Root

ق ع ر

4 verbs · 5 nouns and adjectives

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 21 entries
  • قَعُرَتِ البِيأْرُ Form I The well was deep; had a deep bottom
    , aor. , inf. n. قَعَارَةٌ, The well was deep; had a deep bottom. (S, K. *) -A2- قَعَرَ البِيأْرَ, (S, K,) aor. , inf. n. قَعْرٌ, (TA,) He reached the bottom of the well; (K;) he descended the well until he reached the bottom of it: (S:) or the same verb; (IAar, K;) or ↓ قَعَّرَهَا, (A,) inf. n. تَقْعِيرٌ; (S;) and ↓ أَقْعَرَهَا; (A;) he made the well deep. (IAar, S, * A, K.) ― -b2- قَعَرَ الإِنَآءَ, (S, K,) or ↓ تقعّرهُ, (A,) (tropical:) He drank what was in the vessel, (S, A. K,) or all that was in the vessel, (TA,) until he came to the bottom of it. (S, A, TA.) And in like manner, قَعَرَ الثَّرِيدَةَ (tropical:) He ate the ثريدة [or mess of crumbled bread moistened with broth] from the bottom of it. (K.) ― -b3- قَعَرَ الشَّجَرَةَ, (S, A,) inf. n. قَعْرٌ, (S,) (tropical:) He pulled out the tree from its root; uprooted it. (S, A.) And قَعَرَ النَّخْلَةَ, aor. , (tropical:) He cut down the palm-tree from its root. (K.) And قَعَرَهُ (assumed tropical:) He threw him down prostrate. (K.)
  • قَعَّرَ Form II He twisted the sides of his mouth in his speaking, and spoke with the furthest part of his mouth
    see 1. ― -b2- قَعَّرَ فِى كَلَامِهِ He twisted the sides of his mouth in his speaking, and spoke with the furthest part of his mouth; as also ↓ تقعّر: (K:) or both signify, he spoke [gutturally, or] with the furthest part of his fauces: (TA:) [he was guttural in his speech, or spoke with a guttural voice.] See قعّب.
  • اقعر البِيأْرَ Form IV He made a bottom to the well
    He made a bottom to the well. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also 1.
  • تقعّر Form V He went deep
    He went deep; syn. تَعَمَّقَ. (S.) See عَجْرَفِيَّة. ― -b2- (tropical:) He, or it, became prostrated, and overturned. (TA.) [See also 7.] -A2- تقعّر الإِنَآءَ: see 1.
  • انقعرت الشَّجَرَةُ Form VII The tree
    , (S, A,) or النَّخْلَةُ, (K,) (tropical:) The tree, (S, A,) or palm-tree, (K,) became uprooted, (S, A, K,) and fell prostrate; (TA;) it fell down: (K:) or, as some say, it went into the bottom [or depth] of the earth [and disappeared, leaving no mark nor trace: see the part. n., below]: (TA:) and, accord. to some, انقعر, said of anything, signifies it became prostrated. (TA.) [See also 5.] ― -b2- انقعر عَنْ مَالٍ لَهُ (assumed tropical:) He died, leaving property that belonged to him: (TA, from a trad.:) and انقعر [simply] he died. (TA.)
  • قَعْرٌ bottom, lowest depth, or extremity of the lower part
    The bottom, lowest depth, or extremity of the lower part, [of the interior,] of a thing; (Msb;) i. q. عُمْقٌ, of a well &c.; (S;) the remotest part of anything; (A, K;) [as, for instance,] of a river, (TA,) and of a vessel; (S, A;) pl. قُعُورٌ. (Msb, K.) You say جَلَسَ فِى قَعْرِ بَيْتِهِ, [lit., He sat in the innermost part of his house,] meaning (assumed tropical:) he kept in his house. (Msb.) And لَا أَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ قَعْرَ البَيْتِ, and ↓ قَعِيرَتَهُ, and ↓ قَعْرَتَهُ, all signify the same [I will not go in to him in the innermost part of the house; or (assumed tropical:) I will not be an intimate in his house]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Depth, properly and tropically. You say] ذَهَبَ فى قَعْرِ الأَرْضِ [It (a tree or the like) went into the depth of the earth]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ القَعْرِ (A, TA) (tropical:) Such a one is deep and excellent in judgment; one who examines deeply. (TA.) And لَيْسَ لِكَلَامِهِ قَعْرٌ (tropical:) [His speech, or language, has not depth]. (A, TA.) ― -b3- The root, or lower or lowest part, of a palm-tree [or the like]. (TA.) ― -b4- A hollow in the ground, such as is called a جَوْبَة, (K, TA,) the descent into which and the ascent from which are difficult; (TA;) as also ↓ قَعْرَةٌ. ― -b5- A city, or town; syn. بَلَدٌ; (K;) such as El-Basrah or ElKoofeh. (AZ.) You say مَا فِى هٰذَا القَعْرِ مِثْلُهُ There is not in this city, or town, the like of him. (K.) And مَا خَرَجَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هٰذَا القَعْرِ أَحَدٌ مِثْلُهُ, like as you say مِنْ أَهْلِ هٰذَا الغَايأِطِ, There came not forth, of the people of this city, or town, any one like him. (AZ.) ― -b6- A [bowl, such as is called] جَفْنَة. (Fr, IAar, K.)
  • قَعَرٌ Intellect, or intelligence
    Intellect, or intelligence: (K:) or full, or perfect, [or profound,] intellect or intelligence. (IAar, TA.) [See also قَعْرٌ.]
  • قَعْرَةٌ What covers the bottom of a bowl
    : see قَعْرٌ, in two places. ― -b2- What covers the bottom of a bowl; as also ↓ قُعْرَةٌ. (K.) See قَعْرَانُ.
  • قُعْرَةٌ Open entry
    : see قَعْرَةٌ.
  • قَصْعَةٌ قَعِرَةٌ Open entry
    : see قَعْرَانُ. ― -b2- See also شَفِرَةٌ.
  • قَعْرَانُ made deep; i. q
    A drinking-cup or bowl (قَدَحٌ) made deep; i. q. مُقَعَّرٌ. (S.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A vessel nearly full: (A:) or a vessel having something in its bottom: (K:) fem. قَعْرَى: (TA:) and قَصْعَةٌ قَعْرَى, and ↓ قَعَرةٌ, (tropical:) a bowl having in it what covers its bottom. (K, TA.)
  • قَعُورٌ Open entry
    : see قَعِيرٌ, in two places.
  • قَعِيرٌ Deep; having a remote bottom
    Deep; having a remote bottom; (A, K;) applied to a river; as also ↓ قَعُورٌ, accord. to the K; but this is not mentioned by any one before the author of the K, and is a mistake for ↓ قَعُّورٌ, which occurs afterwards in the K. (TA.) You say بِيأْرٌ قَعِيرَةٌ, (A,) and ↓ قَعُّورٌ, (K, TA,) A deep well; (K, TA;) a well having a remote bottom. (TA.) And قَصْعَةٌ قَعِيرَةٌ (S, A) (tropical:) A deep bowl. (TA.) ↓ قَعُورٌ is also applied as an epithet to a woman's vulva: (Ibn-Habeeb, TA in art. خجى:) and, accord. to the K, to a woman. (TA in that art.)
  • قَعِيرَةٌ Open entry
    : see قَعْرٌ: ― -b2- and قَعِيرٌ. ― -b3- See also شَفِيرَةٌ.
  • قَعُّورٌ Open entry
    : see قَعِيرٌ.
  • أَقْعَرُ Deeper
    [ Deeper.]
  • مِقْعَرٌ who reaches the bottoms, or utmost points, of things, or affairs
    , (so in a copy of the A,) or ↓ مُقَعَّرٌ, like مُعَظَّمٌ [in measure], (so in the TA,) [but the former I think the correct form, being agreeable with analogy,] A man who reaches the bottoms, or utmost points, of things, or affairs. (A, TA.)
  • مُقَعَّرٌ Open entry
    : see قَعْرَانُ: ― -b2- and مِقْعَرٌ.
  • مُقَعِّرٌ Open entry
    : see مُقَعّبٌ in art. قعب.
  • مِقْعَارٌ Wide and deep
    , applied to a [cup of the kind called] قَعْب, Wide and deep. (K.)
  • مُنْقَعِرٌ Uprooted
    Uprooted. So in the Kur, [liv. 20,] كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ As though they were the lower parts of palm-trees uprooted: (TA:) or the meaning is, extirpated, by going into the bottom [or depth] of the earth, so as to leave no mark nor trace. (El-Basáïr, TA.)

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