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قنط

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of despair, hopelessness, and losing hope. It describes the state of being utterly discouraged or having given up.

Derived headwords

القُنُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    despairboth

    despair

قَنَطَverb
  1. 1.
    despairingboth

    despairing

قُنُوطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    despairingboth

    The act or state of despairing, used as a verbal noun.

قَانِطadjective
  1. 1.
    despairingboth

    One who is in a state of despair or has lost hope.

قَنِطَverb
  1. 1.
    despairingboth

    despairing

قَنَطَverb
  1. 1.
    despairingboth

    despairing

قَنَطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    despairclassical

    A verbal noun associated with a specific conjugation of the verb 'to despair'.

قَنَاطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    despairclassical

    A noun denoting the state or act of despair.

قَنِطadjective
  1. 1.
    despairingboth

    despairing

Parallel reading

القنوط: اليأس.
Despair: hopelessness.
وقد قنط يقنط قنوطا مثل جلس يجلس جلوسا.
And he despaired, despairing, with the pattern of 'to sit, sitting, a sitting'.
وكذلك قنط يقنط مثل قعد يقعد.
And likewise, he despaired, despairing, with the pattern of 'to sit, sitting'.
فهو قانط.
And he is despairing.
وفيه لغة ثالثة قنط يقنطا قنطا، مثل تعب يتعب تعبا.
And there is a third dialect for it: he despaired, despairing, with the pattern of 'to be tired, becoming tired, tiredness'.
وقرئ: {فلا تكن من القنطين}.
And it was recited: {So do not be among the despairing}.
وأما قنط يقنط بالفتح فيهما، وقنط يقنط بالكسر فيهما، فإنما هو على الجمع بين اللغتين.
As for 'he despaired, despairing' with the fathah in both, and 'he despaired, despairing' with the kasrah in both, that is merely to combine the two dialects.