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قنزع

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to tufts or clumps of hair, especially on the head. It extends to describe elevated or prominent parts, remnants, and by extension, things that are outstanding or even negative qualities like troubles or ugly speech. It also encompasses specific geographical features and animal-related terms.

Derived headwords

القِنْزَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tuft of hairboth

    A clump or lock of hair, particularly on the head, or what is elevated and long from the hair.

  2. 2.
    headpiececlassical

    A head ornament or covering that a woman wears on her head.

  3. 3.
    remnant of feathersclassical

    The remaining feathers on a young bird.

  4. 4.
    piece of pastureclassical

    A patch or piece of pasture grass.

  5. 5.
    wonderclassical

    Something astonishing or remarkable.

  6. 6.
    cock's combclassical

    The comb or crest of a rooster.

  7. 7.
    stoneclassical

    A stone larger than a walnut.

  8. 8.
    short womanclassical

    A very short woman.

  9. 9.
    ugly speechclassical

    Unpleasant or offensive words.

القَزَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tuft of hairclassical

    A tuft of hair, similar to قنزعة.

قَنَازِعnoun
  1. 1.
    tufts of hairboth

    Plural of قنزعة, referring to tufts of hair on the head.

  2. 2.
    calamitiesclassical

    Difficulties or misfortunes.

  3. 3.
    remnantsclassical

    The remaining parts of something, like the remnants of horns or hair.

  4. 4.
    small peopleclassical

    Short or small individuals.

قُنْزُعَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    tufts of hairboth

    Plural of قنزعة, referring to tufts of hair, used as a sound plural.

قُنْزُعnoun
  1. 1.
    mountainclassical

    A mountain with peaks resembling tufts of hair.

قنزعverb
  1. 1.
    to fleeclassical

    Said of a rooster when it flees from another in a fight; this usage is considered colloquial.

قنزعother
  1. 1.
    like Qunfudhclassical

    A pattern of pronunciation or word formation, similar to the word قنفذ.

Parallel reading

كأن طسا بين قنزعاته مرتا تزل الكف عن صفاته
As if basins were between his tufts of hair, making the hand slip from describing them.
غطي قنازعك يا أم أيمن
Cover your tufts of hair, O Umm Ayman.
خضلي قنازعك أمرها بإزالة الشعث وتطاير الشعر والتندية بالماء أو بالدهن
Moisten your tufts of hair, ordering it to remove dishevelment and flying hair, and to moisten it with water or oil.
خذ من قنازع رأسك
Take from the elevated parts of your head (hair).
القنزعة: القطعة المعرة من الكلأ
The qinza'ah: a patch of pasture grass.
ينؤن ولم يكسين إلا قنازعا ... من الريش تنواء الفصال الهزائل
They move, and are not clothed except with remnants ... of feathers, like the moving of weak, lean young camels.
القنزعة: بقية الريش
The qinza'ah: the remnant of feathers.
القنزعة من الحجارة: ما هو أعظم من الجوزة
The qinza'ah of stones: that which is larger than a walnut.
القنزعة: هي التي تتخذها المرأة على رأسها
The qinza'ah: it is what a woman wears on her head.
القنازع: الدواهي
Al-qanazi': calamities.
سباريت إلا أن يرى متأمل ... قنازع أسنام بها وثغام
I have followed the tracks, except that an observer might see ... remnants of humps and patches of sand on them.
فهي أن يؤخذ الشعر ويترك منه مواضع متفرقة لا تؤخذ، وهو كنهيه عن القزع الذي تقدم
It is that the hair is cut and scattered places are left uncut, and it is like his prohibition of qaza', which was mentioned before.
قنزع الديك، قال أبو حاتم عن الأصمعي: هو قول العامة، ولا يقال قنزع، وإنما يقال قوزع الديك إذا غلب
The rooster qanza'a, said Abu Hatim from Al-Asma'i: this is the saying of the common people, and it is not said qanza'a, rather it is said qawza'a the rooster when it is defeated.
القنزعة: المرأة القصيرة جدا
Al-qinza'ah: a very short woman.
القنازع: القبيح من الكلام
Al-qanazi': the ugly of speech.
اجتنبنا القنازع
We avoided the ugly speech.
القنازع: صغار الناس
Al-qanazi': small people.