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قحلز

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a specific type of gait, characterized by shortness or heaviness. It also extends to metaphorical meanings related to speech, implying harshness or threat, and to the act of falling or being thrown down.

Derived headwords

القَحْلَزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gait of a short personclassical

    The manner of walking characteristic of a short person.

  2. 2.
    harshness in speechclassical

    A quality of harshness or gruffness in speech, akin to a threat or warning.

قَحْلَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall downclassical

    To fall down or be thrown to the ground, similar to the verb قَحَزَ (to fall).

قُلْحَزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gait of a short personclassical

    A gait similar to that of a short person, used as a comparison.

Parallel reading

هو مشية القصير، كالقلحزة.
It is the gait of a short person, like the qulḥazah.
القحلزة في الكلام: التغليظ، وهو شبه الوعيد.
Al-qaḥlazah in speech: harshness, which is like a threat.
ضربته فتقحلز، أي انجدل، كقولهم: ضربته فقحز، أي سقط.
I struck him and he fell down, meaning he collapsed, as they say: I struck him and he fell, meaning he dropped.