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Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes protruding or elevated features, often in natural landscapes like mountains or in structures. It also extends to describe the shedding of feathers in birds and other specific, less common meanings.

Derived headwords

القِرْنَاسnoun

1.
prominent mountain featureclassical
A part of a mountain that juts out, resembling a nose.
2.
protruding part of a mountainclassical
A prominent or elevated section of a mountain.

القُرْنَاسnoun

1.
prominent mountain featureclassical
A part of a mountain that juts out, resembling a nose.
2.
protruding part of a mountainclassical
A prominent or elevated section of a mountain.

القُرْنَاسnoun

1.
elevated female camelclassical
A female camel whose body parts are elevated or prominent.

القُرْنَاسnoun

1.
spindle's bobbinclassical
The bobbin or spindle of a spinning wheel.

القُرْنَاسnoun

1.
mountain's baseclassical
The base or foundation of a mountain.

القُرَانِيسnoun

1.
floodwater's beginningsclassical
The initial surge and froth of a flood.

القُرَانِسnoun

1.
water spray from rocksclassical
Water spray that occurs when floodwater hits a rock.

مُقَرْنَسةadjective

1.
stair-likeclassical
Constructed in a manner resembling stairs.

قَرْنَسةverb

1.
to shed feathersclassical
The process of a falcon losing its feathers.
2.
to have eyes sewn shutclassical
To have the eyes of a falcon sewn shut when it is first captured.

قُرْنِسَverb

1.
to shed feathersclassical
The process of a falcon losing its feathers.
2.
to have eyes sewn shutclassical
To have the eyes of a falcon sewn shut when it is first captured.

قَرْنَصَverb

1.
to shed feathersclassical
The process of a falcon losing its feathers.

قَرْنَزَverb

1.
to fleeclassical
For a rooster to flee from another rooster.

القُرْنُوسnoun

1.
bead on a quiverclassical
A bead or ornament at the top of a quiver.

القُرْنُوسnoun

1.
bead on a quiverclassical
A bead or ornament at the top of a quiver.

Parallel reading

هو شبه الأنف يتقدم من، وفي الصحاح: في الجبل

It is like a nose that protrudes from, and in Al-Sahah: in the mountain.

تالله يبقى على الأيام ذو حيد ... بمشمخر به الظيان والآس

By God, it remains through the days, possessing a mane... on a lofty peak where oleanders and myrtles grow.

في رأس شاهقة أنبوبها خصر ... دون السماء له في الجو قرناس

At the head of a towering height, its shaft is slender... below the sky, it has a protruding feature in the air.

من النوق: المشرفة الأقطار كأنه حرف جبل، كالقرنس، كزبرج

Among female camels: those with prominent sides, as if it were a mountain's edge, like a 'qarnasa', like 'zubruj'.

والقرناس: عرناس المغزل، قال الأزهري: هو صنارته

And 'al-qarnas': the base of the spindle, Al-Azhari said: it is its bobbin.

ويقال لأنف الجبل: عرناس أيضا

And the nose of the mountain is also called 'arnasa'.

والقرانيس: عثانين السيل وأوائله مع الغثاء

And 'al-qaranees': the beginnings of the flood and its initial surge with the foam.

وربما أصاب السيل حجرا فترشش الماء فسمي القرانس

And sometimes the flood hits a rock, and the water splashes, so it is called 'al-qarans'.

وسيف، هكذا في سائر النسخ، وصوابه كما في التكملة: سقف مقرنس: عمل على هيئة السلم

And a sword, thus in all other copies, and its correction as in Al-Takmila: a stair-like ceiling: made in the form of a ladder.

وقرنس البازي، إذا كرز، أي سقط ريشه

And the falcon 'qarnasa', when it sheds its feathers, meaning its plumage falls off.

وقرنس الديك، إذا فر من ديك آخر وقنزع

And the rooster 'qarnasa', if it flees from another rooster and is subdued.

والصاد لغة فيه، وأباه ابن الأعرابي، ونسبه ابن دريد للعامة

And the 'sad' is a variant pronunciation for it, but Ibn Al-A'rabi rejected it, and Ibn Duraid attributed it to the common people.

القرنوس: الخرزة في أعلى الخف، والصاد لغة فيه

Al-Qarnus: the bead at the top of the quiver, and the 'sad' is a variant pronunciation for it.