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Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to trembling, cold, and certain types of wine or cold water. It also extends to names of birds, coins, and even metaphorical descriptions of certain behaviors or sounds.

Derived headwords

القِرْقَفnoun
  1. 1.
    wineclassical

    A name for wine, specifically described as that which causes its drinker to tremble from excessive consumption.

  2. 2.
    cold, clear waterclassical

    Descriptive of cold, clear water.

القِرْقُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    wineclassical

    A name for wine, similar to القرقف.

  2. 2.
    white dirhamclassical

    A name for a white dirham (silver coin).

قَرْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to trembleclassical

    To tremble, often due to cold or fear.

القِرْقَفnoun
  1. 1.
    small birdsclassical

    Small birds, resembling the صعاء (a type of bird).

القِرْقَبnoun
  1. 1.
    small birdsclassical

    Small birds, possibly a variant of القرقف.

قِرَاقِفnoun
  1. 1.
    noisyclassical

    Describing a rooster that is noisy or loud.

قَرْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to trembleclassical

    To tremble, as in the context of wine causing trembling.

القِرْقَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tremblingclassical

    The act of trembling, a state of shivering.

أَرْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to trembleclassical

    To cause something or someone to tremble.

قَرْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be emaciatedclassical

    To become thin or emaciated to the point where one's sides touch.

تَقَرْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be emaciatedclassical

    To become thin or emaciated, similar to قرقف.

القِرْقَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    intense cooingclassical

    The intense cooing sound of doves or the rutting sound of a male animal.

  2. 2.
    intense laughterclassical

    Intense laughter.

القِرْقَفَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    scrotumclassical

    The scrotum.

  2. 2.
    a type of birdclassical

    A type of bird that rubs its wings on the eyes of a cuckold, increasing his leniency.

Parallel reading

القرقف، كجعفر وزاد ابن عباد: والقرقوف مثل عصفور: اسم الخمر
Al-qaraqaf, like Ja'far, and Ibn 'Abbad added: and al-qaraqūf, like 'uṣfūr: is a name for wine.
التي يرعد عنها صاحبها من إدمانه إياها
which its owner trembles from due to his addiction to it.
سميت بذلك لأنها ترعد شاربها
It was named thus because it makes its drinker tremble.
القرقف: توصف به الخمر، ويوصف به الماء البارد ذو الصفاء
Al-qaraqaf: wine is described by it, and cold, clear water is described by it.
وأبيض من ماء الغمامة قرقف
And white like the water of a cloud, qaraqaf.
القرقف: الخمر
Al-qaraqaf: wine.
القرقف: طير صغار كأنها الصعاء
Al-qaraqaf: small birds, as if they were the Sa'a'.
أو هو القرقب بالباء الموحدة
Or it is al-qaraqab with the unified ba'.
القرقوف، كسرسور: الدرهم الأبيض
Al-qaraqūf, like sarsūr: the white dirham.
أبيض قرقوف، بلا شعر ولا صوف، في البلاد يطوف
White qaraqūf, without hair nor wool, it roams the lands.
ديك قراقف بالضم: أي صيت
A rooster qaraqif (with damma): meaning noisy.
قرقف: أرعد
Qaraqafa: he trembled.
لأنها ترعد صاحبها
because it makes its owner tremble.
القرقفة للرعدة
Al-qaraqafah is for trembling.
قرقف الصرد، بالضم أي: مبنيا للمفعول
Qaraqafa the shrike, with damma, meaning: passive voice.
وكذا تقرقف: أي خصر حتى تقرقفت ثناياه بعضها ببعض
And likewise taqarqafa: meaning it became emaciated until its sides touched each other.
نعم ضجيع الفتى إذا برد ال ... ليل سحيرا وقرقف الصرد
Yes, the companion of a young man when the night grows cold ... in the early morning and the shrike trembles.
فيجيء وهو يقرقف، فأضمه بين فخذي
He comes trembling, so I hold him between my thighs.
القرقفة في هدير الحمام والفحل، والضحك: الشدة
Al-qaraqafah in the cooing of doves and the male, and laughter: intensity.
من نادر كلامهم: القرقفنة، بنون مشددة: الكمرة
From rare speech: Al-qaraqafanah, with a doubled nun: the scrotum.
أن الرجل إذا لم يغر على أهله بعث الله طائرا يقال له: القرقفنة
That when a man is not jealous of his family, God sends a bird called: Al-qaraqafanah.