Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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قسب قسح قسر


1. ⇒ قسح

قَسَحَ, aor. ـَ {يَقْسَحُ}, inf. n. قَسَاحَةٌ and قُسُوحَةٌ, It was, or became, hard, firm, or tough. (Ṣ, [in two copies belonging to me, but omitted in a third,] K.)

Root: قسح - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

And قَسَحَ He twisted a rope. (Ḳ.)

Root: قسح - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

Also, aor. as above, inf. n. قُسُوحٌ, (TA,) andأَقسح↓ (in some copies of the Ḳاقتسح↓, TA,) He (a man) was much, or frequently, excited by vehement lust: (Ṣ, [in two copies belonging to me, but omitted in a third,] K:) or was excited by vehement lust. (TA.)


3. ⇒ قاسح

قاسَحَهُ He treated him with dryness and hardness, or niggardliness; syn. يَابَسَهُ. (L, Ḳ.)


4. ⇒ اقسح


8. ⇒ اقتسح


قَسَحٌ

قَسَحٌ, (Ḳ,) andقُسُوحٌ↓, andقَسَاحٌ↓, (TA,) Dryness, syn. يُبْسٌ;

Root: قسح - Entry: قَسَحٌ Signification: A2

or the remains of vehement lust, (Ḳ,) or its continuance, or its intenseness. (L.)


قَاسِحٌ

قَاسِحٌ A hard and strong spear. (TA.)

Root: قسح - Entry: قَاسِحٌ Signification: A2

A thick or coarse garment, syn. غَلِيظٌ. (Ḳ.)

Root: قسح - Entry: قَاسِحٌ Dissociation: B

Also, andقُسَاحٌ↓, andمَقْسُوحٌ↓, A man in a state of excitement, or frequently in a state of excitement, by vehement lust. ISd knows no way of accounting for the last of these epithets but by supposing it to be used for the act. part. n., like مَأْتِيًّا in the Ḳur, xix, 62, for آتِيًا. (TA.)


قَسَاحٌ

قَسَاحٌ: see قَسَحٌ.


قُسَاحٌ

قُسَاحٌ: see قَاسِحٌ

Root: قسح - Entry: قُسَاحٌ Signification: A2

[You say also]إِنَّهُ لَقُسَاحٌ مَقْسُوح↓ (T, Ḳ) Verily he is dry or hard. (TA.)


قُسُوحٌ

قُسُوحٌ: see قَسَحٌ.


مَقْسُوحٌ

مَقْسُوحٌ: see قَاسِحٌ and قُسَاحٌ.


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