ق ن ع س

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes large, strong, and imposing entities, particularly camels and men. It also touches upon physical attributes like a thick, short neck.

Derived headwords

القنعاسnoun

1.
Large, imposing camelclassical
A large and massive camel, specifically a female camel that is tall and has a large hump. It can also refer to a male camel.
2.
Strong, unyielding manclassical
A strong, formidable, and unyielding man.

قنعاسadjective

1.
Large, imposing (male)classical
Describing a male animal or person as large, strong, and imposing.

قناعيسnoun

1.
Strong, unyielding menclassical
Plural of قنعاس, referring to strong, formidable, and unyielding men.

القناعسnoun

1.
Large-bodied manclassical
A man of large build and stature.

قناعسnoun

1.
Large-bodied menclassical
Plural of القناعس, referring to men of large build and stature.

القنعسةnoun

1.
Thick, short neckclassical
A condition of having a thick neck that is also short.

Parallel reading

هو من الإبل: العظيم الضخم

It refers to camels: large and massive.

ويقال: ناقة قنعاس: طويلة عظيمة سنمة

And it is said: a qanaas camel is tall, large-humped.

وكذلك الجمل، وهو من صفات الذكور، عند أبي عبيد

And likewise the male camel, and it is among the descriptions of males, according to Abu Ubayd.

والقنعاس: الرجل الشديد المنيع

And al-qanaas is the strong, unyielding man.

وابن اللبون إذا ما لز في قرن ... لم يستطع صولة البزل القناعيس

And the son of a she-camel, when he is pressed in a fight... cannot withstand the charge of the strong, imposing camels.

والقناعس: الرجل العظيم الخلق

And al-qanaas is the man of large build.

والقنعسة: شدة العنق في قصرها

And al-qansah is the thickness of the neck in its shortness.

محل ذكره في ق ع س

Its place of mention is in the root Q-'-S.