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قثد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of plant, specifically a melon or cucumber-like vegetable. It also extends to the act of eating this plant and the metaphorical act of cutting or severing.

Derived headwords

القَثْدُnoun
  1. 1.
    plant resembling melonboth

    A plant that resembles the qiththa' (melon or cucumber), or a type of it.

  2. 2.
    round melon/cucumberclassical

    According to Ibn Durayd, it is the round qiththa' (melon or cucumber).

القَثَدُnoun
  1. 1.
    eating qathdclassical

    The act of eating the qathd (the plant mentioned above).

القَثَدَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    qathd (singular)both

    The singular form of the plant qathd.

الاقتثادُnoun
  1. 1.
    cuttingclassical

    The act of cutting or severing.

Parallel reading

نبت يشبه القثاء
A plant resembling the qiththa'.
وهو القثاء المدور
It is the round qiththa'.
أو هو الخيار
Or it is the cucumber.
واحدته القثدة بهاء
Its singular is al-qathdah (with ta' marbuta).
أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يأكل القثد بالمجاج
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to eat qathd with yogurt.
والقثد، بفتح فسكون: أكله
And al-qathd, with fatha then sukun: eating it.
أي القثد محركة
Meaning the qathd (with harakat).
والاقتثاد: القطع
And al-iqtithad: the cutting.
تدعى خثيم بن عمر وفي طوائفها في كل وجه رعيل ثم يقتثد أي يقطع كما يقطع القثد
They call out to Khuthaym ibn 'Amr, and in their groups in every direction is a herd, then it is cut, meaning severed, as qathd is cut.