قيق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of roughness, hardness, and perhaps a specific type of terrain. It also seems to have connections to sounds or vocalizations, though this is less clear from the provided text.

Derived headwords

القيقاءةnoun

1.
Rough landclassical
Refers to land that is rough, coarse, or difficult to traverse.

القواقىnoun

1.
Rough lands (pl.)classical
The plural form of القيقاءة, referring to multiple areas of rough or coarse land.

قياقnoun

1.
Rough lands (pl.)classical
An alternative plural form for القيقاءة, also denoting rough or coarse land.

القيقnoun

1.
Rough land (collective)classical
A collective noun or a singular form derived from the plural, referring to rough land.

قيقةnoun

1.
Rough land (sing.)classical
A singular form from which the plural القيقاءة might be derived, referring to a piece of rough land.

Parallel reading

القيقاءة: الارض الغليظة

Al-qayqā'ah: the rough land.

والهمزة مبدلة من الياء

And the hamza is a substitution for the ya'.

والياء الاولى مبدلة من الواو

And the first ya' is a substitution for the waw.

ويدلك عليه قولهم في الجمع القواقى

And their saying for the plural, al-qawāqī, indicates this.

وهو فعلاء، ملحق بسرداح

And it is on the pattern 'fa'alā', analogous to sardāḥ.

وكذلك الزيزاءة، لانه لا يكون في الكلام مثل القلقال إلا مصدرا

And likewise al-zayzā'ah, because in speech, nothing like al-qalqāl occurs except as a masdar (verbal noun).

وقد يجمع على اللفظ فيقال قياق

And it may be pluralized according to the form, so it is said qayāq.

إذا تمطين على القياقى لاقين منه أذنى عناق

When he stretched out upon the rough lands, they encountered from it the ears of a ewe.

يريد جمع قيقاءة كأنه أخرجه على جمع قيقة

He means the plural of qayqā'ah, as if he derived it from the plural of qayqah.