Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

قوّضهُ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَقْوِيضٌ, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) He demolished it; destroyed it; threw it down; namely a building; as alsoقَاضَهُ↓, (Ḳ,) aor. يَقُوضُ, inf. n. قَوْضٌ: (TA:) or he took it to pieces, without demolishing or destroying or throwing down; (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ;) namely a building, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb,) and a tent. (A:) or he pulled up, or out, its poles, or pieces of wood, and its tentropes: (IDrd, Ḳ:) or he pulled it up, and removed it; namely a tent. (TA.)

[Hence,] قوّض الصُّفُوفَ, and المَجَالِسَ, (A, TA,) ‡ He separated, or dispersed, the ranks, and the assemblies. (TA.)

[Hence also,] بَنَى فُلَانٌ ثُمَّ قَوَّضَ [lit. Such a one built, then demolished, or took to pieces]; i. e. ‡ did well, then did ill. (A, TA.)

تقوّض It (a house, and a tent, TA) became demolished, destroyed, or thrown down; (Ṣ * in art. قيض; and Ḳ;) and in like manner تقوّز; (TA;) as alsoانقاض↓ [which see also in art. قيض]: (Ḳ; and in a copy of the Ṣ in art. قيض:) or it was, or became, taken to pieces, without being demolished or destroyed or thrown down: (A, TA:) andانقاضت↓, said of a well (بئْر), it fell; fell in ruins, or to pieces; or collapsed. (Mṣb: see also art. قيض.)

[Hence,] تقوّض المَجْلِسُ, (A,) and تقوّضت الحِلَقُ, (Ṣ, TA,) and الصَّفُوفُ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, TA,) ‡ [The assembly, and] the rings of men, (Ṣ, TA,) and the ranks, became separated, or dispersed. (Ṣ, Mṣb,* TA.)

Also, † He (a man, Ḳ, and a bird, Az, TA) came and went, (Az, Ḳ, TA,) and would not be still, or remain at rest. (Az, TA.)

هٰذَا بِذَا قَوْضًا بِقَوْضٍ This is for that, as a substitute for a substitute. (Ḳ.) And هُمَا قَوْضَانِ [They two are substitutes, each for the other]: mentioned by Ṣgh: but Z says, هما قَيْضَانِ [q. v. in art. قيض]: (TA:) or both signify they are exchangers, each with the other. (JK.)

مُقَوَّضٌ Anything demolished, destroyed, or thrown down: [&c.: see 2.] (TA.)