قنع

Root entry · 40 derived lemmas

The root قنع (q-n-ʿ) primarily relates to the concepts of asking, begging, and contentment, often with a nuance of humility or resignation. It extends to meanings of satisfaction with little, acceptance, and even physical postures of bowing or inclining. The root also encompasses terms for specific objects like a type of platter and a musical instrument, as well as geographical locations and physical features.

Derived headwords

القنوعnoun

1.
beggingboth
The act of asking or begging, often implying humility or subservience in the request.
2.
contentmentboth
Satisfaction with one's lot, accepting what is given, even if it is little.
3.
humiliationclassical
Degradation or debasement, particularly in the context of asking.

قنعverb

1.
to be contentboth
To be satisfied with what one has, to accept one's portion.
2.
to begboth
To ask for something, often with a sense of need or humility.
3.
to inclineboth
To bend or bow, often referring to the head or neck.
4.
to return (to pasture)classical
Said of livestock when they return to their grazing area or home.
5.
to ascendclassical
Said of livestock when they ascend.
6.
to bend (a waterskin)classical
To bend the head of a waterskin inwards.
7.
to rise (udder)classical
Said of a sheep's udder when it rises.

قانعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot, accepting of little.
2.
beggarboth
One who asks or begs.
3.
modestclassical
Humble or unassuming.

قنيعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot.
2.
humbleclassical
Showing humility or subservience.

القناعةnoun

1.
contentmentboth
The state of being satisfied with one's portion and accepting the little that is given.
2.
satisfactionboth
Being pleased with what one has.

قنعnoun

1.
contentmentboth
Satisfaction with one's lot.

القنعانnoun

1.
contentmentboth
Satisfaction with one's lot.

قنعadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot.

قنعاءadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot.

قنيعةnoun

1.
content womanboth
A woman who is content with her lot.

قنائعnoun

1.
content womenboth
Plural of قنيعة, referring to content women.

مقنعadjective

1.
satisfactoryboth
Sufficient or adequate, something that one can be content with.

قنعانadjective

1.
contentboth
Satisfied with one's lot or opinion.

مقانعnoun

1.
witnessesclassical
Witnesses who are considered reliable or satisfactory.

مقانعnoun

1.
satisfactory peopleclassical
People who are considered acceptable or satisfactory.

قنعتverb

1.
to incline (livestock)classical
Said of camels and sheep when they incline towards their pasture or home.

أقنعتverb

1.
to make incline (livestock)classical
To cause livestock to incline towards their pasture or home.
2.
to make ascendclassical
To cause livestock to ascend.

قنعverb

1.
to bend (waterskin)classical
To bend the head of a waterskin inwards.

مقنوعةadjective

1.
bent (waterskin)classical
Said of a waterskin whose head is bent inwards.

قنعتverb

1.
to rise (udder)classical
Said of a sheep's udder when it rises.

أقنعتverb

1.
to make rise (udder)classical
Said of a sheep's udder when it is made to rise.

استقنعتverb

1.
to rise (udder)classical
Said of a sheep's udder when it rises.

المقنعnoun

1.
head coveringclassical
What a woman uses to cover her head and face.
2.
head raisedclassical
One who raises their head.

المقنعةnoun

1.
head coveringclassical
What a woman uses to cover her head and face.

القناعnoun

1.
platterboth
A platter made of palm leaves, used for food and fruit.
2.
veilclassical
A covering for the head, larger than a مقنعة.
3.
heart's membraneclassical
The membrane covering the heart.
4.
weaponclassical
A weapon, often referring to a sword.

قنعnoun

1.
plattersboth
Plural of قناع, referring to platters.

قنعnoun

1.
weaponclassical
A weapon, similar to قناع.

أقنعةnoun

1.
head coveringsclassical
Plural of قناع, referring to head coverings.
2.
plattersboth
Plural of قناع, referring to platters.
3.
weaponsclassical
Plural of قناع, referring to weapons.

قناعnoun

1.
eweclassical
A female sheep.

القنوعnoun

1.
descentclassical
A descent, particularly from a mountain slope.
2.
ascentclassical
An ascent, which is the opposite of descent.

قنعةnoun

1.
summitboth
The top of a mountain or camel's hump.
2.
flat areaclassical
A flat area of land between two hills.
3.
depressionclassical
A low-lying area of land that collects water.

القنعnoun

1.
low-lying landclassical
A low-lying area of land that collects water and vegetation.
2.
sandy areaclassical
A sandy area that is thin or low.

القنعnoun

1.
water sourceclassical
A specific water source located between certain places.

القنعnoun

1.
platterboth
A platter made of palm leaves, used for food.

القنعnoun

1.
Jewish hornclassical
A type of horn used by Jews, also known as a shofar.

قنيعnoun

1.
water sourceclassical
A specific water source located between certain tribes.

القنيعةnoun

1.
poolclassical
A pool of water located between certain places.

القنعةnoun

1.
askingclassical
The act of asking or begging.

أقنعverb

1.
to satisfyboth
To make someone content or pleased with something.
2.
to raise (head)both
To raise one's head or neck, often in a posture of looking or submission.
3.
to cause to inclineclassical
To make livestock incline towards pasture or home.
4.
to make needyclassical
To make someone dependent or in need of others.

مقنعadjective

1.
bent inwards (mouth)classical
Said of teeth that are turned inwards, indicating strength.
2.
raised headclassical
One who has their head raised.

Parallel reading

القنوع، بالضم السؤال، وقيل: التذلل في المسألة

Al-qunūʿ, with dammah, is begging, and it is said: humiliation in asking.

إن القنوع قد يكون بمعنى الرضا أي: بالقسم واليسير من العطاء

Indeed, al-qunūʿ can mean contentment, meaning: with one's lot and a little of what is given.

وأنشد: (أنرضى بهذا منكم ليس غيره ... ويقنعنا ما ليس فيه قنوع)

And he recited: (Do we accept this from you and nothing else? ... And what has no contentment satisfies us.)

ومن دعائهم: نسأل الله القناعة، ونعوذ به من القنوع

And from their supplications: We ask God for contentment, and we seek refuge in Him from begging.

وفي المثل: خير الغنى القنوع، وشر الفقر الخضوع

And in the proverb: The best of wealth is contentment, and the worst of poverty is subservience.

وفي التنزيل العزيز: وأطعموا القانع والمعتر

And in the Noble Qur'an: And feed the beggar and the one who comes begging.

فالقانع: الذي يسأل، والمعتر: الذي يتعرض ولا يسأل

So the beggar is: the one who asks, and the one who comes begging is: the one who approaches without asking.

وفي الحديث: القناعة كنز لا يفنى

And in the Hadith: Contentment is an unfailing treasure.

لأن الإنفاق منها لا ينقطع كلما تعذر عليه شيء من أمور) الدنيا قنع بما دونه، ورضي

Because spending from it does not cease; whenever something of the affairs of this world becomes difficult for him, he is content with less than it and is pleased.

وفي حديث آخر: عز من قنع، وذل من طمع

And in another Hadith: He who is content is honored, and he who is greedy is humiliated.

وشاهد مقنع، كمقعد، أي عدل يقنع به

And the witness for 'maqnaʿ' (like 'maqʿad') is: a peer with which one is satisfied.

ورجل قنعان، بالضم وامرأة قنعان، ويستوي في الأخيرة المذكر والمؤنث، والواحد والجمع، أي رضا يقنع به وبرأيه، أو بحكمه وقضائه، أو بشهادته.

And a man is qanʿān (with dammah), and a woman is qanʿān, and the latter is the same for masculine and feminine, singular and plural, meaning: satisfaction with which one is content, and with his opinion, or his judgment and decree, or his testimony.

قنعت الإبل والغنم كسمع: مالت للمرتع، وكـمنع: مالت لمأواها، وأقبلت نحو أهلها

Camels and sheep 'qanaʿat' (like samʿa): inclined towards the pasture, and 'qanaʿat' (like manaʿa): inclined towards their home, and approached their people.

وأقنعت لمأواها.

And they 'aqnaʿat' towards their home.

وقنع الإداوة أو المزادة قنعا، بالفتح: خنث رأسها لجوفها، فهي مقنوعة، وكذلك قمعها، فهي مقموعة، وقد تقدم.

And he 'qanaʿa' the waterskin or the large waterskin, 'qanaʿan' (with fatha): bent its head inwards, so it is 'maqnūʿah', and likewise 'qamaʿah', so it is 'maqmūʿah', and this has preceded.

وقنعت الشاة: ارتفع ضرعها، وليس في ضرعها تصوب، ويقال أيضا: قنعت بضرعها، كأقنعت فهي مقنعة، واستقنعت، وفي الحديث: ناقة مقنعة الضرع، التي أخلافها ترتفع إلى بطنها.

And the ewe 'qanaʿat': her udder rose, and there was no downward inclination in her udder, and it is also said: she 'qanaʿat' with her udder, as if she 'aqnaʿat', so she is 'muqannaʿah', and 'istaqnaʿat', and in the Hadith: a camel with a 'muqannaʿah' udder, whose teats rise towards her belly.

والمقنع والمقنعة، بكسر ميمهما، الأولى عن اللحياني: ما تقنع به المرأة رأسها ومحاسنها، أي تغطي

And al-miqnaʿ and al-miqnaʿah, with kasrah on their mim, the first from Al-Laythiyānī: what a woman uses to cover her head and her beauty, meaning to cover.

والقناع: الطبق من عسب النخل، يوضع فيه الطعام والفاكهة

And al-qināʿ: the platter made of palm leaves, in which food and fruit are placed.

وفي حديث عائشة رضي الله عنها: إن كان ليهدى لنا القناع فيه كعب من إهالة، فنفرح به،

And in the Hadith of Aisha, may God be pleased with her: We used to be gifted a platter with a piece of fat in it, and we would rejoice in it.

ومن المجاز القناع: غشاء القلب، قال الأصمعي: هو الجلدة التي تلبس القلب، فإذا انخلعت مات صاحبه

And from the figurative speech: al-qināʿ: the membrane of the heart, Al-Aṣmaʿī said: it is the skin that covers the heart, and when it detaches, its owner dies.

ومن المجاز القناع: السلاح يقال أخذ قناعه، أي: سلاحه

And from the figurative speech: al-qināʿ: weapons, it is said 'he took his qināʿ', meaning: his weapon.

والنعجة تسمى قناع، ممنوعة من الصرف، كما تسمى خمار وليس هذا بوصف، نقله الصاغاني.

And the ewe is called qināʿ, diptote, just as it is called khimār, and this is not an adjective, as reported by Al-Ṣāghānī.

والقنوع كصبور: الهبوط بلغة هذيل، وهي مؤنثة، وهي بمنزلة الحدور من سفح الجبل.

And al-qunūʿ (like ṣabūr): descent, in the dialect of Hudhayl, and it is feminine, and it is like al-ḥudūr from the slope of the mountain.

والقنوع أيضا: الصعود فهو ضد.

And al-qunūʿ also: ascent, so it is the opposite.

وقنعة الجبل، والسنام، محركة: أعلاهما، وكذلك القمعة بالميم، كما تقدم.

And the summit of the mountain, and the hump, when moved: their highest point, and likewise al-qumʿah with mim, as has preceded.

والقنع، محركة من الرمل ما استرق كما هو نص ابن شميل

And al-qanaʿ, when moved, from sand, is what is thin, as is the text of Ibn Shumayl.

أو: هو ما استوى أسفله من الأرض إلى جنبه، وهو اللبب، أيضا، وقد ذكر في موضعه، القطعة منه قنعة.

Or: it is what is level at its bottom from the ground to its side, and it is the chest, also, and it has been mentioned in its place, a piece of it is qanʿah.

وأقنع الرجل: صادفه أي القنع، وهو الرمل المجتمع

And the man 'aqnaʿa': he encountered the qanaʿ, which is accumulated sand.

والقنع: الأصل، يقال إنه للئيم القنع.

And al-qanaʿ: the origin, it is said that it is for the ignoble of origin.

والقنع: الطبق من عسب النخل يؤكل عليه الطعام، وجمع أقناع، كبرد وأبراد

And al-qanaʿ: the platter made of palm leaves on which food is eaten, and its plural is aqnāʿ, like barad and abrad.

والقنع، بالضم: الشبور، وهو بوق اليهود

And al-qunuʿ, with dammah: the shofar, which is the horn of the Jews.

فإن كانت الرواية بالنون صحيحة، فلا أراه سمي إلا لإقناع الصوت به، وهو رفعه

If the narration with the nun is correct, then I do not see it named except for 'iqnāʿ' of the voice with it, which is its raising.

أو لأن أطرافه أقنعت إلى داخله، أي عطفت.

Or because its ends 'aqnaʿat' inwards, meaning they bent.

وأقنع رأسه: نصبه، وكذا عنقه، أو نصبه لا يلتفت يمينا وشمالا، وجعل طرفه موازيا لما بين يديه

And he 'aqnaʿa' his head: he straightened it, and likewise his neck, or straightened it without turning right or left, and made its tip parallel to what was in front of him.

وفي التنزيل العزيز: مهطعين مقنعي رؤوسهم، أي: رافعي رؤسهم ينظرون في ذل.

And in the Noble Qur'an: Hastening, their heads raised, meaning: raising their heads, looking in humility.

والمقنع: الرافع رأسه في السماء، قال رؤبة يصف ثور وحش: أشرف روقاه صليفا مقنعا

And al-miqnaʿ: the one who raises his head to the sky, Ruʾbah said describing a wild bull: its two horns rose, a raised neck.

وأقنع الراعي الإبل والغنم: أمرها، وفي الصحاح أمالها للمرتع، وكذا لمأواها.

And the shepherd 'aqnaʿa' the camels and sheep: he directed them, and in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: he inclined them towards the pasture, and likewise towards their home.

وأقنع فلانا: أحوجه، وسأل أعرابي قوما، فلم يعطوه، فقال: الحمد لله الذي أقنعني إليكم، أي: أحوجني إلى أن أقنع إليكم، وهو ضد.

And 'aqnaʿa' someone: made him needy, and a Bedouin asked people, and they did not give him, so he said: Praise be to God who made me needy of you, meaning: He made me need to approach you, and it is the opposite.

ويقال فم مقنع، كمكرم: أسنانه معطوفة إلى داخل، يقال رجل مقنع الفم، قال الأصمعي: وذلك القوي الذي يقطع له كل شيء

And a mouth is called 'miqnaʿ' (like 'mukram'): its teeth are turned inwards, it is said a man with a 'miqnaʿ' mouth, Al-Aṣmaʿī said: and that is the strong one for whom everything is cut.

(يباكرن العضاة بمقنعات ... نواجذهن كالحدأ الوقيع)

(They graze on thorny trees with mouths whose molars are like the striking falcons.)