Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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قسقس قسم قسى


1. ⇒ قسم

قَسَمَ andقَسَّمَ↓ He divided; parted; divided in parts or shares; distributed.

Root: قسم - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

قَسَمَ أَمْرَهُ, orقَسَّمَهُ↓: see 3 in art. عدل.


2. ⇒ قسّم


3. ⇒ قاسم

قَاسَمَهُ الشَّىْءَ He divided with him the thing, each of them allotting to himself his share, or portion.

Root: قسم - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

قَاسَمَهُ بِٱللّٰهِ He swore to him by God.


4. ⇒ اقسم

أَقْسَمَ عَلَيْهِ He conjured him; he said بِحَقِّكَ. (Mgh, art. طمر.)


5. ⇒ تقسّم

تَقَسَّمَ It (a thing) was, or became, divided, or distributed. (MA.) See an ex. in a verse, voce شَتَّانَ.


7. ⇒ انقسم

اِنْقَسَمَ الَى أَقْسَامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ It was divided into many parts.


10. ⇒ استقسم

اِسْتَقْسَمَ He sought to know what was allotted to him, by means of the أَزْلَام, (Ṣ,* Mgh, and Ḥar, p. 465,) and what was not allotted to him. (Mgh, Ḥar.)


قِسْمٌ

قِسْمٌ A division: (Mṣb:) and particularly (Mṣb) a portion, or share. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.) Pl. أَقْسَامٌ.

Root: قسم - Entry: قِسْمٌ Signification: A2

لَيْسَ مِنْ أَقْساَمِ كَذَا It is not a part of such a thing; it does not belong, or appertain, to such a thing; it is independent of such a thing.


قَسَمٌ

قَسَمٌ A conjurement. See أَقْسَمَ عَلَيْهِ.

Root: قسم - Entry: قَسَمٌ Signification: A2

An oath (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ) by God [&c.]. (Mṣb, Ḳ.) An asseveration.

Root: قسم - Entry: قَسَمٌ Signification: A3

وَاوُ القَسَمِ The و denoting an oath.


قِسْمَةٌ

قِسْمَةٌ is also used in the sense of مَقْسُومٌ [meaning A thing, or collection of things, divided into portions, or shares]: (Bḍ and Jel in liv. 28:) a portion, or share; like قِسْمٌ: (Mṣb:) [and portions, or shares; as in the phrase,] نُخْرِجُ طَرِيقًا مِنْ بَيْنِ قِسْمَةِ الأَرْضِ أَوِ الدَّارِ [We will exclude a way, or passage, from among the portions, or shares, of the land, or the house]. (Mgh in art. رفع.)


قَسَّامٌ

قَسَّامٌ An officer of the Kádee, who divides inheritances.


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