aqsā
harshest, cruelest
أَقْسَى
Word
Noun · pattern أَفْعَلRoot
ق س يIn the library
فقال الأعرابي: ما رأيت رجلا أقسى منك أتيتك مستغيثا فحجبتني وطردتني، هلا أدخلتني قبتك وطارحتني القريض؟
The Exquisite in Every Art, page 94 →From the same root
- قَسَّىَharden, make stubborn, make hard-hearted
- قَسِيّfirm, solid
- قاسِيharsh, cruel, brutal
- قاسَىَsuffer, endure
- أَقْسَىَharden, make stubborn, make hard-hearted
- تَقْسِيَةtempering, hardening
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries-
قَاسَاهُ Form III He endured it; struggled, or contended, with, or against, it
He endured it; struggled, or contended, with, or against, it; struggled, or contended, with, or against, its difficulty, or severity; he endured, or he struggled, or contended, with, or against, the difficulty, or trouble, or inconvenience, that he experienced from it or him; [and so عَانَاهُ; for both of which see Har, p. 564; and for the latter see شَاقَاهُ; and for both see also مُجَانَاةٌ]; syn. كَابَدَهُ, (S, K,) and عَالَجَ شِدَّتَهُ: (TA:) he underwent difficulties, troubles, or inconveniences, in doing it. (Msb in explanation of the syn. كَابَدَهُ.) -
قُِسِىُّ Open entry
pl. of قَوْسٌ. -
قُسَوِىٌّ Open entry
: see art. قوس.
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