قحث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to taking something completely or thoroughly, possibly to the point of exhaustion or depletion. It also carries a sense of neglecting or abandoning something.

Derived headwords

قَحَثَverb

1.
to take completelyclassical
To take something entirely, down to the last bit.
2.
to neglectclassical
To abandon or disregard something.

أَقْحَثَverb

1.
to take completelyclassical
To take something entirely, down to the last bit.
2.
to neglectclassical
To abandon or disregard something.

قَحْثًاnoun

1.
taking completelyclassical
The act of taking something entirely, down to the last bit.
2.
neglectclassical
The act of abandoning or disregarding something.

Parallel reading

قحثت الشيء، كمنعته

I took the thing completely, like I prevented it.

أقحثه قحثا

He took it completely, with a complete taking.

أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان

Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan neglected it.

وقال الصاغاني أي (أخذته عن آخره)

And Al-Sagani said, meaning 'I took it to its end'.

كذا في التكملة

Thus it is in Al-Takmilah.