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ق ط ط

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

The root ق ط ط primarily relates to the concept of cutting, severing, or dividing, often with a sense of sharpness or completeness. It extends to descriptions of hair texture (curly, short), and also appears in terms for specific objects and actions related to writing and commerce, as well as a common particle indicating past time.

Derived headwords

قَطَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to cutboth

    To sever or divide something, often with a sharp instrument.

  2. 2.
    to cut acrossclassical

    To cut something transversely or across its width.

القَطْعnoun
  1. 1.
    cuttingboth

    The act or process of cutting or severing.

  2. 2.
    a cutboth

    A mark or result of being cut.

قَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to cut sharplyclassical

    To cut something with a sharp, decisive action.

يَقْطُّverb
  1. 1.
    to cutclassical

    To cut something, especially something hard, in a straight line.

اِقْتَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to cut offboth

    To cut something off from a larger whole.

قَطَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cut itboth

    To cut something, referring to a specific object.

القَطَطnoun
  1. 1.
    short, curly hairboth

    A description of hair that is short and tightly curled.

  2. 2.
    intense curlinessboth

    The quality of being intensely curly.

قَطِطٌadjective
  1. 1.
    short and curlyboth

    Describing hair that is short and curly.

قَطَاطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    curlinessclassical

    The state or quality of being curly.

القَطَّاطnoun
  1. 1.
    maker of hollow objectsclassical

    A craftsman who makes hollow objects, like quivers or cases.

قَطُّ الشَّعْرِadjective
  1. 1.
    curly-hairedboth

    A man with short, curly hair.

قَطَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be short and curlyboth

    To have hair that is short and curly.

قُطُونnoun
  1. 1.
    curly-haired peopleclassical

    Plural of a person with curly hair.

قَطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    curly-haired peopleclassical

    Plural of a person with curly hair.

المِقَطَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    writing restclassical

    A tool used by scribes to rest their pens on while writing.

قَطَّ السِّعْرُverb
  1. 1.
    prices roseclassical

    The prices of goods became high or expensive.

  2. 2.
    prices cooledclassical

    The prices of goods became less intense or moderated.

قَطَّparticle
  1. 1.
    ever (in past negative)both

    Used in negative past statements to mean 'ever' or 'at any time'.

  2. 2.
    ever (in past affirmative)classical

    Used in affirmative past statements, though less common, to mean 'ever'.

قَطُّparticle
  1. 1.
    ever (in past negative)both

    Used in negative past statements to mean 'ever' or 'at any time'.

قَطْparticle
  1. 1.
    ever (in past negative)both

    Used in negative past statements to mean 'ever' or 'at any time'.

قَطُّكَparticle
  1. 1.
    enough for youboth

    Meaning 'sufficient' or 'enough' when addressing someone.

قَطِّيparticle
  1. 1.
    enough for meboth

    Meaning 'sufficient' or 'enough' when referring to oneself.

قَطِّنِيparticle
  1. 1.
    enough for meboth

    Meaning 'sufficient' or 'enough' when referring to oneself, with a protective nunation.

القَاطِطadjective
  1. 1.
    high-pricedclassical

    Describing a price that is excessively high.

القُطُّnoun
  1. 1.
    catboth

    A common domestic feline animal.

القِطَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    female catboth

    A female domestic feline animal.

قُطُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    gifts, stipendsclassical

    Plural of 'qatt', referring to written grants, stipends, or gifts.

القَطُّnoun
  1. 1.
    share, portionboth

    A person's allotted share or portion, often in a metaphorical sense.

  2. 2.
    written document, grantclassical

    A written document, such as a deed, grant, or stipend.

قَطْقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a specific sound, like that of a quail or partridge.

قَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a specific sound, like that of a quail or partridge.

Parallel reading

إذا اعتلى قد، وإذا اعترض قط
When it rose high, it cut, and when it crossed, it cut.
إذا أصاب وسطه قطعه عرضا نصفين وأبانه.
And if it struck its middle, it cut it across into two halves and separated it.
يقط على حذو مستو، كما يقط الإنسان قصبة على عظم
It cuts in a straight line, just as a person cuts a reed over a bone.
يقال: قطه واقتطه.
It is said: he cut it and he cut it off.
يقال: شعر قط وقطط، وقد قطط، كفرح بإظهار التضعيف
It is said: hair is short and curly, and it became short and curly, like 'faraha' by showing the doubling.
وقوله: كيمل إشارة إلى أن ماضيه كفرح
And his saying: 'yamila' is an indication that its past is like 'faraha'.
والقطاط، كشداد: الخراط صانع الحقق، كم في العباب والصحاح.
And 'al-qattat', like 'shaddad': the craftsman, maker of hollow objects, as in Al-'Ubab and Al-Sihah.
ورجل قط الشعر، وقططه، محركة، بمعنى
And a man with short hair, and his hair is short and curly, meaning the same.
إن جاءت به جعدا قططا فهو لفلان
If she bears it curly and short, then it belongs to so-and-so.
ما رأيته قط
I have not seen him ever.
ما رأيته إلا مرة واحدة فقط
I have not seen him except once only.
حتى يضع الجبار قدمه فيها، فتقول: قط قط، بمعنى حسب
Until the Almighty places His foot in it, and it will say: Enough, enough, meaning sufficient.
ربنا عجل لنا قطنا قبل يوم الحساب.
Our Lord, hasten for us our portion before the Day of Reckoning.
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فاستهزءوا بذلك وقالوا: عجل لنا هذا الكتاب قبل يوم الحساب.
As for him who is given his record in his right hand, they will mock at that and say: 'Hasten to us this record.'
والقط: الكتاب، كما في الصحاح، وقيل: هو كتاب المحاسبة
And 'al-qatt': the book, as in Al-Sihah, and it is said: it is the book of reckoning.
والأنثى: قطة، كما في الصحاح والمحكم.
And the female: 'qittah', as in Al-Sihah and Al-Muhkam.
أكلت القطاط فأفنيتها
I ate the cats and consumed them.