قرد

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root 'q-r-d' primarily relates to concepts of clumping, gathering, and adhering, often in a negative or degraded sense. It extends to meanings of being still, submissive, or corrupted, and also describes specific physical attributes like smallness or roughness, and even geographical locations and a type of insect.

Derived headwords

القِرْدnoun

1.
Clumped wool or furclassical
Refers to matted or clumped wool and fur, considered of poor quality.
2.
Palm frond sheathclassical
The sheath of a palm frond after its leaves have been stripped.
3.
Adherent fuzzclassical
A sticky substance resembling down that adheres to something.

قَرَدَverb

1.
To become tangledboth
Hair or wool becoming tangled and knotted at the ends.
2.
To become corruptedclassical
Leather becoming spoiled or rotten.
3.
To be silent out of humilityclassical
A person becoming silent due to shame, submission, or fear.
4.
To gather and earnboth
To collect and earn money or provisions for one's family.
5.
To collect fatclassical
To gather fat, especially in a container like a waterskin.

تَقَرَّدَverb

1.
To become tangledboth
Hair or wool becoming tangled and gathered.

أَقْرَدَverb

1.
To be silent out of humilityclassical
To become silent due to shame, submission, or fear.
2.
To become still and submissiveclassical
To become quiet, submissive, and feign death or stillness.

القِرْدnoun

1.
A type of small cloudclassical
Small, unformed clouds that have not yet coalesced.
2.
A short personclassical
A short individual, particularly in the context of a horse.

القُرادnoun

1.
Tick (insect)both
A small arachnid that attaches to animals, especially camels, to feed on blood.
2.
Nipple of the breastclassical
The nipple of a woman's breast.
3.
Nipple of a horse's sheathclassical
The two small projections on either side of a horse's sheath.

قَرادnoun

1.
A camel infested with ticksclassical
A camel that has many ticks on it.

قَرَّدَverb

1.
To remove ticksclassical
To pull ticks off a camel or other animal.
2.
To tame by deceptionclassical
To deceive or trick someone, often by gentle manipulation, to gain their trust or compliance.

تَقْرِيدnoun

1.
Deceptionclassical
The act of deceiving or tricking someone, often through subtle means.

القُرْدُدnoun

1.
Elevated, rough groundclassical
A raised, rough, or uneven area of land.

قُرْدُدَةnoun

1.
Upper part of the backclassical
The highest part of the back of an animal.
2.
Severity of winterclassical
The harshness and intensity of the winter season.

القُرْدِيدَةnoun

1.
Solid speechclassical
Direct and unadorned speech.
2.
Line down the backclassical
The line of vertebrae running down the middle of the back.
3.
Top of the headclassical
The highest point of a person's head.

القِرْدnoun

1.
Monkeymodern
A well-known primate, a monkey.

القِرْدَةnoun

1.
Monkey (female)modern
A female monkey.

القُرُودnoun

1.
Monkeysmodern
Plural of monkey.

القُرادnoun

1.
Handler of camelsclassical
One who manages or handles camels, especially those infested with ticks.

القُرُودnoun

1.
Camel that doesn't shy from ticksclassical
A camel that does not become agitated when ticks are present or being removed.

القِرْدnoun

1.
Neckclassical
The neck, particularly the part where the head rests on the shoulders.

قِرْدَدname

1.
A mountainclassical
A specific mountain mentioned in classical texts.

القُرْدُودnoun

1.
Elevated, rough groundclassical
A raised, rough, or uneven area of land.

القُرْدُودَةnoun

1.
A specific placeclassical
A named location.

قُرْدname

1.
A place nameclassical
A geographical location.

ذو قِرْدname

1.
A place near Medinaclassical
A location near the city of Medina, known for a historical raid.

القِرْدَةnoun

1.
A single palm frond sheathclassical
The sheath of a single palm frond.

القُرادname

1.
A person's nameclassical
A proper name of individuals.

القُرْدِيَّةname

1.
A water sourceclassical
A specific water source located between two known places.

Parallel reading

وهو ردىء الصوف

And it is poor quality wool.

لو كنتم صوفا لكنتم قردا

If you were wool, you would be clumped wool.

سيأتيهم بوحي القول عني ويدخل رأسه تحت القرام أسيد ذو خريطة نهارا من المتلقطي قرد القمام

He will bring them the revelation of speech from me, and he inserts his head under the thorny acacia, a camel-like creature with a pouch, during the day, from those who collect the clumped refuse.

من المتلقطي قرد القمام

From those who collect the clumped refuse.

واحدته القردة

Its singular is qirdah.

شيء لازق بالطرثوث كأنه زغب

Something sticking to the root of a plant, like down.

عثرت على الغزل بأخرة

She stumbled upon the spinning (work) late.

فلم تدع بنجد قردة

And she left no clumped refuse in Najd.

أن تترك المرأة الغزل وهي تجد ما تغزله حتى إذا فاتها تتبعت القرد في القمامات ملتقطة

That a woman leaves the spinning while she has material to spin, until if she misses it, she follows the clumped refuse in the garbage heaps, collecting it.

وقرد الشعر والصوف، كفرح، قردا: تجعد وانعقدت أطرافه

And hair and wool become tangled, as in 'faraha', qardan: they become tangled and their ends knot.

وقرد الأديم يقرد قردا: حلم

And leather becomes spoiled, yaqradu qardan: it becomes spoiled.

وقرد الرجل: سكت عيا

And a man becomes silent out of inability (to speak).

أقرد الرجل إذا سكت ذلا

A man becomes aqrada if he falls silent out of submission.

إياكم والإقراد

Beware of falling silent out of submission.

كان لنا وحش فإذا خرج رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمأسعرنا قفزا، فإذا حضر مجيئه أقرد

We had a wild animal, and when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went out, we would make it jump, but when his arrival was imminent, it would become still and submissive.

قردت أسنانه قردا: صغرت

His teeth became small, qardan: they became small.

وإنه قرد الفم

And indeed, he has a small mouth.

وقرد العلك قردا: فسد طعمه

And chewing gum becomes spoiled, qardan: its taste becomes spoiled.

قرد لعياله، كضرب، قردا: جمع وكسب

He gathered for his family, as in 'daraba', qardan: he gathered and earned.

وقرد في السقاء يقرد قردا: جمع سمنا

And he gathered fat in the waterskin, yaqardu qardan: he gathered fat.

والقرد ككتف: السحاب المنعقد المتلبد

And al-qard, like 'katif': the condensed, clumped clouds.

وسحاب قرد وهو المتقطع في أقطار السماء يركب بعضه بعضا

And qard clouds are those scattered in the sky's horizons, one riding upon another.

فرس قرد الخصيل

A horse with a tightly bound mane.

والقرد بالتحريك: هنات صغار تكون دون السحاب لم تلتئم بعد

And al-qard, with harakah: small things that are below the clouds, not yet coalesced.

والقرد محركة: لجلجة في اللسان

And al-qard, with harakah: a stammer in the tongue.

نعم الخبر خبرك لولا قرد في لسانك

Yes, your news is good, were it not for a stammer in your tongue.

هو حسن قراد الصدر

He has a good nipple of the breast.

كأن قرادى زوره طبعتهما بطين من الجولان كتاب أعجم

As if the nipples of his chest were imprinted with clay from Jawlan by an unlettered scribe.

القرادان من الرجل أسفل الثندوة

The two qiradan are from a man below the nipple.

القراد: حلمة إحليل الفرس

Al-qurad: the nipple of the horse's sheath.

لقد تعللت على أيانق صهب قليلات القراد اللازق

I have been pleased by tawny she-camels with few adhering ticks.

أذل من قراد

More humiliated than a tick.

وبعير قرد: كثيرها أي القردان

And a qariid camel: one with many ticks.

قرده تقريدا: انتزع قردانه

He removed its ticks, tuqridan: he removed its ticks.

قرد بعيرك

Remove the ticks from your camel.

وقرده الغراب: وقع عليه يلتقط القردان

And the crow pecked it, qarradahu: it landed on it to pick off the ticks.

قرد تقريدا: ذلل

He became qarrada, tuqridan: he became submissive.

إذا نزلت بنو ليث عكاظا رأيت على رؤوسهم الغرابا

When the Banu Layth descend upon 'Ukaz, you see the crow upon their heads.

قرد تقريدا: خدع

He deceived, tuqridan: he deceived.

والقرود: بعير لا ينفر عن التقريد

And al-qurud: a camel that does not shy away from the removal of ticks.

أخذه بقرده

He took it by its neck.

فجلله عضب الضريبة صارما فطبق ما بين الضريبة والقرد

So he struck him with a sharp, decisive blow, covering the space between the shoulder and the neck.

والقردد: ما ارتفع من الأرض

And al-qardad: what is raised from the ground.

قطعت قرددا

I traversed rough, elevated ground.

متى ما تزرنا آخر الدهر تلقنا بقرقرة ملساء ليست بقردد

Whenever you visit us at the end of time, you will find us on a smooth, level plain, not on rough ground.

ج قرادد

Plural: qaraadid.

كالقردودة، بالضم

Like al-qardoodah, with dammah.

والقردودة: ما أشرف منها وغلظ

And al-qardoodah: what is prominent and thick.

وهي أي القردودة: اسم عين بعينه

And it, i.e., al-qardoodah: is the name of a specific spring.

والقردودة من الظهر: أعلاه

And al-qardoodah of the back: its upper part.

السيساء: قردودة الظهر

Al-sisā': the upper part of the back.

والقردد: نحو القف

And al-qardad: like a rocky hill.

والردودة من الشتاء: شدته وحدته

And al-rudoodah of winter: its severity and intensity.

تمضي قردودة الشتاءه عنا

The harshness of winter passes us by.

جاء بالحديث على قردده

He brought the hadith in its true form.

أي جاء به على وجهه

Meaning, he brought it as it is.

القرديدة، بالكسر: صلب الكلام

Al-quraydah, with kasrah: solid speech.

استوقع الكلام فركبته ولم أزع عنه يمينا ولا شمالا

I grasped the speech and rode it, and did not deviate from it right or left.

القرديدة: الخط الذي وسط الظهر

Al-quraydah: the line in the middle of the back.

وهي الفقارة نفسها

It is the vertebra itself.

القرديدة: رأس الرجل

Al-quraydah: the head of a man.

وأقرد الرجل وقرد: سكت عن عي

And a man became aqrada and qaraada: he fell silent out of inability.

أقرد: سكن وذل وتماوت

Aqrada: he became still, submissive, and feigned death.

تقول إذا اقلولى عليها وأقردت ألا هل أخو عيش لذيذ بدائم

She says when he mounted her and she became still: 'Is there any pleasant life that lasts forever?'

والقردى، كسكرى: ع بالجزيرة

And al-Qurda, like 'sukra': a place in Al-Jazira.

والقردية، محركة: ماءة بين الحاجر ومعدن النقرة

And al-Qardiyyah, with harakah: a water source between Al-Hajir and Ma'dan al-Naqrah.

ذو قرد، أغاروا به على لقاح رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمفغزاهم

Dhu Qard, they raided the camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) with it, so he raided them.

ويقال لتلك الغزوة: غزوة ذي قرد

And that raid is called: the raid of Dhu Qard.