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قشع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root قشع primarily relates to the removal, clearing, or scattering of things, particularly clouds, dust, or people. It also extends to concepts of dryness, emptiness, and the remnants left behind after something has been cleared away.

Derived headwords

القشعnoun
  1. 1.
    dry hidesboth

    dry hides

قشعverb
  1. 1.
    the singularboth

    the singular

انقشعverb
  1. 1.
    To clear awayboth

    To become clear or dispersed, used for clouds or fog.

  2. 2.
    To disperseboth

    To scatter or break up, used for groups of people.

تقشعverb
  1. 1.
    To clear awayboth

    To become clear or dispersed, similar to انقشع.

  2. 2.
    To disperseboth

    To scatter or break up, similar to انقشع.

أقشعverb
  1. 1.
    To clear awayboth

    To cause something to clear away or disperse.

  2. 2.
    To disperseboth

    To cause people or things to disperse.

  3. 3.
    To stop drinkingclassical

    To cease or stop drinking water.

القشعةnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of cloudclassical

    A remaining fragment of a cloud after the main body has dispersed.

قشعةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dry skinclassical

    A single piece of dry skin, though this usage is noted as irregular.

قشعتverb
  1. 1.
    She cleared awayboth

    Past tense, feminine singular form of قشع, meaning to clear away or disperse.

أخذتهاverb
  1. 1.
    I took herboth

    Past tense, first person singular of أخذ, meaning to take or capture.

قدمتverb
  1. 1.
    I broughtboth

    Past tense, first person singular of قدم, meaning to bring or present.

رميتمونيverb
  1. 1.
    You would have pelted meboth

    Past tense, second person plural of رمى, used here hypothetically, meaning to throw or pelt.

الطرافnoun
  1. 1.
    Tent of tanned leatherclassical

    A specific type of tent made from tanned leather (أدم).

تقعقعاverb
  1. 1.
    It rattledclassical

    Dual past tense of تققعع, meaning to make a rattling or clattering sound.

كشفتهverb
  1. 1.
    I uncovered itboth

    Past tense, first person singular of كشف, meaning to uncover or reveal.

كببتهverb
  1. 1.
    I overturned itboth

    Past tense, first person singular of كبّ, meaning to overturn or throw down.

أكبverb
  1. 1.
    he fell on his face.both

    he fell on his face.

  2. 2.
    So-and-so applied himself to doing such-and-such.both

    So-and-so applied himself to doing such-and-such.

أقلعواverb
  1. 1.
    They stoppedboth

    Past tense, third person masculine plural of أقلع, meaning to cease or stop.

Parallel reading

القشع: الجلود اليابسة، الواحدة قشع على غير قياس
Al-qash'u: dried skins, the singular is qash'un, irregularly formed.
أغرنا عليهم فإذا امرأة عليها قشع لها، فأخذتها فقدمت بها المدينة
We raided them, and there was a woman with a tent of skin upon her; I took her and brought her to Medina.
لو حدثتكم بكل ما أعلم لرميتموني بالقشع
If I told you everything I know, you would pelt me with scattered remnants (of talk).
والقشع: بيت من جلد، فإن كان من أدم فهو الطراف
And al-qash'u is a tent made of skin; if it is of tanned leather, it is al-tarafu.
ولا برما تهدي النساء لعرسه * إذا القشع من برد الشتاء تقعقعا
Nor a camel led to the women for his bride, when the tent of winter's cold rattled.
وقشعت الريح السحاب، أي كشفته، فانقشع وتقشع وأقشع أيضا
And the wind cleared away the clouds, meaning it uncovered them, so they cleared away, and dispersed, and also became clear.
وقشعته أنا، مثل كببته فأكب
And I cleared it away, like I overturned it, and it fell down.
والقشعة بالكسر: القطعة من السحاب تبقى بعد انقشاع الغيم
And al-qash'atu (with kasra): a piece of cloud that remains after the overcast has cleared.
وقشعت القوم فأقشعوا وتقشعوا، أي فرقتهم فتفرقوا
And I scattered the people, so they dispersed and broke up, meaning I separated them, and they separated.
وأقشع القوم عن الماء: أقلعوا عنه
And the people stopped (drinking) from the water: they ceased from it.