ق ر ق س

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes barren, flat, and sometimes treacherous land, often with a hard or smooth surface. It also extends to names of insects, a type of sealing clay, a place name, and a specific way of calling or enticing animals.

Derived headwords

القَرْقُوسnoun

1.
hard groundclassical
The hard ground or bottom of a valley.
2.
smooth, barren plainclassical
A smooth, wide, level plain without vegetation.
3.
treacherous, barren landclassical
A smooth, thick, barren expanse devoid of anything, sometimes with brackish water, appearing burnt and noxious, as if a piece of fire. It can be elevated or depressed, considered enchanted and harmful land whose vegetation God has dried up and prevented.

قاعٌ قَرْقٌ وقَرْقُوسadjective

1.
smooth valley floorclassical
Referring to a valley floor that is smooth.

القَرْقَسnoun

1.
bedbug-like insectclassical
An insect similar to a bedbug, also said to be a mosquito.
2.
sealing clayclassical
Clay used for sealing, of Persian origin.

قَرْقِيسَاءname

1.
plant nameclassical
The name of a plant.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name located on the Euphrates river, near the estate of Malik. It is said to be named after Qarqisa, son of King Tahmuras.

قَرْقَسَانname

1.
place nameclassical
Another place name.

قَرْقَسَverb

1.
to call (animal)classical
To call to a dog, or to entice a puppy.
2.
to enticeclassical
To entice or call an animal, like a dog or a young goat.

قَرْقُوسnoun

1.
call for animalclassical
The name of the call used to entice an animal.

قِرْقِسْnoun

1.
call for animalclassical
The name of the call used to entice an animal.

قَرَا قِسverb

1.
to call (animal)classical
To call to a dog, or to entice a puppy.

تَقَرْقَسَverb

1.
to feign illnessclassical
When a man throws himself down and pretends to be ill or incapacitated.

قَرَاقِسname

1.
village nameclassical
A village in Egypt, in the province of Al-Buhayrah.

Parallel reading

القرقوس، كحلزون: القاع الصلب

Al-Qarqūs, like a snail: the hard ground.

هو القاع الأملس الواسع المستوي لا نبت فيه

It is the smooth, wide, level ground with no vegetation.

هو القاع الأملس الغليظ الأجرد الذي ليس عليه شيء

It is the smooth, thick, barren expanse devoid of anything.

وهي أرض مسحورة خبيثة

And it is enchanted, noxious land.

واد قرق وقرقوس، أي أملس

A valley that is qarq and qarqūs, meaning smooth.

والقرقس، بالكسر: الذي يقال له: الجرجس، شبه البق

And al-qarqas, with kasra: that which is called al-jarjas, similar to a bedbug.

ويقال: هو البعوض

And it is said: it is a mosquito.

القرقس: طين يختم به، فارسي معرب

Al-Qarqas: clay used for sealing, of Persian origin.

وقرقيساء، بالكسر والمد، ولا نظير له إلا بربيطاء: اسم نبات

And Qarqisā', with kasra and madd, and it has no parallel except Barbaṭā': the name of a plant.

قرب رحبة مالك، قيل: سمي بقرقيساء بن طهمورث الملك

Near the estate of Malik, it was said: it was named after Qarqisā', son of King Tahmuras.

وقرقس بالكلب: دعاه فقال له: قرقوس

And he said 'qaraqas' to the dog: he called it, saying to it: 'Qarqūs'.

وقرقسه كذلك، وكذا قرقس الجرو، إذا دعاه به

And he said 'qaraqasahu' likewise, and so he said 'qaraqas' to the puppy, when he called it with it.

وقرقس وقرقوس: اسم ذلك الدعاء

And 'qaraqas' and 'qarqūs': the name of that call.

أشليت بالكلب وقرقست بالكلب، إذا دعوت به

I lured the dog and I called the dog, if I called it.

ويقال أيضا للجدي إذا أشلي: قرقوس

And it is also said for a kid goat when lured: 'Qarqūs'.

قراقس، بالفتح: قرية بمصر من أعمال البحيرة

Qarāqis, with fatha: a village in Egypt, in the province of Al-Buhayrah.

وتقرقس الرجل، إذا طرح نفسه وتماوت

And a man taqarqasa, if he throws himself down and feigns death.