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قرز

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the act of grasping or holding with the fingertips, and also to geographical features like hills or elevated land. It may also refer to a specific type of ointment or a place name.

Derived headwords

القِرْزnoun
  1. 1.
    grasping with fingertipsclassical

    The act of grasping soil or other things with the tips of one's fingers.

  2. 2.
    small hillclassical

    A small hill or an elevated, rough piece of land.

القَرْزnoun
  1. 1.
    ointmentclassical

    An ointment or salve, specifically one used by a cupper (hijjam).

القُرْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    handfulclassical

    A grasp or handful, similar to a 'qabdah'.

المَقَارِزَةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically referring to a location in Baalbek, to which the historian Imam Taqi al-Din al-Maqrizi was attributed.

Parallel reading

هو قبضك التراب وغيره بأطراف أصابعك
It is your grasping of soil and other things with the tips of your fingers.
نحو القبص
Similar to al-qabs (grasping).
كأن القرز مبدل من القرص
It is as if al-qarz is a substitution for al-qars (a type of bread or a sting).
الأكمة والغلظ من الأرض
A small hill and a rough elevation of land.
إن لم يكن تصحيفا عن الفرز بالفاء
If it is not a textual corruption from al-farz (with faa).
بالضم: مدهن الحجام
With dammah: the ointment of the cupper.
بالضم، نحو القبضة
With dammah, similar to a handful.
حاة ر المقارزة ببعلبك
The place of al-Muqarizah in Baalbek.
وإليها نسب الإمام المؤرخ تقي الدين المقريزي صاحب الخطط
And to it the historian Imam Taqi al-Din al-Maqrizi, the author of al-Khitat, was attributed.