ق ر ص ف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of cutting, breaking, and rapid movement. It also extends to descriptions of objects and people exhibiting these qualities, such as a type of rug or a swift-moving woman.

Derived headwords

القُرْصُوفnoun

1.
cutterclassical
A cutter or something that cuts. It is compared to a wasp.

القُرْصَافَةnoun

1.
spinning topclassical
A spinning top or a toy that spins.
2.
rolling womanclassical
A woman who moves or rolls as if she were a ball.
3.
rolling she-camelclassical
A she-camel that moves or rolls as if she were a ball.

أبو قرصافةname

1.
name of a companionclassical
The kunya of Jandarah ibn Khayshanah al-Kinani, a companion who settled in Ascalon.

قرصافةname

1.
name of a womanclassical
The name of an unknown woman from the Tabi'in who narrated from Aisha.

قاصه قرصافةother

1.
a gameclassical
A game played by them, as stated by Ibn 'Abbad.

المُقَرْنَصِفadjective

1.
swiftclassical
One who moves swiftly or is fast.
2.
name of a lionclassical
One of the names given to a lion.

تقرصفverb

1.
to move swiftlyclassical
To move swiftly or to hasten.

القُرْصُفnoun

1.
a type of rugclassical
A type of rug or carpet, as narrated by Abu Musa al-Madini.

Parallel reading

وهو القاطع وروى عنه أيضا بالضاد المعجمة

And it is the cutter, and it was also narrated from him with the unpointed 'dad'.

والقرصافة، بالكسر: الخذروف

And al-qursafah, with a kasrah: the spinning top.

والقرصافة من النساء، ومن النوق: هي التي تتدحرج كأنها كرة

And al-qursafah from women, and from she-camels: she is the one who rolls as if she were a ball.

أبو قرصافة: جندرة بن خيشنة الكناني: صحابي رضي الله عنه، نزل عسقلان، روت عنه بنته

Abu Qursafah: Jandarah ibn Khayshanah al-Kinani: a companion, may Allah be pleased with him, who settled in Ascalon, and his daughter narrated from him.

وقرصافة: امرأة مجهولة من التابعيات روت عن عائشة رضي الله عنها

And Qursafah: an unknown woman from the Tabi'in who narrated from Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her.

وقاصه قرصافة: لعبة لهم قاله ابن عباد

And qasahu qursafah: a game of theirs, said Ibn 'Abbad.

المقرنصف: المسرع

Al-muqarnasif: the swift.

وأيضا: من أسماء الأسد

And also: from the names of the lion.

تقرصف: إذا أسرع

Taqarsafa: if he hastened.

والقرصف: القطيفة، هكذا رواه أبو موسى المديني

And al-qursuf: the rug, thus narrated Abu Musa al-Madini.