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ق ن ع ش

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a posture involving the head and neck, possibly related to shortness or a hunched appearance. It is noted as a variant of a similar root and is considered rare.

Derived headwords

قَنَعَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to raise head and chestclassical

    To lift one's chest and head upwards. This is the primary meaning attributed to the root.

القَنَعْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shortness of neckclassical

    A condition characterized by a short and possibly hunched neck, similar to a hunchback.

Parallel reading

قنعش: إذا رفع صدره ورأسه
Qana'asha: if he raised his chest and his head.
هكذا أورده الصاغاني، وأهمله الجوهري والجماعة.
Thus did Al-Saghani mention it, and Al-Jawhari and the others neglected it.
وكأنه لغة في السين
And it is as if it is a dialectal variant of the root with 'seen'.
وقد ذكر فيها أن القنعسة: شدة العنق في قصرها، كالأحدب.
And it was mentioned therein that Al-Qana'sah: is the shortness of the neck in its brevity, like a hunchback.
فتأمل.
So ponder.