قبء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of eating and consuming, particularly food and drink. It also extends to the concept of being full, especially from drinking, and includes a specific plant name.

Derived headwords

قَبَأَverb

1.
to eatboth
To consume food.

قَبَأَverb

1.
to be fullclassical
To become filled, especially with drink.

قَبْءnoun

1.
eatingclassical
The act of consuming food.

قُبَاءَةnoun

1.
herbclassical
A type of herb that grows on rough ground but not on mountains, rising about a finger's length or less from the ground, and is grazed by livestock.

القَبَأَةnoun

1.
herbclassical
A type of herb that grows on rough ground but not on mountains, rising about a finger's length or less from the ground, and is grazed by livestock.

القُبَاءَةnoun

1.
herbclassical
A type of herb that grows on rough ground but not on mountains, rising about a finger's length or less from the ground, and is grazed by livestock.

Parallel reading

قبأ الطعام كجمع: أكله

Qaba'a food, like jama'a: to eat it.

قبأ لغة في قأب إذا أكل وشرب

Qaba'a is a dialectal variant of qa'aba when one eats and drinks.

قبأ (من الشراب) : امتلأ

Qaba'a (from drink): to be full.

وهي أيضا القبأة ككتبة

And it is also al-Qaba'ah, like kutubah.

والقباءة في القبأة كالكماءة في الكمأة

And al-Qubaa'ah in al-Qaba'ah is like al-kamaa'ah in al-kam'ah.

تنبت في الغلظ، ولا تنبت في الجبل

It grows on rough ground, and does not grow on the mountain.

ترتفع على الأرض قيس الإصبع أو أقل

It rises from the ground about a finger's length or less.

يرعاها المال

Livestock graze it.