قسو

Root entry · 37 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with hardness, harshness, and severity, extending to both physical and metaphorical contexts. It describes a hardened heart, unyielding substances, difficult times, and even inferior or counterfeit currency.

Derived headwords

قَسَا، يَقْسُوverb

1.
to be hardboth
To become hard, stiff, or unyielding, often referring to the heart losing its softness and compassion.

قَسْوًاnoun

1.
hardnessboth
The state or quality of being hard, stiff, or unyielding.

قَسْوَةًnoun

1.
hardnessboth
A state of hardness, stiffness, or lack of softness and mercy.

قِسَاءًnoun

1.
hardnessclassical
A state of hardness or stiffness.

قَاسٍadjective

1.
hardboth
Hard, stiff, unyielding, harsh, or severe.

قَسِيَverb

1.
to be inferiorclassical
Used to describe a coin that is debased or counterfeit, implying it is hard and of poor quality.

قِسْيَانnoun

1.
inferior coinsclassical
Plural of 'qasi', referring to debased or counterfeit coins.

قَسِيَّةadjective

1.
inferiorclassical
Describing a coin that is debased or counterfeit.
2.
hardclassical
Describing a coin with hard, poor-quality silver.

قَسِيَّاتnoun

1.
inferior coinsclassical
Plural of 'qasiyyah', referring to debased or counterfeit coins.

أَقْسَى، يُقْسِيverb

1.
to hardenboth
To make something hard, especially to make a heart hard and unfeeling.

إِقْسَاءًnoun

1.
hardeningboth
The act of making something hard, particularly the heart.

مَقْسَاةnoun

1.
cause of hardnessclassical
That which causes hardness or leads to a hardened state.

قَاسَاهُverb

1.
to endureboth
To endure hardship, to struggle with difficulty, or to undergo severe conditions.

مُقَاسَاةnoun

1.
enduranceboth
The act of enduring hardship or struggling with difficulty.

قَسِيّadjective

1.
severeboth
Describing a day, year, or time that is severe, harsh, or extreme due to heat, cold, drought, or war.

قَسَاءname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain or a region, mentioned in poetry.

قَسْوَاءname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain, considered to be the original form of 'Qasa'.

أَقْسَىverb

1.
to inhabitclassical
To inhabit or settle in a place, specifically referring to a location named Qasa.

قَسَاءname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, a mountain or a location near Dhat al-'Asharah.

أَقْسِيَانnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of plant.
2.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, possibly a tribal or personal name.

قُسَيّname

1.
proper nameclassical
A name, specifically a nickname for Thaqif, or the name of an ancestor.

ذُو قُسِيّname

1.
route nameclassical
A name for a route or road, specifically the route from Yemen to Basra.

قُسْيَاءname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain or valley in Yamama.

قُسْيَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, a valley or desert near Yamama.

قُسْيَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, a location in Al-'Aqiq.

حَجَرٌ قَاسٍnoun

1.
hard stoneboth
A stone that is hard and unyielding.

أَرْضٌ قَاسِيَةnoun

1.
barren landboth
Land that is hard and infertile, unable to grow anything.

قَسْيَاوَةnoun

1.
harshnessclassical
A state of harshness or severity.

القِسْيَةnoun

1.
the severe oneclassical
The feminine form referring to something severe or harsh.

عَشِيَّةٌ قَسِيَّةnoun

1.
cold eveningclassical
An evening that is cold and severe.

لَيْلَةٌ قَاسِيَةnoun

1.
dark nightclassical
A night that is intensely dark and severe.

القِسِيّnoun

1.
inferior thingclassical
Something that is base, vile, or of poor quality.

سَيْرٌ قَسِيّnoun

1.
hard journeyclassical
A journey that is difficult and severe.

كَلامٌ قَسِيّnoun

1.
harsh speechclassical
Speech that is harsh, severe, or counterfeit.

ذُو قَسَاءname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, a mountain near Dhat al-'Asharah, a stopping point for pilgrims.

قَسِيَّةadjective

1.
lacking faithclassical
Describing hearts that are not pure in faith, lacking sincerity.

القَسَىname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name mentioned in classical texts.

Parallel reading

قسا قلبه يقسو قسوا وقسوة وقساوة وقساء

His heart became hard, it becomes hard, with hardness, and harshness, and severity, and stiffness.

ثم قست قلوبكم من بعد ذلك

Then your hearts hardened after that.

أي غلظت ويبست وعست، فتأويل القسوة في القلب ذهاب اللين والرحمة والخشوع منه.

Meaning they became coarse, dry, and hard; the interpretation of hardness in the heart is the absence of gentleness, mercy, and humility from it.

وأصل القسوة: الصلابة من كل شيء.

The origin of hardness is stiffness from anything.

قسا الدرهم يقسو قسوا: زاف، أي ردأ؛ فهو قسي

The dirham became hard, it becomes hard, with hardness: it was debased, meaning of poor quality; so it is 'qasi'.

وكانت زيوفا وقسيانا

And they were debased and inferior coins.

وما زودوني غير سحق عمامة وخمسمىء منها قسي وزائف

And they did not provide me with anything but worn-out turbans and a cheap garment, of which the coins were inferior and counterfeit.

لها صواهل في صم السلام كما صاح القسيات في أيدي الصياريف

They neigh in the solid rocks as the inferior coins cry out in the hands of money changers.

الذنب مقساة للقلب، أي يقسيه إقساء

The sin is a cause of hardness for the heart, meaning it hardens it, causing hardness.

وقد أقساه الذنب: أي جعله قاسيا.

And the sin has hardened it: meaning it made it hard.

وعندي مقساة: أي ما يحمله على القساوة.

And in my opinion, 'maqsaah' means: that which leads to hardness.

قاساه مقاساة: إذا كابده وعالج شدته.

He endured it, enduring: if he suffered it and dealt with its severity.

يوم قسي، وقرب قسي، وعام قسي: أي شديد من حر أو برد أو قحط ونحوه

A severe day, a severe time, and a severe year: meaning intense due to heat, cold, drought, or similar.

يوم قسي أي شديد من حرب أو شر.

A severe day means intense due to war or evil.

وهن بعد القرب القسي مسترعفات بشمرذليو

And they, after the severe proximity, are seeking relief with a swift mount.

عام قسي: ذو قحط؛

A severe year: one of drought;

ويطعمون الشحم في العام القسي قدما إذا ما احمر آفاق السمي

And they feed on fat in the severe year, long ago, when the horizons of the sky turned red.

العام القسي الشديد لا مطر فيه.

The severe year is intense with no rain in it.

بجو من قسا ذفر الخزامى تهادى الجربياء به الحنينا

In a place called Qasa, the fragrant thyme sways, carrying the yearning of the Jarbiah.

لنا إبل لم تدر ما الذعر بيتها بتعشار مرعاها! قسا فصرائمه

We have camels that know no fear, their pasture is in Ta'shar! Qasa, then their enclosures.

سرنا سيرا قسيا: أي شديدا.

We traveled a severe journey: meaning intense.

وقفت بأعلى ذي قساء مطيتي أميل في مروان وابن زياد

I stopped my mount at the top of Dhi Qasa, leaning towards Marwan and Ibn Ziyad.

تضمنها مشارف ذي قساء مكان النصل من بدن السلاح

The heights of Dhi Qasa encompass them, like the place of the blade on the body of a weapon.

وجعلنا قلوبهم قسية

And We made their hearts hard.

وهي التي ليست بخالصة الإيمان.

And it is that which is not pure in faith.

تأتينا بهذه الأحاديث قسية وتأخذها منا طازجة

You bring us these hadiths in a harsh (or inferior) state and take them from us fresh (or pure).