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قلع

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root 'قلع' primarily relates to the act of uprooting, pulling out, or detaching something. It extends to concepts of instability, removal, and departure, often used metaphorically for leaving a place, ceasing an action, or being overthrown. It also encompasses terms for fortifications and certain natural phenomena.

Derived headwords

القَلْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    weak personclassical

    A weak person who cannot stand firm when grasped in a struggle.

  2. 2.
    uprooted plant partclassical

    What is pulled or uprooted from a tree.

  3. 3.
    temporary dwellingclassical

    A dwelling that is not permanently occupied, or one whose ownership is uncertain, or one from which one might move at any time.

  4. 4.
    unstable placeclassical

    A place that requires its occupant to constantly rise for someone more important, implying instability.

قَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to uprootboth

    To pull out or uproot something from its place.

  2. 2.
    to departclassical

    To depart or move away from a place.

  3. 3.
    to ceaseboth

    To cease or stop an action or state.

قَلَعَ القَدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to lift the foot firmlyclassical

    To lift the foot firmly and distinctly from the ground when walking, indicating strong strides.

القَلَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    cracked mudclassical

    Mud that cracks when the water recedes from it.

  2. 2.
    truffle peelclassical

    The layer of earth that rises above a truffle, indicating its location.

  3. 3.
    mouth/throat diseaseclassical

    A disease affecting the mouth and throat, particularly in children.

  4. 4.
    sudden deathclassical

    The sudden death of a camel while standing and healthy.

القَلَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large rockclassical

    A large rock that is dislodged and moves in an open plain, or a clod of earth thrown.

القَلَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant from the 'junbah' category, considered good pasture whether fresh or dry.

الإقْلَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    ceasingboth

    The act of ceasing or refraining from something.

  2. 2.
    stopping rainclassical

    The stopping of rain.

  3. 3.
    fever subsidingclassical

    The subsiding or leaving of a fever.

  4. 4.
    raising sailclassical

    The act of raising the sail of a ship.

  5. 5.
    building a castleclassical

    The act of building a castle or making a place like a castle.

أَقْلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to ceaseboth

    To cease from something, to stop doing it.

  2. 2.
    to stop (rain)classical

    To stop raining.

  3. 3.
    to recover (fever)classical

    For a fever to leave or subside.

  4. 4.
    to raise sailclassical

    To raise the sail of a ship.

  5. 5.
    to build a castleclassical

    To build a castle or make a place like a castle.

المُقْلِعnoun
  1. 1.
    one who ceasesclassical

    One who refrains from something.

  2. 2.
    place of departureclassical

    A place from which one departs or embarks.

  3. 3.
    unaffected by cloudclassical

    One not struck by a rain cloud.

المَقْلَعnoun
  1. 1.
    catapultclassical

    A device used for throwing stones.

اِقْتَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to uprootboth

    To pull out or uproot something forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to stealclassical

    To snatch or steal something away.

المَقْلُوعadjective
  1. 1.
    uprootedboth

    Something that has been uprooted or pulled out.

  2. 2.
    dead camelclassical

    A camel that has fallen down dead.

  3. 3.
    returnedclassical

    Property that has been returned to its owner from a borrower.

اِنْقَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be uprootedboth

    To be pulled out or uprooted.

  2. 2.
    to fall deadclassical

    For a camel to fall down dead.

  3. 3.
    to returnclassical

    For property to return to its owner.

شَيْخٌ قَلِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    stiff old manclassical

    An old man who moves stiffly, especially when rising.

تَقَلَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with effortclassical

    To walk as if descending a slope, with distinct lifting of the feet.

القُلُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    name for 'qilaa'classical

    A name for the disease 'qilaa' (mouth/throat ailment).

القَوْلَعnoun
  1. 1.
    shepherd's pouchclassical

    A shepherd's pouch or bag.

  2. 2.
    birdclassical

    A bird with red legs, or a black head and grey body, that hovers.

المِقْلَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    catapultclassical

    A device used for throwing stones.

قَلَعَهمverb
  1. 1.
    to oppress themclassical

    To treat them unjustly and oppressively.

قَلْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fortressboth

    A fortified castle or stronghold.

قَلِيعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fortified villageclassical

    A strong, fortified village located on a rocky mountain slope.

القَلَاعِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle coveringclassical

    A woven covering used to cover a saddle.

Parallel reading

والقلعة: الضعيف الذي إذا بطش به في الصراع لم يثبت قدمه
And 'al-qal'ah' is the weak one who, if grasped in a struggle, does not stand firm.
يا قلعة ما أتت قوما بمرزئة ... كانوا شرارا وما كانوا بأخيار
O weak one, you brought no calamity upon a people... they were wicked and not good.
والقلعة: ما يقلع من الشجرة
And 'al-qal'ah' is what is uprooted from a tree.
منزلنا منزل قلعة، روي بالضم أيضا، وبضمتين، وكهمزة، أي: ليس بمستوطن
Our home is a 'qal'ah' dwelling, narrated also with damma, with two dammas, or like hamza, meaning: it is not permanently settled.
شر المجالس مجلس قلعة: إذا كان يحتاج صاحبه إلى أن يقوم لمن هو أعز منه مرة بعد مرة
The worst of gatherings is a 'qal'ah' gathering: when its owner needs to stand up for someone more esteemed than him, time after time.
أحذركم الدنيا فإنها دار قلعة
I warn you against the world, for it is a dwelling of departure.
إذا زال زال قلعا
When he moved, he moved with a distinct lifting of his foot.
والقلاع، كغراب: الطين الذي يتشقق إذا نضب عنه الماء
And 'al-qalaa', like ghurab: the mud that cracks when the water recedes from it.
والقلاع: داء في الفم والحلق
And 'al-qalaa': a disease in the mouth and throat.
أن يكون البعير بين يديك قائما صحيحا فيقع ميتا
For a camel to be standing healthy before you and then fall dead.
رميته بقلاعة
I threw it at him with a 'qalā'ah' (large stone/catapult).
الإقلاع عن الأمر: الكف عنه
To cease from a matter: to refrain from it.
أقلعوا عن المعاصي قبل أن يأخذكم الله
Cease from sins before God seizes you.
ويا سماء أقلعي
And O sky, cease!
أقلعت عنه الحمى: تركته وكفت عنه
The fever left him: it abandoned him and ceased.
أقلع السفينة: رفع شراعها
To 'aqla' the ship: to raise its sail.
مواخر في سواء اليم مقلعة ... إذا علوا ظهر قف ثمت انحدروا
Sailing in the middle of the sea, with raised sails... when they ascended a cliff and then descended.
اقتلع: استلبه
To 'iqtala'a': to snatch it away.
انقلع المال إلى مالكه
The money returned to its owner.
شيخ قلع، ككتف: يتقلع إذا قام
A 'qal' shoulder: he moves stiffly when he stands up.
أنه كان إذا مشى تقلع
That when he walked, he walked with a distinct lifting of his feet.
المقلع: من لم تصبه السحابة
The 'muqla'' (unaffected by cloud): one whom the cloud did not strike.
انقلع البعير، كانخرع
The camel fell dead, like 'inkhara' (falling dead).
تركته على مثل مقلع الصمغة: إذا لم يبق له شيء إلا ذهب
I left him like the uprooting of the 'samghah': when nothing remained for him, it all went.
لأقلعنك قلع الصمغة
I will uproot you like the uprooting of the 'samghah'.
المقلاع: الذي يرمى به الحجر
The 'miqlaa': that with which a stone is thrown.
استعمل عليهم فلانا فقلعهم ظلما وإجحافا
He appointed so-and-so over them, and he oppressed them unjustly and unfairly.