قلحز

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a short, stout, and perhaps somewhat aimless or boastful man. It also relates to a specific gait associated with shortness.

Derived headwords

القَلَحْزَاةnoun

1.
gait of a short personclassical
A specific manner of walking or gait, characteristic of a short person.

القَلَحْزnoun

1.
short, stout, boastful manclassical
A man who is both stout (fat) and short, characterized by talking more than acting; he is also described as aimless or lost.

Parallel reading

وهو مقلوب القحلزة

and it is an inversion of al-qahleza

وهو مشية القصير

and it is the gait of the short person

والقلحز، كجردحل: السمين من الرجال القصير التائه الذي قوله أكثر من فعله

And al-qalhaz, like jurdhal: the stout among men, short, aimless, whose talk is more than his action.

هكذا أورده الصاغاني

Thus al-Saghani transmitted it.

وقد أهمله صاحب اللسان كمقلوبه

And the author of al-Lisan neglected it, like its inversion.