Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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قوت قوح قود


1. ⇒ قوحقاح

قَاحَ, aor. يَقُوحُ, said of a wound, i. q. قَاحَ, inf. n. قيح, q. v.; as alsoتقّوح↓. (Ḳ.)

Root: قوح - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

And قاح, (Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. قَوْحٌ, (TA,) He swept a house, or chamber; (Ḳ, TA;) a dial. var. of حَاقَ; mentioned by Kr; (TA;) as alsoقوّح↓. (Ḳ, TA.)


2. ⇒ قوّح


4. ⇒ اقوحاقاح

اقاح He (a man, TA) kept constantly, or perseveringly, to refusing, after the act of asking, or begging; (Ḳ, TA;) mentioned by IAạr, but in art. قيح. (TA.)


5. ⇒ تقوّح

see 1, first sentence.


قَاحَةٌ

قَاحَةٌ The court of a house; a spacious vacant part, or portion, thereof, in which is no building; syn. سَاحَةٌ; (Ṣ in art. قيح, and L, Ḳ, in the present art.;) and بَاحَةٌ, ق and ب being interchangeable in this case, as in طِينٌ لَازِبٌ and لَازِقٌ, and in نَبِيثَةُ البِئْرِ and نَقِيثَتُهَا: and the middle of a house: (TA:) pl. قُوحٌ; (Ḳ, TA;) like [its syn.] سُوحٌ pl. of سَاحَةٌ. (TA.) It is related of ʼOmar that he said, مَنْ مَلَأَ عَيْنَهُ مِنْ قَاحَةِ بَيْتٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَهُ فَقَدْ فَجَرَ [He who satisfies his eye by the sight of what is in the court of a house before permission is given to him to enter verily transgresses]. (TA.) And [the pl.] signifies Lands giving growth to nothing. (TA.)


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