قزح

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root قزح primarily relates to adding spices or seasonings to food, and by extension, to embellishing or improving something. It also extends to the actions of dogs urinating, and to natural phenomena like rainbows and branching plants.

Derived headwords

القَزَحُnoun

1.
onion seedsclassical
The seeds of an onion, used as a spice. This term is specific to the Syrian dialect.

القَزَحُnoun

1.
spice mixtureclassical
A mixture of spices, such as cumin and coriander, added to cooking pots. The singular form is قزح, and the plural is أقزاح.

قَزَّاحٌnoun

1.
spice sellerclassical
A seller of spices.

قَزَحَverb

1.
to spiceboth
To add spices or seasonings to food, like putting them in a pot.

تَقْزِيحٌnoun

1.
spicingclassical
The act of adding spices to food.
2.
embellishmentclassical
The act of adorning or improving speech or a narrative, without resorting to falsehood. This is a metaphorical usage.

مَلِيحٌ قَزِيحٌadjective

1.
well-seasoned and embellishedclassical
A phrase used to describe something that is both well-seasoned (from قزح) and pleasant or good (from مليح). It is considered an idiomatic expression.

المِقْزَحَةُnoun

1.
spice containerclassical
A type of spice box or container, similar to a salt shaker.

التَّقَازِيحُnoun

1.
spicesclassical
A plural noun referring to spices, for which no singular form is commonly used.

قَزَحَverb

1.
to urinate (dog)both
To urinate, specifically used for a dog lifting its leg. It can also mean to urinate by spraying or in bursts.

قَزَحٌnoun

1.
dog's urineclassical
The urine of a dog.

قَزَحٌnoun

1.
snake's excrementclassical
The excrement of a snake.

قَزَحَverb

1.
to drip (liquid)classical
To drip or let out liquid, such as from a pot.

قَزَحٌnoun

1.
dripped liquidclassical
The liquid that has dripped out, for example, from a pot.

مُقْزَحَةٌadjective

1.
marked by urineclassical
Describes a tree or plant that has been urinated upon by dogs or wild animals.

قَوْسُ قَزَحٍname

1.
rainbowboth
A meteorological phenomenon that is a multicolored arc appearing in the sky, caused by the reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets. It is also known as 'God's bow'.

قَزَحَةٌnoun

1.
colored stripeclassical
A stripe of color, specifically referring to the yellow, red, and green hues found in a rainbow.

قَازِحٌadjective

1.
expensiveclassical
Describes a high price or cost, often used in the context of market prices.

تَقَزَّحَverb

1.
to branch outboth
Describes plants or trees that have branched out into many divisions or shoots.

المِقْزَحُnoun

1.
fig-like treeclassical
A type of wild tree with short branches, resembling a fig tree.

قَزَاحٌnoun

1.
sheep diseaseclassical
A disease that affects sheep.

قَوَازِحُ المَاءِnoun

1.
water bubblesclassical
Bubbles or effervescence that rise to the surface of water.

التَّقْزِيحُnoun

1.
branchingclassical
The process of branching out, especially on plants or trees, resembling a dog's paw.

Parallel reading

القزح، بالكسر: بزر البصل

Al-qazah, with kasra: onion seeds.

القزح: التابل الذي يطرح في القدر، كالكمون والكزبرة

Al-qazah: the spice mixture that is thrown into the pot, like cumin and coriander.

قزح القدر، كمنع، وقزحها تقزيحا: جعله فيها وطرح فيها الأبازير

Qazaha al-qidra, as in man'a, and qazzahā taqzīḥan: to put it in and throw spices into it.

وفي الحديث وإن قزحه وملحه، أي توبله، من القزح

And in the hadith: 'and he spiced it and salted it', meaning he seasoned it, from al-qazah.

والمقزحة، بالكسر: نحو، وفي بعض النسخ: نوع من المملحة

And al-miqzaḥah, with kasra: like, and in some versions: a type of salt shaker.

والتقازيح: الأبازير

And al-taqāzīḥ: the spices.

وتقزيح الحديث: تزيينه وتحسينه وتتميمه، من غير أن يكذب فيه، وهو مجاز

And taqzīḥ al-ḥadīth: embellishing it, improving it, and completing it, without lying in it, and this is metaphorical.

وقزح الكلب ببوله وقزح، كمنع وسمع يقزح في اللغتين جميعا قزحا، بالفتح، وقزوحا، بالضم: بال

And the dog urinated with its urine, and qazaha, as in man'a and sami'a, urinated in both languages qazḥan, with fatha, and qazūḥan, with damma: it urinated.

وعن أبي زيد: قزحت القدر قزحا، بفتح فسكون، وقزحانا، محركة. إذا أقطرت ما خرج منها

And from Abu Zayd: qazaḥtu al-qidra qazḥan, with fatha and sukun, and qazḥānan, with haraka. If it dripped what came out of it.

والقزح، بفتح فسكون: بول الكلب

And al-qazḥ, with fatha and sukun: dog's urine.

وبالكسر: خرء الحية، جمعه أقزاح

And with kasra: snake's excrement, its plural is aqzāḥ.

وقوس قزح، كزفر: طرائق متقوسة تبدو في السماء أيام الربيع

And qaws qazḥ, as in zufr: arched stripes that appear in the sky during spring days.

لا تقولوا قزح، فإن قزح اسم شيطان، وقولوا قوس الله عز وجل

Do not say qazḥ, for qazḥ is the name of a devil, and say 'God's bow', may He be exalted.

وقيل: لتلونها، من القزحة، بالضم، اسم للطريقة من صفرة وحمرة وخضرة

And it was said: due to its colors, from al-qazḥah, with damma, the name for the stripe of yellow, red, and green.

ومنه: سعر قازح، أي غال

And from it: a qāziḥ price, meaning expensive.

وتقزح النبات والشجر، إذا تشعب شعبا كثيرة

And the plants and trees branched out, if they branched into many divisions.

والمقزح كمعظم: شجر يشبه التين من غريب شجر البر

And al-miqzaḥ, as in miʿẓam: a tree resembling a fig from the strange trees of the wilderness.

وفي الحديث: نهى عن الصلاة خلف الشجرة المقزحة

And in the hadith: he prohibited praying behind the muqzaḥah tree.

قوازح الماء نفاخاته التي تنتفخ فتذهب

Qawāziḥ al-māʾ: its bubbles that inflate and disappear.

والتقزيح: شيء على رأس نبت أو شجرة يتشعب شعبا كبرثن الكلب

And al-taqzīḥ: something on the head of a plant or tree that branches out like a dog's paw.