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قرعب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of contracting or shrinking, often due to cold or a physical posture. It conveys a sense of drawing oneself in or becoming smaller.

Derived headwords

قَرْعَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractboth

    To contract or shrink, often due to cold or a specific posture.

يَقَرْعَبُverb
  1. 1.
    contractsboth

    The present tense form of the verb, indicating the action of contracting.

اقْرِعْبَابًاnoun
  1. 1.
    contractionboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) of the verb, signifying the act or state of contracting or shrinking.

اِنْقَبَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be contractedboth

    To be contracted or drawn together, often as a result of cold or a physical posture.

تَقَبَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to contract oneselfboth

    To contract oneself, to draw one's limbs in, often due to cold or a posture.

Parallel reading

قرعب، يقرعب، اقرعبابا: انقبض
Qar'aba, yaq'aribu, iq'irbāban: to be contracted.
وفي أخرى: تقبض
And in another [version]: taqabbaḍa (to contract oneself).
من برد، أو غيره
From cold, or something else.
وفي تهذيب ابن القطاع: تقبض في جلسته
And in Tahdhib Ibn al-Qaṭṭā': taqabbaḍa in his sitting posture.