ق ر ع ش

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific types of animals, particularly those with dual humps or young lions. It also touches upon variations in pronunciation and spelling.

Derived headwords

القُرْعُوشnoun

1.
Camel with two humpsclassical
A camel that possesses two humps.
2.
Lion cubclassical
The young offspring of a lion.

القُرْعُوسnoun

1.
Camel with two humpsclassical
A camel that possesses two humps. This is presented as a variant spelling/pronunciation of القُرْعُوش.

Parallel reading

القرعوش، كزنبور، وفردوس، أهمله الجوهري

Al-qur'ūsh, like zunbūr, and firdaws, Jawhari neglected it.

وقال أبو عمرو: هو الجمل له سنامان.

And Abu Amr said: It is the camel with two humps.

والسين لغة فيه

And the 'sīn' (س) is a dialectal variant for it.

والقرعوش والقرعوس، أي مثال فردوس، بالشين والسين

And al-qur'ūsh and al-qur'ūs, meaning like firdaws, with the 'shīn' (ش) and the 'sīn' (س).

فعلم من ذلك أن الاختلاف إنما هو لبيان الشين والسين

So it is known from that that the variation is only to clarify the 'shīn' (ش) and the 'sīn' (س).

والضبط واحد

And the vocalization is the same.

وقد تقدم له في السين مثل ذلك، ونبهنا عليه هناك، فراجعه.

And something similar has preceded for it with the 'sīn' (س), and we have pointed it out there, so refer to it.

والقرعوش كفردوس: ولد الأسد، نقله الصاغاني وضبطه.

And al-qur'ūsh, like firdaws: the cub of the lion, as transmitted by al-Sāghānī and he vocalized it.