the root's doubling is shown.

ورجل قط الشعر وقطط الشعر بمعنى

And a man with very curly hair and qatatt al-sha'r meaning the same.

والقط: الضيون، والجمع قطاط

And al-qitt: the cat, and the plural is qitat.

أكلت القطاطا فأفنيتها

I ate the cats and finished them off.

والقطة: السنورة

And al-qittah: the female cat.

والقط: الكتاب، والصك بالجائزة

And al-qatt: the writing, and the document of a prize.

ولا الملك النعمان يوم لقيته بغبطته يعطي القطوط ويأفق

Nor King Nu'man on the day I met him, in his joy, he gives gifts and bestows favors.

عجل لنا قطنا قبل يوم الحساب

Hasten to us our share before the Day of Reckoning.

القطقط بالكسر: أصغر المطر

Al-qatqat with a kasrah: the smallest rain.

يقال: قطقطت السماء فهي مقطقطة

It is said: The sky drizzled, and it was drizzling.

ثم الرذاذ وهو فوق القطقط، ثم الطش وهو فوق الرذاذ، ثم البغش وهو فوق الطش، ثم الغبية وهى فوق البغشة، وكذلك الحلبة والشجذة والحفشة والحشكة مثل الغبية

Then ar-radhad, which is above al-qatqat, then at-tash, which is above ar-radhad, then al-baghsh, which is above at-tash, then al-ghubayyah, which is above al-baghshah, and similarly al-halbah, ash-shajdathah, al-hafshah, and al-hashkah, like al-ghubayyah.

والقطقطانة بالضم: اسم موضع

And al-qatqatana with a dammah: the name of a place.