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قعف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of uprooting, tearing away, and intense, destructive forces. It describes severe rain that uproots plants and objects being pulled out from their foundations.

Derived headwords

قَعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    destructive floodclassical

    A destructive flood, likened to a torrent that sweeps everything away.

قَحَافnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential rainclassical

    Torrential rain that is sweeping and destructive.

قَاعِفnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy rainclassical

    Heavy, intense rain.

قَحِفnoun
  1. 1.
    emptying a vesselclassical

    The act of drinking or scooping out everything from a container.

قَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    uprootclassical

    To uproot a palm tree from its base.

اقْتَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    uprootmodern

    To uproot something from its origin or foundation.

انْقَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    break awayclassical

    For a wall to break away or detach from its foundation.

انْقَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    so it was pulled outboth

    so it was pulled out

اشْتِفَاْفnoun
  1. 1.
    emptyingclassical

    The act of emptying a container completely, by drinking or scooping.

Parallel reading

سيل قعاف مثل قحاف، أي جراف.
A destructive flood, like a torrential rain, meaning sweeping.
والقاعف مثل القاحف، هو المطر الشديد.
And al-qāʻif is like al-qāḥif, it is the severe rain.
وقعت النخلة (3) : اقتلعتها من أصلها.
And the palm tree was uprooted (3): it was torn out from its base.
وانقعف الحائط، أي انقلع من أصله.
And the wall broke away, meaning it detached from its origin.
والقعف: لغة في القحف، وهو اشتفافك ما في الاناء أجمع.
And al-qʻaf is a dialectal variant of al-quḥf, which is your emptying all that is in the vessel.