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قعص

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with sudden, immediate death, often from a direct blow or wound. It also extends to a rapid, fatal disease in sheep and, metaphorically, to a swift, predatory lion.

Derived headwords

القَعْصُnoun
  1. 1.
    sudden deathboth

    Refers to swift, immediate death, often from a direct strike or wound.

  2. 2.
    hasty killingclassical

    The act of killing someone quickly and without delay.

مات فلان قعصا — So-and-so died instantly.
ذبحا وميتة قعصة لم تذبح — Slaughtered and a sudden death without being slaughtered.
قَعَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to kill instantlyboth

    To strike someone or something and cause immediate death on the spot.

قعصه قعصا — He killed him instantly.
أَقْعَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to kill instantlyboth

    To strike or shoot something, causing it to die on the spot.

  2. 2.
    to finish offclassical

    To deliver the final blow or complete the killing of someone.

ضربه فأقعصه — He struck him and killed him instantly.
أقعصه بالرمح — He stabbed him with a spear and killed him instantly.
انْقَعَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To pass away suddenly.

  2. 2.
    to bendclassical

    To become bent or inflected.

انقعص الرجل — The man died.
القُعَاصُnoun
  1. 1.
    sheep diseaseclassical

    A fatal disease affecting sheep, characterized by nasal discharge and rapid death.

  2. 2.
    chest ailmentclassical

    A condition affecting the chest, causing a sensation as if the neck is breaking.

موتان يأخذ فيكن كقعاص الغنم — Deaths that will afflict you like the sheep disease.
داء يأخذ في الصدر، كأنه يكسر العنق — A disease that affects the chest, as if it breaks the neck.
قَعَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    An adjective describing a lion that kills swiftly.

المَقْعَاصُnoun
  1. 1.
    swift lionclassical

    A lion that kills quickly.

  2. 2.
    diseased sheepclassical

    A sheep suffering from the fatal disease known as 'al-qu'as'.

المقعاص: الأسد الذي يقتل سريعا — The swift lion: the lion that kills quickly.
الشاة التي بها القعاص — The sheep that has the 'al-qu'as' disease.
المَقْعَصُnoun
  1. 1.
    swift lionclassical

    A lion that kills quickly.

المقعص: الأسد الذي يقتل سريعا — The swift lion: the lion that kills quickly.
شاة قَعُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    butting eweclassical

    A ewe that strikes its milker and withholds its milk.

شاة قعوص شوي درها غير منزل — A butting ewe whose milk is sparse and not abundant.
قَعَصاًadverb
  1. 1.
    instantlyclassical

    In a manner of immediate death upon being struck or wounded.

ليطعن السائق المغرى وتاليه ... إذا تقرب منه طعنة قعصا — Let the eager driver and his follower strike... when he gets close to him with a sudden blow.
مَقْعُوصَةadjective
  1. 1.
    stricken deadclassical

    Describing sheep that have been afflicted by the 'al-qu'as' disease.

فهي مقعوصة — And they are afflicted (with the disease).
القَعْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sudden deathclassical

    The act or instance of dying suddenly, often from a blow.

ذبحا وميتة قعصة لم تذبح — Slaughtered and a sudden death without being slaughtered.
مُقْعَصnoun
  1. 1.
    swift lionclassical

    A lion that kills quickly.

مُعَاقَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    contentionclassical

    The act of contending or struggling with someone.

أخذته معاقصة — I took it from him through contention.
مُقَاعَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    contentionclassical

    The act of contending or struggling with someone.

وأخذته معاقصة ومقاعصة — And I took it from him through contention and struggle.
الأَقَاعِسُname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A specific location mentioned in poetry.

بين الأقاعص والسكران — Between Al-Aqā'is and As-Sukrān.

Parallel reading

الموت الوحي، والقتل المعجل
Sudden death, and hasty killing.
ليطعن السائق المغرى وتاليه ... إذا تقرب منه طعنة قعصا
Let the eager driver and his follower strike... when he gets close to him with a sudden blow.
مات فلان قعصا، أي أصابته ضربة أو رمية فمات مكانه
So-and-so died instantly, meaning he was struck by a blow or an arrow and died on the spot.
من خرج مجاهدا في سبيل الله فقتل قعصا فقد استوجب المآب
Whoever goes out as a fighter in the cause of Allah and is killed instantly, has earned the reward.
داء في الغنم، يأخذها فيسيل من أنوفها شيء لا يلبثها أن تموت
A disease in sheep, which causes something to flow from their noses, and they soon die.
موتي، ثم فتح بيت المقدس، ثم موتان يأخذ فيكن كقعاص الغنم
My death, then the conquest of Jerusalem, then deaths that will afflict you like the sheep disease.
القعاص أيضا: داء يأخذ في الصدر، كأنه يكسر العنق
Al-Qu'as also: a disease that affects the chest, as if it breaks the neck.
وقد قعصت الغنم، بالضم، فهي مقعوصة
And the sheep were afflicted (with the disease), so they are afflicted.
الأسد الذي يقتل سريعا
The lion that kills quickly.
شاة قعوص كصبور: تضرب حالبها وتمنع الدرة
A butting ewe (like 'sabur'): she strikes her milker and withholds her milk.
وقعصه قعصا، كمنعه: قتله مكانه
He killed him instantly, like 'man'a': he killed him on the spot.
الإقعاص: أن تضرب الشيء أو ترميه فيموت مكانه
Al-Iq'as: to strike something or shoot it, causing it to die on the spot.
انقعص الرجل: مات
The man died.
انقعص الشيء: انثنى
The thing bent.
أجهز عليه
He finished him off.
هذا ابن فاطمة الذي أفناكم ... ذبحا وميتة قعصة لم تذبح
This is the son of Fatima who annihilated you... slaughtered and a sudden death without being slaughtered.
أقعص ابنا عفراء أبا جهل
They struck Abu Jahl, killing him instantly (or finishing him off).
أقعصه بالرمح وقعصه: طعنه طعنا وحيا
He stabbed him with the spear and struck him: he stabbed him a fatal stab.
المقعاص: الشاة التي بها القعاص وهو داء قاتل
Al-Miq'as: the sheep that has al-Qu'as, which is a fatal disease.
وأخذت منه المال قعصا، أي علبة، وقعصته إياه، إذا اعتززته
And I took the money from him suddenly, meaning forcefully, and I took it from him forcefully, if you mean you compelled him.
أخذته معاقصة ومقاعصة
I took it from him through contention and struggle.
القعص: المفكك من البيوت
Al-Qas: the dismantled of houses.
بين الأقاعص والسكران قد درست
Between Al-Aqā'is and As-Sukrān, it has become desolate.