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قصل

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root قصل primarily relates to cutting, severing, or breaking off, often from the middle or lower part. It extends to concepts of threshing grain, striking a neck, feeding animals fodder, and describes sharp cutting tools. Figuratively, it can refer to a sharp tongue, weak or foolish individuals, and specific groups of camels.

Derived headwords

قَصَلَهُ يَقْصِلُهُ قَصْلًاverb
  1. 1.
    to cut itboth

    To cut something from its middle or lower part with a clean cut.

اقْتَصَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    he cut itclassical

    To cut something from its middle or lower part; it is a causative form of the root verb.

انْقَصَلَverb
  1. 1.
    it was cutclassical

    To be cut from the middle or lower part; it is a passive or intransitive form.

اقْتَصَلَverb
  1. 1.
    he cutclassical

    To cut; it is a form that is مطاوع (responsive/passive) to اقتصله.

قَصَلَ البُرَّverb
  1. 1.
    to thresh the wheatclassical

    To thresh wheat, likely by trampling it.

قَصَلَ عُنُقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike his neckclassical

    To strike or cut off someone's neck.

قَصَّلَ الدَّابَّةَverb
  1. 1.
    to feed the animal fodderclassical

    To feed an animal with قصيل (qasīl), which is green fodder cut from crops.

قَصَّلَ عَلَيْهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to feed it fodderclassical

    To feed an animal with قصيل (qasīl), green fodder cut from crops.

قَصِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    green fodderboth

    Green fodder cut from crops, often young and tender.

  2. 2.
    groupboth

    A group or gathering of people or things.

قَصَلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    groups of fodderclassical

    Plural of قصيل (qasīl), referring to groups of cut green fodder.

سَيْفٌ قَاسِلadjective
  1. 1.
    cutting swordclassical

    A sword that is sharp and cuts effectively.

مِقْصَلadjective
  1. 1.
    cuttingclassical

    Describing something that cuts well, like a sharp sword.

لِسَانٌ مِقْصَلadjective
  1. 1.
    sharp tongueclassical

    Figuratively, a sharp, cutting, or eloquent tongue.

القَصْلnoun
  1. 1.
    chaffclassical

    The part of wheat that is separated when winnowing and discarded, being slightly coarser than dust.

  2. 2.
    darnelclassical

    Weeds or worthless grain mixed with wheat, such as darnel (زؤان).

  3. 3.
    weaklingclassical

    A weak, feeble, or useless person.

  4. 4.
    foolclassical

    An ignorant or foolish person who lacks self-control.

  5. 5.
    withered flowerclassical

    The withered flower of the 'Salim' plant.

  6. 6.
    vetch chaffclassical

    Specifically, the chaff of vetch (فول).

القَصَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chaffclassical

    What is separated from wheat when cleaned and discarded, being slightly coarser than dust.

  2. 2.
    dregsclassical

    The worthless or inferior part of something; dregs or refuse.

القَصْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish womanclassical

    A foolish or incompetent woman.

  2. 2.
    group of camelsclassical

    A group of camels, ranging from ten to forty, or sometimes described as similar to a 'ṣarma' (a small herd).

  3. 3.
    broken piececlassical

    A piece or segment broken off from a plant or crop.

  4. 4.
    flaccid treeclassical

    Describing a tree that is soft or flaccid.

القَصِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short and broad camel/personclassical

    A camel or person who is short and broad.

  2. 2.
    corpulent manclassical

    A man who is stout and fleshy; corpulent.

القِصَالnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

اقْصَأَلَّ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to seize itclassical

    To seize or grasp something firmly.

اقْصَأَلَّ فِي المَكَانِverb
  1. 1.
    to stay in the placeclassical

    To remain or stay in a place.

جَمَلٌ مِقْصَلadjective
  1. 1.
    destructive camelclassical

    A camel that destroys everything with its teeth.

قَصَّالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dregsclassical

    Refers to the lowest or worst part of something, like dregs or refuse.

Parallel reading

قَصَلَهُ يَقْصِلُهُ قَصْلًا: قَطَعَهُ مِنْ وَسَطِهِ أَوْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ قَطْعًا وَحِيًّا
He cut it, cutting it from its middle or lower part with a clean cut.
كَأَقْتَصَلَهُ، فَانْقَصَلَ، وَاقْتَصَلَ، كِلَاهُمَا مُطَاوِعَان
Like he cut it, so it was cut, and he cut; both are responsive/passive forms.
قَصَلَ البُرَّ قَصْلًا: دَاسَهُ
He threshed the wheat, threshing it: he trampled it.
قَصَلَ عُنُقَهُ: ضَرَبَهَا
He struck his neck: he hit it.
قَصَّلَ الدَّابَّةَ، وَقَصَّلَ عَلَيْهَا: إِذَا عَلَّفَهَا القَصِيلَ
He fed the animal, and fed it: if he fed it the green fodder.
وَهُوَ كَأَمِيرٍ: مَا اقْتُصِلَ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ أَخْضَرَ
And it is like amīr: what is cut green from the crops.
وَالسَّيْفُ القَاسِلُ، وَالمِقْصَلُ، كَمِنْبَرٍ وَشَدَّادٍ: أَيْ قَطَّاعٌ
And the cutting sword, and the cutter, like minbar and shaddād: meaning, it is very cutting.
وَقِصَالُهُ: مَا عُزِلَ مِنَ البُرِّ إِذَا نُقِّيَ فَيُرْمَى بِهِ
And its qasāl: what is separated from the wheat when it is cleaned and then discarded.
وَفِي الصِّحَاحِ: القَصَالَةُ: مَا يُعْزَلُ مِنَ البُرِّ إِذَا نُقِّيَ ثُمَّ يُدَاسُ الثَّانِيَةَ
And in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: Al-qaṣāla: what is separated from the wheat when it is cleaned, then threshed a second time.
وَفِي الطَّعَامِ قَصْلٌ، وَزُؤَانٌ، وَغُفَى
And in the food there is qasl, and darnel, and ghufā.
القَصْلُ، بِالْكَسْرِ: الفَسْلُ الضَّعِيفُ
Al-qasl, with kasra: the weakling, the feeble one.
أَيْضًا: الْأَحْمَقُ الَّذِي لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ
Also: the ignorant one in whom there is no good.
القَصْلَةُ، بِهَا: الْحَمْقَاءُ
Al-qaṣla, with hā': the foolish woman.
أَيْضًا: الْجَمَاعَةُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ نَحْوَ الصَّرْمَةِ
Also: the group of camels, like a ṣarma.
وَالْقَصِيلَةُ، بِالْكَسْرِ وَفَتْحِ الْيَاءِ الْمُشَدَّدَةِ: الْقَصِيرُ الْعَرِيضُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَالنَّاسِ
And al-qaṣīla, with kasra and a stressed yā': the short and broad one among camels and people.
أَيْضًا: الْأَبْجَرُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ الْمُكْتَنِزُ اللَّحْمِ
Also: the stout man, the one who is fleshy and corpulent.
وَالْقَصْلُ، بِالْفَتْحِ: زَهْرُ السَّلَمِ
And al-qasl, with fatḥa: the flower of the Salm tree.
وَالْقَصْلَةُ: الطَّائِفَةُ الْمُنْقَصِلَةُ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ
And al-qaṣla: the segment broken off from the crop.
وَاقْصَأَلَّ بِهِ: قَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ
And he seized it: he grasped it.
وَاقْصَأَلَّ فِي الْمَكَانِ: أَقَامَ
And he stayed in the place: he remained.
وَجَمَلٌ مِقْصَلٌ، كَمِنْبَرٍ: يَحْطِمُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِأَنْيَابِهِ
And a destructive camel, like minbar: it crushes everything with its teeth.
وَالْقَصْلُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: تُبْنُ الْفُولِ خَاصَّةً
And al-qasl, vocalized: specifically the chaff of vetch.
وَيُقَالُ: مَا فُلَانٌ إِلَّا قُصَالَةٌ وَحُثَالَةٌ: أَيْ سِفْلَةٌ
And it is said: So-and-so is nothing but dregs and refuse: meaning, a lowlife.