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قيح

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of pus, specifically the pure, unmixed discharge from a wound. It also covers the process of a wound producing such discharge.

Derived headwords

القَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    pusboth

    The pure discharge from a wound, not mixed with blood.

  2. 2.
    ichorclassical

    The pus that resembles water but has a tinge of blood.

قَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateclassical

    The wound produced pus.

يَقِيحُverb
  1. 1.
    suppuratesclassical

    The wound produces pus (present tense).

قَيْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    suppurationclassical

    The act or process of a wound producing pus.

قَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateclassical

    The wound produced pus (variant form).

يَقُوحُverb
  1. 1.
    suppuratesclassical

    The wound produces pus (present tense, variant form).

قِيحَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppurateclassical

    The wound produced pus (variant form).

تَقَيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to become purulentclassical

    The wound became filled with pus or began to suppurate.

تَقَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to become purulentclassical

    The wound became filled with pus or began to suppurate (variant form).

أَقَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to suppurateclassical

    To make a wound suppurate or produce pus.

Parallel reading

القَيْحُ: المدة الخالصة لا يخالطها دم
Pus: the pure discharge not mixed with blood.
وقيل: هو الصديد الذي كأنه الماء وفيه شكلة دم
And it was said: it is the pus that is like water and has a tinge of blood.
قاح الجرح يقيح قيحا
The wound suppurated, producing pus.
كقاح يقوح، وقيح الجرح كقاح يقوح
Like 'qāḥa' it suppurates, and the wound suppurated like 'qāḥa' it suppurates.
وقيح الجرح وتقيح وتقوح
And the wound suppurated, and became purulent, and became purulent.
وأقاح
And 'aqāḥa' (to cause to suppurate).
قال ابن سيده: الكلمة واوية و يائية
Ibn Sidah said: the word is of the Wāw type and of the Yāʼ type.