Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

قَرْطَسَ, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. قَرْطَسَةٌ, (Mṣb,) He (an archer) [and it (an arrow)] hit the قِرْطَاس [or target]. (Mṣb, Ḳ.) It is also allowable to say, قَرْطَسَتِ الرَّمْيَةُ The shot went right to the قِرْطَاس. (Mṣb.)

تَقَرْطَسَ He perished. (Ṣgh, Ḳ.)

قِرْطَاسٌ Paper; syn. كَاغَدٌ: (Ḳ:) or such as is made of the بَرْدِىّ [or papyrus], found in Egypt: (TA:) [and particularly a roll, or scroll, thereof: see also طُومَارٌ, and سُرْفَةٌ:] what one writes upon: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) also written قُرْطَاسٌ; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) but the former is the better known, (Mṣb), or the former only is of established authority, for El-Járabardee says the contrary of the latter; (MF;) and قَرْطَاسٌ; (Lḥ, ISd, Ḳ;) but this is not mentioned by most of the lexicographers; (MF;) andقَرْطَسٌ↓ signifies the same; (AZ, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) and so doesقِرْطَسٌ↓. (Ḳ [app. on the authority of El-Fárábee and Aboo-'Alyà; but the names are imperfectly written in the TA.])

قِرْطَاسٌ also signifies A writing, or book, (صَحِيفَةٌ,) of whatever thing it be: (Ḳ:) pl. قَرَاطِيسُ. (TA.)

Also, A butt, or target, to shoot at; (Ṣ;) a piece of skin, (Mṣb,) or any skin, (Ḳ,) set up for persons contending in shooting. (Mṣb, Ḳ.)

And A kind of بُرْد [q. v.] of the fabric of Egypt. (Ḳ, TA.)

And A white, or fair, girl, of tall stature. (IAạr, Ḳ.)

And A camel such as is termed آدَم. (Ṣgh, Ḳ.)

And A young she-camel. (IAạr, Ḳ.)

دَابَّةٌ قِرْطَاسِيَّةٌ A beast of carriage in whose whiteness is no mixture of any other colour. (Ḳ.)

مُقَرْطِسٌ An archer [and in like manner an arrow] hitting the قِرْطَاس. (Mṣb.) And رَمْيَةٌ مُقَرْطِسَةٌ A shot going right to the قِرْطَاس. (TA.)