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قزع

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root ق-ز-ع primarily relates to concepts of scattering, thinning, and swiftness, often in the context of movement or appearance. It describes rapid movement, fragmented things like clouds or hair, and specific actions related to shaving or grooming.

Derived headwords

قَزَعَverb
  1. 1.
    thin pieces of cloudsboth

    thin pieces of clouds

  2. 2.
    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in placesboth

    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in places

قُزُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    swiftnessclassical

    The act of moving swiftly or hastening.

قَزَعَnoun
  1. 1.
    thin pieces of cloudsboth

    thin pieces of clouds

  2. 2.
    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in placesboth

    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in places

قَزَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single thin piece of cloudboth

    a single thin piece of cloud

  2. 2.
    scattered hair on the head (from the practice of qazaʿ)both

    scattered hair on the head (from the practice of qazaʿ)

قَزَعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    thin pieces of cloudsboth

    thin pieces of clouds

  2. 2.
    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in placesboth

    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in places

قَزَعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    thin pieces of cloudsboth

    thin pieces of clouds

  2. 2.
    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in placesboth

    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in places

قَزَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    thin pieces of cloudsboth

    thin pieces of clouds

  2. 2.
    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in placesboth

    to shave a boy's head and leave scattered hair in places

تَقْزِيعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    shaving with tufts leftclassical

    The act of shaving a head, leaving scattered remnants of hair.

مُقَزَّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    thinly scattered hairclassical

    Having hair on the head that is thin and scattered.

المُقَزَّعُadjective
  1. 1.
    swift and lightclassical

    Describing someone or something that is quick and agile.

قَزَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a ragged piece of clothclassical

    A torn or ragged piece of cloth.

تَقَزَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare to runclassical

    For a horse, to get ready or poised for running.

مُقَزَّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    made ready to runclassical

    Describing a horse that has been prepared or made ready for running.

القُنْزُعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hair around the headclassical

    The hair that grows around the circumference of the head.

القَنَازِعُnoun
  1. 1.
    locks of hair around the headclassical

    The strands or locks of hair encircling the head.

Parallel reading

قزع الظبي وغيره يقزع قزوعا: أسرع وخف.
The gazelle and others moved swiftly, hastening.
ومننه قولهم: قوزع الديك، إذا غلب فهرب.
And from this is their saying: the rooster was overcome and fled.
وإنما هو من قزع يقزع، إذا خف في عدوه هاربا.
It is only from 'qaza'a' (to move swiftly), when it hastens in its run, fleeing.
والقزع: قطع من السحاب رقيقة، الواحدة قزعة.
And al-qaza'u: thin pieces of clouds, the singular is qaz'ah.
كأن رعاله قزع الجهام
As if their boots were scattered pieces of clouds.
" كأنهم قزع الخريف ".
"As if they were the scattered remnants of autumn."
والقزع أيضا: صغار الإبل.
And al-qaza'u also: young camels.
والقزع: أيضا أن يحلق رأس الصبي ويترك في مواضع منه الشعر متفرقا.
And al-qaza'u: also the shaving of a boy's head, leaving hair scattered in places.
وقزع رأسه تقزيعا، إذا حلق شعره وبقيت منه بقايا في نواحى رأسه.
And he shaved his head, leaving scattered tufts, if his hair was shaved and remnants remained in the sides of his head.
ورجل مقزع: رقيق شعر الرأس متفرقه.
And a man muqazza'un: having thin, scattered hair on his head.
والمقزع: السريع الخفيف.
And al-muqazza'u: the swift and light one.
يقال ما عليه قزاع، أي قطعة خرقة.
It is said, 'He has no qaza'un,' meaning a ragged piece of cloth.
وتقزع الفرس، أي تهيأ للركض.
And the horse prepared itself, meaning it poised for running.
وقزعته أنا فهو مقزع.
And I prepared it, so it is muqazza'un.
والقنزعة: واحدة القنازع وهى الشعر حوالي الرأس.
And al-qunzu'ah: the singular of al-qanazi', which is the hair around the head.
كأن طسا بين قنزعاته
As if there were pools between his tufts of hair.
" غطى عنا قنازعك يا أم أيمن ".
"Cover your locks of hair from us, O Umm Ayman."