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قهقر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes concepts related to backward movement, regression, and reversal. It also extends to describe various physical objects, some with a dark or rough texture, and a type of food.

Derived headwords

القَهْقُورnoun
  1. 1.
    stone structureclassical

    A long structure made of stones, often built by children.

  2. 2.
    black stoneclassical

    A smooth, hard, black stone.

  3. 3.
    red huskclassical

    A red husk found on the core of a date palm.

  4. 4.
    foodclassical

    Abundant food stored in containers.

  5. 5.
    crowclassical

    A very black crow, used to describe something intensely black.

القَهْقَرnoun
  1. 1.
    he-goatclassical

    A mature he-goat.

  2. 2.
    black stoneclassical

    A smooth, hard, black stone.

  3. 3.
    red huskclassical

    A red husk found on the core of a date palm.

  4. 4.
    gumclassical

    Resin or gum.

  5. 5.
    foodclassical

    Abundant food stored in containers.

القَهْقَارnoun
  1. 1.
    black stoneclassical

    A smooth, hard, black stone.

القَهْقَرَىnoun
  1. 1.
    backward movementboth

    A movement backward; regression. When used with 'رجعت', it means 'I returned backward'.

القَهْقَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    backwardclassical

    Describing something that moves or is directed backward.

القَهْقَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    backward movementboth

    The act of moving backward or retreating.

  2. 2.
    blackened grainclassical

    Grain that has turned black after being green.

  3. 3.
    large rockclassical

    A massive rock or boulder.

قَهْقَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to retreatboth

    To move backward or retreat, especially by turning back on one's heels.

تَقَهْقَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to regressboth

    To move backward, specifically by falling on one's back without turning the face back towards the direction of movement.

القَهْقَارnoun
  1. 1.
    black stoneclassical

    A smooth, hard, black stone.

القَهَاقِرnoun
  1. 1.
    large stoneclassical

    A large stone, larger than a 'fihr'.

القُهَيْقِرَانnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small creature that moves backward.

Parallel reading

بناء من حجارة، طويل يبنيه الصبيان
A structure of stones, long, built by children.
والقهقر، بالفتح مشددة الراء، فيما يقال: التيس
And al-qahqar, with fatha on the qaf and shadda on the ra, is said to be the he-goat.
والقهقر المسن من التيوس، في قول النضر.
And al-qahqar is the aged one of the he-goats, according to Al-Nadr.
والقهقر: الحجر الأملس الصلب الأسود، كالقهقار، عن أحمد بن يحيى وحده.
And al-qahqar: the smooth, hard, black stone, like al-qahqar, from Ahmad bin Yahya alone.
بأخضرض كالقهقر ينفض رأسه ... أمام رعال الخيل وهي تقرب
Like a dark green one like al-qahqar, shaking its head... before the troops of horses as they approach.
والقهقر بالضم مع شد الراء: قشرة حمراء تكون على لب النخلة
And al-qahqar, with damma on the qaf and shadda on the ra: a red husk that is on the core of the date palm.
أحمر كالقهقر وضاح البلق.
Red like al-qahqar, bright with white spots.
والقهقر: الصمغ، نقله الصاغاني.
And al-qahqar: the gum, as transmitted by Al-Saghani.
والقهقر، كجعفر: الطعام الكثير المنضود في الأوعية
And al-qahqar, like Ja'far: abundant food piled in containers.
بات ابن أدماء يسامى القهقرا.
The son of Adma spent the night vying for the abundant food.
كالقهقرى، مقصورة.
Like al-qahqara, shortened.
والقهقر: الغراب الشديد السواد، ويوصف به فيقال: غراب قهقر.
And al-qahqar: the intensely black crow, and it is used as a description, so one says: a qahqar crow.
والقهقرى: الرجوع إلى خلف، فإذا قلت: رجعت القهقرى: فكأنك قلت: رجعت الرجوع الذي يعرف بهذا الاسم، لأن القهقرى ضرب من الرجوع.
And al-qahqara: returning backward. If you say: 'I returned al-qahqara', it is as if you said: 'I returned the return known by this name', because al-qahqara is a type of return.
قهقر الرجل قهقرة: رجع على عقبه.
A man qahqara (retreated) a qahqara (retreat): he returned on his heel.
وتقهقر: رجع القهقرى، وذلك إذا تراجع على قفاه من غير أن يعيد وجهه إلى جهة مشيه
And taqahqara: he returned al-qahqara, and that is when he retreats on his back without turning his face back towards the direction of his walk.
إنهم كانوا يمشون بعدك القهقرى.
They were walking backward after you.
معناه الارتداد عما كانوا عليه.
Its meaning is reverting from what they were upon.
والقهقرة: الحنطة التي اسودت بعد الخضرة
And al-qahqara: the wheat that turned black after being green.
القهقرة: الصخرة الضخمة.
Al-qahqara: the huge rock.