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قحب

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of coughing, especially chronic or severe coughing associated with old age or illness. It extends to describe individuals who cough frequently and, metaphorically, to a promiscuous woman.

Derived headwords

قَحَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to coughboth

    To experience coughing, particularly a persistent or severe cough.

قَحَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to cough (old age/illness)classical

    Specifically refers to the coughing associated with old age or infirmity.

قَحَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to cough (animal)classical

    To cough, used for animals like camels and horses.

قَحَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to cough (dog)classical

    To cough, specifically used for dogs.

قَحْبnoun
  1. 1.
    coughboth

    The act or sound of coughing.

قِحَابnoun
  1. 1.
    cough (plural/type)classical

    A type or collection of coughs, often associated with old age or animals.

قِحَابnoun
  1. 1.
    coughing (illness)classical

    A condition characterized by coughing, particularly among camels.

قَحَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to coughboth

    To cough, similar to the basic form.

تَقْحِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    coughingclassical

    The act of coughing.

قَحِبadjective
  1. 1.
    coughing (person)both

    A person, male, who coughs frequently, especially with old age.

قَحِبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    coughing (woman)both

    A woman who coughs frequently, especially with old age.

قَحِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    An old woman, characterized by coughing.

قَحِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    promiscuous womanclassical

    A promiscuous or immoral woman, a metaphorical extension from the sound of coughing.

قَحِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    illness (internal)classical

    A condition of internal decay or corruption of the body, stemming from a disease.

قَاحِبadjective
  1. 1.
    severe (cough)both

    Describing a cough as severe or intense.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cough (illness)both

    A cough, particularly one indicative of illness or infirmity.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    promiscuityclassical

    The state of being promiscuous or immoral.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    internal decayclassical

    Internal corruption or decay of the body due to disease.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    old female sheepclassical

    An old, mature female sheep.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    old woman (Yemen)classical

    An old woman, as referred to by people in Yemen.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coughing (women)both

    Women who are coughing.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coughing (young man)classical

    Coughing, specifically when a young man coughs.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coughing (old man)classical

    Coughing, specifically when an old man coughs.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coughing (disliked person)classical

    Coughing, when a disliked person coughs.

قَحَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coughing (loved person)classical

    Coughing, when a beloved person coughs.

Parallel reading

الشيخ المسن، والعجوز قحبة
The old man is elderly, and the old woman is qahiba (coughing/old).
هو الذي يأخذه السعال
He is the one whom coughing afflicts.
وقد قحب كنصر يقحب قحبا وقحابا
And he coughed like 'nasara', he coughs, a cough and coughing.
إذا سعل
if he coughed.
إذا سعل، ورجل قحب وامرأة قحبة: كثيرة السعال مع الهرم أو غير هرم
if he coughed, and a man qahib and a woman qahiba: much coughing with old age or without.
أخذه سعال قاحب أي شديد
A severe cough afflicted him, meaning intense.
والقحبة: الفاسدة الجوف من داء
And al-qahiba: the one whose inside is corrupted from disease.
قيل للبغي قحبة؛ لأنها كانت في الجاهلية تؤذن طلابها بقحابها وهو سعالها
A prostitute was called qahiba; because in the pre-Islamic era she would signal her suitors with her qahaba (coughing/signaling), which was her cough.
القحبة: الفاجرة
Al-qahiba: the immoral woman.
لأنها تسعل أو تنحنح أي ترمز به
because she coughs or clears her throat, meaning she signals with it.
صار تسمية البغي المكتسبة بالفجور قحبة حقيقة، وإنما القحاب: السعال
The naming of a prostitute acquired through immorality as qahiba became literal, while qahab refers to coughing.
العامة تسمي البغي قحبة
The common people call a prostitute qahiba.
وبه قحبة، أي سعال
And he has qahaba, meaning a cough.
القحب: سعال الشيخ، وسعال الكلب
Al-qahab: the cough of an old man, and the cough of a dog.
ومن أمراض الإبل القحاب، وهو السعال
And among the diseases of camels is al-qahab, which is coughing.
القحاب: سعال الخيل والإبل، وربما جعل للناس
Al-qahab: the cough of horses and camels, and sometimes applied to people.
قحب البعير يقحب قحبا وقحابا: سعل
A camel coughed, it coughs, qahaban and qahaban: it coughed.
أهل اليمن يسمون المرأة المسنة قحبة
The people of Yemen call an old woman qahiba.
كل عجوز قحبة فيها صمم
Every old woman, qahiba, who has deafness.
ويقال لكل كبيرة من الغنم مسنة
And it is said for every large, mature sheep.
لا تثق بقول قحبة، ولا تغتر بطول صحبة
Do not trust the word of a qahiba, nor be deceived by long companionship.
به قحبة أي سعال
He has qahaba, meaning a cough.
أتين نساء يقحبن، أي يسعلن
Women came who were coughing, meaning they were coughing.
للشيخ: وريا وقحابا
For the old man: 'wariyyan' and 'qahaban'.
يقال للبغيض إذا سعل: وريا وقحابا
It is said for the disliked person when he coughs: 'wariyyan' and 'qahaban'.
وللحبيب إذا سعل: عمرا وشبابا
And for the beloved when he coughs: 'umran' and 'shababah'.