وق س

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of affliction, particularly skin diseases like scabies, and by extension, negative or unpleasant matters. It also extends to terms for groups of people, often with negative connotations, and the act of attributing blame or misfortune.

Derived headwords

وقسهverb

1.
to afflictboth
To afflict someone with something, particularly a disease or misfortune.
2.
to attributeclassical
To attribute or ascribe something negative or blame to someone.

وقساverb

1.
to be scabiousclassical
To be afflicted with scabies or a similar skin disease.
2.
to be afflictedclassical
To be afflicted with something unpleasant or a disease.

لوقساverb

1.
to be afflictedclassical
To be afflicted with something, especially a skin disease like scabies.

موقوسadjective

1.
scabiousclassical
Afflicted with scabies or a similar skin disease.

الوقسnoun

1.
scabiesclassical
A contagious skin disease, characterized by itching and small raised red spots, caused by the itch mite.
2.
scabious afflictionclassical
A general affliction or disease, often referring to skin ailments.
3.
indecencyclassical
An indecent act or speech; obscenity.
4.
groupclassical
A group or collection of people, often with negative connotations.

الوقسnoun

1.
spread of scabiesclassical
The spreading of scabies or a similar disease throughout the body.
2.
early stage of scabiesclassical
The initial phase of scabies before it becomes firmly established.

أوقاسnoun

1.
groupsclassical
A group or collection of people, often implying a disparate or low-status assembly.
2.
few and scatteredclassical
A small, scattered number of people.
3.
mixed multitudeclassical
A heterogeneous collection of people, often implying low quality or mixed origins.

التوقيسnoun

1.
causing scabiesclassical
The act of causing or inducing scabies or a similar disease.

موقسةadjective

1.
scabiousclassical
Afflicted with scabies or a similar skin disease.

واقيسname

1.
Waqisclassical
A place name in Najd.

الأوقاسnoun

1.
suspectsclassical
People who are suspected or deemed untrustworthy, likened to those with contagious diseases.
2.
mixed groupsclassical
Heterogeneous or mixed groups of people.

وقستverb

1.
to accuseclassical
To accuse or blame someone with something unpleasant or hateful.

Parallel reading

وقسه، أي قرفه، وإن بالبعير لوقسا، إذا قارفه شيء من الجرب

He afflicted him, meaning he blamed him, and the camel was scabious if something of the scabies afflicted it.

وهو بعير موقوس

And it is a scabious camel.

من الأذى ومن قراف الوقس

From harm and from the affliction of scabies.

الوقس: الفاحشة والذكر لها

Al-Waqs: indecency and mentioning it.

وعبارة العين: وذكرها

And the wording of Al-Ain: and mentioning it.

الوقس: الجرب

Al-Waqs: scabies.

الوقس يعدي فتعد الوقسا

Scabies is contagious, so beware of scabies.

من يدن للوقس يلاق العسا

Whoever approaches scabies will meet with hardship.

انتشار الجرب في البدن وقيل: هو أوله قبل استحكامه

The spread of scabies in the body, and it was said: it is its beginning before it becomes established.

أتانا أوقاس من بني فلان، أي جماعة وفرقة

Groups came to us from the family of so-and-so, meaning a group and a division.

أو سقاط وعبيد

Or riff-raff and slaves.

أو قليلون متفرقون، وهم الأخلاط، لا واحد لها

Or few and scattered, and they are mixed groups, with no singular form.

واحدها الوقس

Its singular is Al-Waqs.

والتوقيس: الإجراب

And Al-Tawqees: causing scabies.

وقد وقسه

And he afflicted him with it.

إبل موقسة، أي جرب

Scabious camels, meaning diseased.

أين آوى هذه الموقسة.

Where shall I shelter these afflicted ones.

الأوقاس من الناس: المتهمون المشبهون بالجربى

Al-Awqas from people: the suspected, likened to the scabious.

تقول العرب: لا مساس لا مساس

The Arabs say: 'No touching, no touching.'

ولا خير في الأوقاس

And there is no good in the mixed groups.

وصار القوم أوقاسا: أي أخلاطا

And the people became mixed groups: meaning heterogeneous.

وقست الإنسان بالمكروه، إذا قذفته به

You accused a person of something hateful, if you cast it upon him.