قصع

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root قصع (qaṣaʿa) primarily relates to actions of swallowing, crushing, or consuming, often with a sense of force or completeness. It extends to concepts of pressing, adhering, and even the physical act of a young animal or child not growing.

Derived headwords

القَصْعَةnoun

1.
Large serving dishboth
A large serving dish, or a very large one, capable of satisfying ten people.

ما زال عنا قصعات أربع شهرين دأبا فبواد رجع عبداي وابناي وشيخ يرفع كما يقوم الجمل المطبع — For two months, four large dishes were continuously provided for us, then my two servants, my two sons, and an old man who lifts as a trained camel does, returned.

ويحرم سر جارنهم عليهم ... ويأكل جارهم أنف القصاع — And the secret of their neighbor is forbidden to them... and their neighbor eats the best of the dishes.

قصعverb

1.
To swallowboth
To swallow a mouthful of water or a mouthful (جرّة).
2.
To chew forcefullyclassical
To chew forcefully, or to press teeth together.
3.
To adhereboth
To stick to or remain in a place without leaving.
4.
To quench thirstboth
To quench or satisfy thirst.
5.
To kill (lice)both
To kill lice by crushing them between fingernails.
6.
To belittleclassical
To belittle or humiliate someone.
7.
To strike the headclassical
To strike a boy or his head with an open palm.

قصع، كمنع: ابتلع جرع الماء أو الجرة — To swallow a mouthful of water or a mouthful.

قصع الماء عطشه: أذهبه وسكنه — The water quenched his thirst: it removed and calmed it.

قصع القملة بين الظفرين: قتلها — To kill a louse between the fingernails.

قصع فلانا يقصعه قصعا: صغره وحقره — To belittle and humiliate someone.

قصع الغلام، أو قصع هامته: ضربه أو ضربها ببسط كفه على رأسه — To strike the boy, or strike his head, with an open palm on his head.

قصعverb

1.
To be stuntedclassical
To be stunted in growth, not growing or developing.

والذي يفعل به ذلك لا يشب ولا يزداد — And he who has this done to him does not grow up or increase.

قصاعnoun

1.
Plural of dishboth
Plural of قصعة (large dish).
2.
Dish makerclassical
One who makes dishes.

واقتصر الجوهري في جموع القصعة على قصع وقصاع، كعنب وجبال — Al-Jawhari limited the plurals of al-qaṣʿah to qaṣʿ and qisāʿ, like ʿinab and jibāl.

القصاعيname

1.
Surnameboth
A surname, possibly related to the craft of making dishes.

أبو العباس الفضل بن محمد بن نصر السغدي القصاعي المحدث كأنه إلى صنعة القصاع — Abu al-Abbas al-Fadl ibn Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Saghdi al-Qasa'i, the traditionist, as if he were related to the craft of making dishes.

القصيعةnoun

1.
Small dishboth
A diminutive of قصعة (large dish), a small dish.
2.
Place nameclassical
A name of two villages in Egypt.

والقصيعة، كجهينة، تصغيرها ومنه في تعليم آدم الأسماء حتى القصعة والقصيعة — And al-Qusay'ah, like Juhaynah, is its diminutive, and from it is in the teaching of Adam the names, including al-qaṣʿah and al-qusay'ah.

قصعتverb

1.
To regurgitate (camel)both
A camel regurgitating its food (جرّة) back into its stomach or chewing it.

وقد قصعت الناقة بجرتها: ردتها إلى جوفها — And the she-camel regurgitated its food: it returned it to its belly.

تقصيعverb

1.
To crush (lice)classical
To crush lice, as in killing them.
2.
To dig out (gerbil)classical
The act of a gerbil digging out earth from its burrow.
3.
To emerge (plants)classical
For plants to emerge from the ground.
4.
To fill (abscess)classical
For an abscess to fill with pus.

قال: وأصل هذا من تقصيع اليربوع التراب — He said: And the origin of this is from the gerbil digging out earth.

قصع الزرع تقصيعا: خرج من الأرض — Plants emerging from the earth.

تقصع الدمل بالصديد: امتلأ منه — The boil filled with pus.

مقصوعadjective

1.
Stuntedclassical
A boy who is stunted in growth, not growing or developing.

وغلام مقصوع، وقصيع، وقصع، الأخير ككتف: كادي الشباب قمئ، لا يشب ولا يزداد — And a boy who is maqsūʿ, quṣayʿ, and qaṣaʿ, the latter like kutuf: stunted in youth, not growing or increasing.

قصيعadjective

1.
Stuntedclassical
A boy who is stunted in growth, not growing or developing.
2.
Millstoneclassical
A millstone.

القصيع، كأمير: الرحى — Al-quṣayʿ, like amīr: the millstone.

قصاعةnoun

1.
Gerbil burrow entranceclassical
The entrance to a gerbil's burrow.

والقصعة أيضا، والقصعة، والقصعاء، والقصيعاء، والقصاعة، والقاصعاء، كهمزة، وهذه عن ابن الأعرابي، وثؤباء، وحميراء، وثمامة، ونافقاء، والأشهر الثانية والأخيرة، وعليهما اقتصر الجوهري: جحر لليربوع يحفره ويدخله فإذا فزع ودخل فيه، سد فمه — And also al-qaṣʿah, and al-qaṣʿah, and al-qaṣʿāʾ, and al-qusayʿāʾ, and al-qaṣāʿah, and al-qāṣiʿāʾ, like hamzah, and these are from Ibn al-A'rabi, and thu'bā', and humayrā', and thamāmah, and nāfiqā', and the most famous are the second and last, and al-Jawhari limited himself to them: a gerbil's burrow that it digs and enters, and if it is frightened and enters it, it seals its entrance.

القاصعاءnoun

1.
Gerbil burrow entranceclassical
The entrance to a gerbil's burrow.

قاصعاءnoun

1.
Gerbil burrow entranceclassical
The entrance to a gerbil's burrow.

ومأخذه من القصع، وهو ضم الشيء على الشيء، وقيل: قاصعاؤه: تراب يسد به باب الجحر — And its origin is from al-qaṣʿ, which is pressing something onto something, and it is said: its qāṣiʿāʾ: is earth with which it seals the entrance of the burrow.

تقصيعهverb

1.
Digging out earthclassical
The act of a gerbil digging out earth from its burrow.

وتقصيعه: إخراجه تراب قاصعائه، قاله أبو سعيد — And its taqṣīʿuhu: is its digging out earth from its qāṣiʿāʾ, said Abu Sa'id.

مقصعadjective

1.
Cuttingclassical
A sword that cuts effectively.

ويقال: سيف مقصع، كمعظم: قطاع — And it is said: a sword maqṣaʿ, like muʿaẓẓam: cutting.

القصنصعadjective

1.
Short and stockyclassical
Short and of compact build.

والقصنصع، كسمندل: القصير المتداخل الخلق — And al-quṣnaṣaʿ, like samandal: short and compactly built.

القصيعnoun

1.
Millstoneclassical
A millstone.

القصيع، كأمير: الرحى — Al-quṣayʿ, like amīr: the millstone.

قصعverb

1.
To crush (grain)classical
The millstone crushing grain.

قصعت الرحى الحب قصعا فضخته — The millstone crushed the grain, smashing it.

قصعverb

1.
To rubclassical
To rub something with a fingernail.

والقصع: دلك الشيء بالظفر — And al-qaṣʿ: rubbing something with a fingernail.

قصعverb

1.
To fill (abscess)classical
For an abscess to fill with pus.

قصع الدمل بالتشديد، كتقصع — The boil filled (with التشديد), like taqaṣṣaʿa.

قصعverb

1.
To enter (gerbil)classical
A gerbil entering its burrow.

ويقال: قصع الضب: دخل في قاصعائه — And it is said: the lizard qaṣaʿa: it entered its burrow.

الأقصعadjective

1.
Short foreskinclassical
A boy with a short foreskin, where the glans is exposed.

والأقصع من الصبيان: القصير القلفة، الذي يكون طرف كمرته باديا — And al-aqṣaʿ among boys: the one with a short foreskin, whose glans is exposed.

القصاعnoun

1.
Dish makerclassical
One who makes dishes.

والقصاع، كشداد: من يصنع القصاع — And al-qassāʿ, like shaddād: one who makes dishes.

Parallel reading

ما زال عنا قصعات أربع شهرين دأبا فبواد رجع عبداي وابناي وشيخ يرفع كما يقوم الجمل المطبع

For two months, four large dishes were continuously provided for us, then my two servants, my two sons, and an old man who lifts as a trained camel does, returned.

ويحرم سر جارنهم عليهم ... ويأكل جارهم أنف القصاع

And the secret of their neighbor is forbidden to them... and their neighbor eats the best of the dishes.

وقد قصعت الناقة بجرتها: ردتها إلى جوفها

And the she-camel regurgitated its food: it returned it to its belly.

أو مضغتها، أو هو بعد الدسع وقبل المضغ والدسع: أن تنزع الجرة من كرشها، ثم القصع بعد ذلك

Or chewed it, or it is after the initial pull and before chewing; the pull is to extract the food from its stomach, then the chewing afterwards.

وقال بعضهم: أي) أخرجتها فملأت فاها.

And some of them said: meaning) she brought it out and filled her mouth with it.

والجرة: اللقمة التي يعلل بها البعير إلى علفه

And al-jirrah: is the mouthful with which the camel is coaxed towards its fodder.

وأنه صلى الله عليه وسلم خطبهم على راحلته، وإنها لتقصع بجرتها.

And that he, peace be upon him, preached to them on his mount, and it was indeed chewing its cud.

قصع البيت قصعا: لزمه ولم يبرحه.

The house qaṣaʿa: it adhered to it and did not leave it.

ويقال: قصع الماء عطشه: أذهبه وسكنه

And it is said: the water qaṣaʿa his thirst: it removed and calmed it.

حتى إذا ما بلت الأغمارا ريا ولما تقصع الأصرارا

Until when the floods had quenched the thirst, and the stubbornness had not yet been overcome.

قصع الجرح بالدم قصعا: شرق به عن ابن دريد ولكنه شدد قصع وزاد غيره وامتلأ.

The wound qaṣaʿa with blood: it choked on it, according to Ibn Duraid, but he intensified qaṣaʿa, and others added, and it filled up.

ونهى أن تقصع القملة بالنواة

And he forbade crushing a louse with a date pit.

قصع فلانا يقصعه قصعا: صغره وحقره، وكذلك: قمعه قمعا.

To belittle someone, qaṣaʿa him qaṣʿan: to belittle and humiliate him, and likewise: to suppress him qumʿan.

قصع الله شبابه: أكداه، وهو مجاز، أصابه بشدائد الدهر

God qaṣaʿa his youth: He made it difficult, and this is metaphorical, meaning He afflicted him with the hardships of time.

وغلام مقصوع، وقصيع، وقصع، الأخير ككتف: كادي الشباب قمئ، لا يشب ولا يزداد

And a boy who is maqsūʿ, quṣayʿ, and qaṣaʿ, the latter like kutuf: stunted in youth, not growing or increasing.

والقصعة، الضم. غلفة الصبي إذا اتسعت حتى تخرج حشفته، ج: قصع، كصرد.

And al-qaṣʿah: the pressing. The foreskin of a boy if it widens until his glans protrudes, pl: quṣuʿ, like ṣurud.

جحر لليربوع يحفره ويدخله فإذا فزع ودخل فيه، سد فمه

A gerbil's burrow that it digs and enters, and if it is frightened and enters it, it seals its entrance.

ومأخذه من القصع، وهو ضم الشيء على الشيء

And its origin is from al-qaṣʿ, which is pressing something onto something.

قصع الزرع تقصيعا: خرج من الأرض، فإذا صار له شعب قيل: شعب.

Plants qaṣaʿa taqṣīʿan: they emerged from the earth, and when they branched, it was said: shaʿaba.

ومن المجاز: قصع في ثوبه: تلفف

And metaphorically: he qaṣaʿa in his garment: he wrapped himself.

ويقال: سيف مقصع، كمعظم: قطاع

And it is said: a sword maqṣaʿ, like muʿaẓẓam: cutting.

وتقصع الدمل بالصديد: امتلأ منه

And the boil taqaṣṣaʿa with pus: it filled with it.

والقصنصع، كسمندل: القصير المتداخل الخلق.

And al-quṣnaṣaʿ, like samandal: short and compactly built.

القصيع، كأمير: الرحى

Al-quṣayʿ, like amīr: the millstone.

قصعت الرحى الحب قصعا فضخته

The millstone crushed the grain, smashing it.

والقصع: دلك الشيء بالظفر

And al-qaṣʿ: rubbing something with a fingernail.

قصع الدمل بالتشديد، كتقصع.

The boil filled (with التشديد), like taqaṣṣaʿa.

قصعت الناقة بجرتها: مثل قصعت.

The she-camel regurgitated its food: like qaṣaʿat.

قصع الضب تقصيعا: سد باب جحره

The lizard qaṣaʿa taqṣīʿan: it sealed the entrance of its burrow.

ويقال: قصع الضب: دخل في قاصعائه.

And it is said: the lizard qaṣaʿa: it entered its burrow.

إذا الشيطان قصع في قفاها.

When the devil qaṣaʿa in her neck.

وإذا أخذت بقاصعائك لم تجد أحدا يعينك غير من يتقصع

And if you take hold of your burrow entrance, you will find no one to help you except one who is weak.

قصعة قصعة: دفعه وكسره.

Qaṣʿatan qaṣʿatan: pushing it and breaking it.

والأقصع من الصبيان: القصير القلفة، الذي يكون طرف كمرته باديا

And al-aqṣaʿ among boys: the one with a short foreskin, whose glans is exposed.

فيستخرج اليربوع من نافقائه ومن جحره ذو الشيخة اليتقصع

And the gerbil is extracted from its entrance and from its burrow, the one that is dug out.