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ق ش ع ر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a sensation of shivering, goosebumps, or a physical reaction to cold, fear, or disgust. It extends metaphorically to describe dryness, barrenness, or a contracted state of the land and plants, and also refers to a rough texture.

Derived headwords

القشعرnoun
  1. 1.
    Cucumberclassical

    A type of melon or gourd, specifically referring to the cucumber, with 'wahāh' as its singular form. This is a dialectal term used by the people of Al-Jawf in Yemen.

اقشعرّverb
  1. 1.
    To shiver, to get goosebumpsboth

    The skin experiences a sensation of shivering or goosebumps, often due to cold, fear, or disgust.

  2. 2.
    To become dry and barrenclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe a year of drought or famine, where the land becomes dry and unproductive.

  3. 3.
    To contract, to become tenseclassical

    Describing the land becoming contracted or tense due to drought.

اقشعرارًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Shivering, goosebumpsboth

    The state or sensation of shivering or having goosebumps.

مقشعرadjective
  1. 1.
    Shivering, having goosebumpsboth

    Describing a person who is experiencing shivering or goosebumps.

  2. 2.
    Dry, barrenclassical

    Describing land or plants that are dry and unproductive due to lack of rain or nourishment.

قشاعرnoun
  1. 1.
    Shivering peopleclassical

    The plural of 'maqsh'ar', referring to people who are shivering or experiencing goosebumps.

تقشعرverb
  1. 1.
    To shiver, to get goosebumpsboth

    The skin shivers or gets goosebumps, often in response to something.

القشعريرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shivering, chill, goosebumpsboth

    A sensation of shivering, a chill, or goosebumps, often accompanied by a tremor.

القشاعِرnoun
  1. 1.
    Rough textureclassical

    Something that has a rough or coarse feel to the touch.

اقشعرتverb
  1. 1.
    To shiver, to get goosebumpsboth

    The skin shivered or got goosebumps.

  2. 2.
    To become dry and barrenclassical

    The land became dry and barren due to drought.

مقشعرadjective
  1. 1.
    Dry, shriveledclassical

    Describing plants that have not received sufficient rain and have become dry and shriveled.

Parallel reading

اقشعر جلده اقشعرارا
His skin shivered with a shiver.
فهو مقشعر
He is experiencing shivering.
والجمع قشائر
And the plural is qashā'ir.
تقشعر منه جلود الذين يخشون ربهم
The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it.
أي من آية العذاب ثم تلين عند نزول آية الرحمة
Meaning from the verse of punishment, then they soften upon the revelation of the verse of mercy.
وإذا ذكر الله وحده اشمأزت
And when Allah alone is mentioned, they shrink away.
أي اقشعرت
Meaning they shivered.
وقال غيره: نفرت
And others said: they recoiled.
اقشعرّت السنة، إذا أمحلت
The year became dry, if it was barren.
والقشاعِر كعلابط: الخشن المس
And al-qashā'ir, like 'alābiṭ: rough to the touch.
اقشعرت الأرض من المحل: اربدت وتقبضت وتجمعت
The land became dry from drought: it became dusty, contracted, and gathered.
لرب يوم لو ضربته لأقشعر بطن مكة
Perhaps a day when if you struck him, the belly of Mecca would shiver.
اقشعر الجلد من الجرب، إذا قف
The skin shivered from scabies, when it became rough.
والنبات، إذا لم يصب ريا، فهو مقشعر
And the plants, if they do not receive rain, they are dry.
أصبح البيت بيت آل بيان ... مقشعرا والحي حي خلوف
The house of the family of Bayan became... dry, and the tribe was a tribe of the neglected.