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قنء

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root قنء primarily relates to intense redness, particularly of color. It extends to meanings of mixing, killing, tanning leather, dyeing hair black, and also to concepts of possibility and proximity.

Derived headwords

قَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely redboth

    To become intensely red in color. This is the primary meaning, often applied to hues.

يسعى بها ذو تومتين مشمر فنأت أنامله من الفرصاد — A man with two humps, striding, and his fingertips became intensely red from the purslane.
وقد قنأ لونها — And its color had become intensely red.
قُنُوءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intense rednessboth

    The state or quality of being intensely red.

  2. 2.
    tanning leatherclassical

    The process of tanning leather, specifically by immersing it in a tanning solution.

  3. 3.
    dying hair blackclassical

    The act of dyeing hair black, typically with a dye.

قال الأسود بن يعفر: يسعى بها ذو تومتين مشمر فنأت أنامله من الفرصاد — Al-Aswad bin Ya'fur said: A man with two humps, striding, and his fingertips became intensely red from the purslane.
قنأ الجلد قنوءا: ألقي في الدباغ — The skin underwent qanū'an: it was thrown into the tanning process.
قَانِئadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely redboth

    Describing something that is intensely red in color.

وشيء أحمر قانىء أي شديد الحمرة — And something intensely red, meaning intensely red.
فإذا لحيته قانئة — And behold, his beard was intensely red.
بقانية أني من الحي أبين — With the sun intensely red, indicating I am distinct from the tribe.
قَنَّأَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make intensely redboth

    To cause something to become intensely red.

وقنأته تقنئة و تقنيئا أي حمرته — And he made it intensely red, taqni'atan and taqni'an, meaning he reddened it.
تَقْنِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    making intensely redboth

    The act of making something intensely red.

  2. 2.
    dyeing blackclassical

    The act of dyeing something black, especially hair.

وقنأته تقنئة و تقنيئا أي حمرته — And he made it intensely red, taqni'atan and taqni'an, meaning he reddened it.
وكقنأها تقنئة — And he dyed it black, taqni'atan.
تَقْنِيئًاnoun
  1. 1.
    making intensely redboth

    The act of making something intensely red.

وقنأته تقنئة و تقنيئا أي حمرته — And he made it intensely red, taqni'atan and taqni'an, meaning he reddened it.
قَنَأَ اللبنverb
  1. 1.
    to mix milk with waterclassical

    To mix milk or a similar liquid with water. This is a figurative usage.

وقنأ اللبن ونحوه (: مزجه) بالماء، وهو مجاز. — And he mixed milk and the like (with water), which is a figurative expression.
قَنَأَ فُلَانًاverb
  1. 1.
    to kill someoneclassical

    To kill a person or to compel them to be killed.

وقنأ فلانا يقنؤه قنأ (: قتله أو حمله على قتله — And he killed so-and-so, yaqna'uhu qan'an (meaning he killed him or compelled him to be killed).
أَقْنَأَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to be killedclassical

    To cause someone to be killed or to bring about their death.

كأقنأه إقناء، رباعيا. — As if he caused him to be killed, iqna'an, in the quadriliteral form.
قَنَأَ الجِلْدverb
  1. 1.
    to tan leatherclassical

    To immerse leather in a tanning solution after initial preparation.

قنأ الجلد قنوءا: ألقي في الدباغ — The skin underwent qanū'an: it was thrown into the tanning process.
قَنَأَ لِحْيَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to dye beard blackclassical

    To dye one's beard black, typically using a dye.

وقنأ لحيته أي (سودها) بالخضاب — And he dyed his beard, meaning he blackened it with dye.
قَنَأَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to dye it blackclassical

    To dye something black, referring to hair or beard.

كقنأها تقنئة — As if he dyed it black, taqni'atan.
قَنَأَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become black (hair)classical

    Referring to hair or extremities becoming black, especially from henna.

  2. 2.
    to become intensely red (sun)classical

    Referring to the sun becoming intensely red, indicating sunset.

وقنأت هي بالخضاب — And it (her hair) became black with dye.
وقنأت أطراف الجارية بالحناء: اسودت — And the girl's extremities became black with henna.
حتى احمرت الشمس. — Until the sun became intensely red.
قَنِيءَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To die, to pass away.

  2. 2.
    to become spoiled (leather)classical

    Referring to leather becoming spoiled or ruined.

ضربته حتى قنيء، كسمع) يقنأ قنوءا إذا مات — I struck him until he died, qani'a, yaqna'u qanū'an, if he died.
وقنيء الأديم: فسد — And the hide became spoiled: it was ruined.
أَقْنَأَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to spoil itclassical

    To cause something, like leather, to become spoiled or ruined.

وأقنأته أنا: أفسدته. — And I spoiled it: I ruined it.
قَنَاءname
  1. 1.
    name of a water sourceclassical

    A proper noun referring to one of the water sources of the Arabs.

وقناء كسحاب: اسم ماء من مياه العرب — And qanā' (like suhāb): the name of a water source among the waters of the Arabs.
أَقْنَأَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to be possible for meclassical

    To become possible or feasible for me; to come within reach.

وأقنأني الشيء: (أمكنني) ودنا مني. — And the thing made it possible for me: it became possible for me and came near to me.
المَقْنَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place untouched by sunclassical

    A place that the sun does not reach; a shaded area.

والمقنأة وتضم نونه هي المقمأة بالميم الموضع الذي لا تطلع عليه الشمس — And al-maqna'ah (with its noon pronounced dammah) is al-miqma'ah (with a mim), the place upon which the sun does not rise.
القَنَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place untouched by sunclassical

    A place that the sun does not reach; a shaded area. It is synonymous with al-maqna'ah.

وهي القنأة أيضا — And it is also al-qana'ah.

Parallel reading

يسعى بها ذو تومتين مشمر فنأت أنامله من الفرصاد
A man with two humps, striding, and his fingertips became intensely red from the purslane.
وقد قنأ لونها.
And its color had become intensely red.
أي اشتدت حمرتها، وترك الهمز فيه لغة أخرى.
Meaning its redness intensified, and omitting the hamza is another dialect.
وشيء أحمر قانىء أي شديد الحمرة، وقد قنأ يقنأ.
And something intensely red, meaning intensely red, and it became intensely red, it becomes intensely red.
وقنأته تقنئة و تقنيئا أي حمرته.
And he made it intensely red, taqni'atan and taqni'an, meaning he reddened it.
وقنأ اللبن ونحوه (: مزجه) بالماء، وهو مجاز.
And he mixed milk and the like (with water), which is a figurative expression.
وقنأ فلانا يقنؤه قنأ (: قتله أو حمله على قتله، كأقنأه إقناء، رباعيا.
And he killed so-and-so, yaqna'uhu qan'an (meaning he killed him or compelled him to be killed, as if he caused him to be killed, iqna'an, in the quadriliteral form.
قال أبو حنيفة: قنأ الجلد قنوءا: ألقي في الدباغ
Abu Hanifa said: The skin underwent qanū'an: it was thrown into the tanning process.
وقنأ لحيته أي (سودها) بالخضاب، كقنأها تقنئة
And he dyed his beard, meaning he blackened it with dye, as if he dyed it black, taqni'atan.
وفي الحديث: مررت بأبي بكر فإذا لحيته قانئة.
And in the hadith: I passed by Abu Bakr and behold, his beard was intensely red.
وقنأت هي بالخضاب
And it (her hair) became black with dye.
وقنأت أطراف الجارية بالحناء: اسودت
And the girl's extremities became black with henna.
وفي قول الشاعر: وما خفت حتى بين الشرب والأذى بقانية أني من الحي أبين
And in the poet's saying: I did not fear until the drinking and harm became clear, with the sun intensely red, indicating I am distinct from the tribe.
يقال: ضربته حتى قنيء، كسمع) يقنأ قنوءا إذا مات
It is said: I struck him until he died, qani'a, yaqna'u qanū'an, if he died.
وقنيء الأديم: فسد، وأقنأته أنا: أفسدته.
And the hide became spoiled: it was ruined, and I spoiled it: I ruined it.
والظاهر أن همزته بدل من واو لا أصل، لأن البكري ذكر أنه مقصور وقال: يكتب بالألف، لأنه يقال في تثنيته قنوان، انتهى.
And it appears its hamza is a substitute for a waw, not original, because Al-Bakri mentioned it is shortened and said: it is written with an alif, because its dual is said to be qinwān, end quote.
وأقنأني الشيء: (أمكنني) ودنا مني.
And the thing made it possible for me: it became possible for me and came near to me.
وهي القنأة أيضا، وقيل: هما غير مهموزين، قال أبو حنيفة: زعم أبو عمرو أنها المكان الذي لا تطلع عليه الشمس، ولهذا وجه، لأنه يرجع إلى دوام الخضرة، من قولهم قنأ لحيته إذا سودها، وقال غيراءبي عمرو: مقناة، ومقنوة، بغير همز، نقيض المضحاة.
And it is also al-qana'ah, and it was said: they are both without hamza. Abu Hanifa said: Abu Amr claimed it is the place upon which the sun does not rise, and this has a basis, because it relates to continuous greenery, from their saying 'he dyed his beard black' if he blackened it, and Ghayra' Abi Amr said: maqnah, and maqnuah, without hamza, the opposite of al-mudhḥāh.