ق ع س ر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes concepts of strength, harshness, and intensity, often applied to animals, objects, or abstract qualities. It also extends to meanings related to age and the beginning of growth.

Derived headwords

القَعْسَرَىnoun

1.
Huge, strong camelclassical
A large and powerful camel, characterized by its immense strength.
2.
Handle of a small millclassical
The wooden bar used to turn a small hand-operated millstone.
3.
Enduring old ageclassical
A man who remains steadfast and strong even in extreme old age.
4.
Enduring timeclassical
Describing time or the age of the world as enduring and persistent.

القَعْسَرnoun

1.
Huge, strong camelclassical
Similar to القعسرى, referring to a large and strong camel.
2.
Ancientclassical
Something that is old or ancient.
3.
Early stage of melonclassical
The very first, small stage of a melon as it begins to grow.

القَعْسَرَةnoun

1.
Steadfastness and harshnessclassical
The act of holding firmly to something or dealing with it with severity and strength.
2.
Harshness and severityclassical
A quality of being hard, tough, or severe.

قَعْسَرَverb

1.
To deal with harshlyclassical
To seize or handle something with severity and force.

Parallel reading

الجمل الضخم الشديد، كالقعسر، من القعسرة، وهو الصلابة والشدة.

The huge, strong camel, like al-qasir, from al-qasarah, which is hardness and severity.

القعسرى: الخشبة التي تدار بها الرحى الصغيرة، وهي التي يطحن بها باليد

Al-qasra: The wooden bar by which the small mill is turned, which is the one used for grinding by hand.

الزم بقعسريها وأله في خريها تطعمك من نفيها

Hold onto its handle and play in its mouth, it will feed you from its output.

وخريها: فمها الذي تلقى فيه لهوتها.

And its khariha: its mouth into which its flour is thrown.

والقعسرة: التقوى على الشيء والأخذ بالشدة

And al-qasarah: Holding onto something firmly and dealing with it with severity.

إذا اتقتك بالنفي الأشهب فلا تقعسرها ولكن صوب

If it strikes you with the white dust, do not handle it harshly, but pour it down.

والقعسرة: الصلابة والشدة

And al-qasarah: Hardness and severity.

وقعسره: أخذه بالشدة.

And qasarah: seizing it with severity.

القعسر، بالفتح: القديم

Al-qasir, with fatha: the ancient.

ويقال: مكان قعسر، أي قديم.

And it is said: a qasir place, meaning ancient.

القعسر: أول ما يخرج من صغار البطيخ

Al-qasir: The first thing that emerges from small melons.

البطيخ أول ما يخرج يكون قعسرا صغيرا.

The melon, when it first emerges, is a small qasir.

القعسرى من الرجال: الباقي على الهرم.

Al-qasra from men: one who remains steadfast in old age.

والدهر بالإنسان دوارى أفنى القرون وهو قعسرى

And time revolves around humans, it has annihilated generations while it is qasra.

شبه الدهر بالجمل الشديد.

He likened time to a strong camel.

عز قعسرى: قديم.

A qasra glory: ancient.