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قعع

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root قعع primarily relates to the sound of rattling, clashing, or repeated noises, often associated with weapons, thunder, or movement. It also extends to meanings of dryness, harshness, and sometimes refers to specific places, paths, or even ailments.

Derived headwords

القعقعةnoun
  1. 1.
    the sound of weapons and the likeboth

    the sound of weapons and the like

القعقعة: حكاية صوت السلاح ونحوه — The rattling sound: imitation of the sound of weapons and the like.
وقعقعواverb
  1. 1.
    they rattledclassical

    They made a rattling sound, specifically with weapons or similar objects.

وقعقعوا قعقعة وقعقاعا بالكسر — They made a rattling sound, a 'qa'qa'an' (with kasra).
قعقاعnoun
  1. 1.
    rattling soundclassical

    A name for the rattling sound, often used as a masdar.

  2. 2.
    dry, hard datesclassical

    Dates that are dry and hard.

  3. 3.
    fever with chillsclassical

    A fever accompanied by shivering and rattling of the teeth.

  4. 4.
    a pathclassical

    A difficult or arduous path.

  5. 5.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name for a man.

والقعقاع بالفتح الاسم — And al-qa'qa' (with fatha) is the noun.
تمر قعقاع، أي يابس — Qa'qa' dates, meaning dry.
والقعقاع: الحمى النافض تقعقع الاضراس — And al-qa'qa': the fever with chills that makes the teeth chatter.
التقعقعverb
  1. 1.
    to moveclassical

    To move or shake, often with a rattling sound.

والتقعقع: التحرك — And al-taqa'qu': movement.
قعقانيadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-voicedclassical

    Describing a donkey that is loud-voiced or has a rattling sound in its voice.

وحمار قعقاني الصوت بالضم، أي شديد الصوت في صوته قعقعة — And a donkey with a loud voice (with damma), meaning loud in its voice with a rattling sound.
المقعقعnoun
  1. 1.
    one who shakes arrowsclassical

    One who shakes or casts lots in a game of chance (maysir).

والمقعقع: الذي يجيل القداح في الميسر — And al-muqa'qi': he who shakes the arrows in the game of chance.
قعقعverb
  1. 1.
    to goclassical

    To move or travel across the land.

ويقال: قعقع في الأرض، أي ذهب — And it is said: qa'qa'a fi al-ard, meaning he went.
القعاقعnoun
  1. 1.
    rumbling thunderclassical

    The successive sounds of thunder.

  2. 2.
    placesclassical

    Specific locations in the lands of Qays.

والقعاقع: تتابع أصوات الرعد — And al-qaqa': the succession of thunder sounds.
والقعاقع: مواضع من بلاد قيس — And al-qaqa': places from the lands of Qays.
قعقاعnoun
  1. 1.
    a roadclassical

    A specific road from Yamama to Kufa.

القعقاع: طريق يأخذ من اليمامة إلى الكوفة — Al-qa'qa': a road that goes from Yamama to Kufa.
طريق قعقاعadjective
  1. 1.
    arduous pathclassical

    A road that can only be traversed with difficulty.

وطريق قعقاع: لا يسلك إلا بمشقة — And a qa'qa' road: one that is not traveled except with hardship.
قعقاعname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name for a man.

وقعقاع: اسم رجل — Qa'qa': the name of a man.
تقعقعتverb
  1. 1.
    they departedclassical

    They set out or departed, often implying a journey.

وتقعقعت عمدهم، أي ارتحلوا — And taqa'qa'at 'umuduhum, meaning they departed.
قعيقعانname
  1. 1.
    name of a mountainclassical

    A proper name for a mountain, notably one in Mecca and another in Ahwaz.

وقعيقعان: جبل بمكة، وهو اسم معرفة — Qayq'an: a mountain in Mecca, and it is a proper noun.
القعقعnoun
  1. 1.
    a large birdclassical

    A large, piebald bird of the land, with a long beak.

والقعقع بالضم: طائر أبلق ضخم من طير البر، طويل المنقار — And al-qa'qa' (with damma): a large, piebald bird of the land, with a long beak.
القعاعnoun
  1. 1.
    bitter waterclassical

    Thick, bitter water.

والقعاع: ماء مر غليظ — And al-qa'a': bitter, thick water.
أقعverb
  1. 1.
    to draw waterclassical

    A people drawing water, specifically from a source.

يقال أقع القوم إقعاعا، إذا أنبطوه — It is said: the people 'aqqa'u iq'a'an, if they drew water from it.

Parallel reading

وفي المثل: " ما يقعقع لي بالشنان "
And in the proverb: "What rattles to me with the waterskins?"
وقعقعوا قعقعة وقعقاعا بالكسر.
They made a rattling sound, a 'qa'qa'an' (with kasra).
والقعقاع بالفتح الاسم.
And al-qa'qa' (with fatha) is the noun.
والتقعقع: التحرك.
And al-taqa'qu': movement.
وحمار قعقاني الصوت بالضم، أي شديد الصوت في صوته قعقعة.
And a donkey with a loud voice (with damma), meaning loud in its voice with a rattling sound.
شاحى لحيى قعقعانى الصلق
He bared his teeth, a loud-mouthed, braying one
قعقعة المحور خطاف العلق
The rattling of the axle, the snatching of the leech.
والمقعقع: الذي يجيل القداح في الميسر.
And al-muqa'qi': he who shakes the arrows in the game of chance.
وتعرف إن ضلت فتهدى لربها لموضع آلات من الطلح أربع
And she is known if she strays, then guided to her Lord, by the place of four tent poles from the acacia.
وتؤبن من نص الهواجر والضحى بقدحين فازا من قداح المقعقع
And she is accused of being exposed to the heat of midday and forenoon by two arrows that won from the arrows of the one who shakes them.
ويقال: قعقع في الأرض، أي ذهب.
And it is said: qa'qa'a fi al-ard, meaning he went.
والقعاقع: تتابع أصوات الرعد.
And al-qaqa': the succession of thunder sounds.
والقعاقع: مواضع من بلاد قيس.
And al-qaqa': places from the lands of Qays.
والقعقاع: طريق يأخذ من اليمامة إلى الكوفة.
Al-qa'qa': a road that goes from Yamama to Kufa.
وطريق قعقاع: لا يسلك إلا بمشقة.
And a qa'qa' road: one that is not traveled except with hardship.
تمر قعقاع، أي يابس.
Qa'qa' dates, meaning dry.
وقعقاع: اسم رجل.
Qa'qa': the name of a man.
والقعقاع: الحمى النافض تقعقع الاضراس.
And al-qa'qa': the fever with chills that makes the teeth chatter.
إذا ذكرت سلمى على النأي عادني نوائب قعقاع
When Salma is mentioned from afar, the calamities of qa'qa' return to me
وتقعقعت عمدهم، أي ارتحلوا.
And taqa'qa'at 'umuduhum, meaning they departed.
تقعقع نحو أرضكم عمادي
My tent pole is moving towards your land
وفي المثل: " من يجتمع يتقعقع عمده "، كما يقال: إذا تم أمر دنا نقصه.
And in the proverb: "Whoever gathers, his tent pole rattles," just as it is said: when a matter is complete, its deficiency approaches.
وقعيقعان: جبل بمكة، وهو اسم معرفة.
Qayq'an: a mountain in Mecca, and it is a proper noun.
وبالاهواز جبل يقال له قعيقعان، ومنه نحتت أساطين مسجد البصرة.
And in Ahwaz there is a mountain called Qayq'an, and from it were carved the columns of the Basra mosque.
والقعقع بالضم: طائر أبلق ضخم من طير البر، طويل المنقار.
And al-qa'qa' (with damma): a large, piebald bird of the land, with a long beak.
والقعاع: ماء مر غليظ.
And al-qa'a': bitter, thick water.
يقال أقع القوم إقعاعا، إذا أنبطوه.
It is said: the people 'aqqa'u iq'a'an, if they drew water from it.