qāḥa

courtyard

قاحَة

Word

Noun

Root

ق و ح

Forms

Plural
قُوح

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فقالت أم الأسد لدمنة: لقد عجبن منك، أيها المحتال، في قلة حيائك، وكثرة وقاحتك، وسرعة جوابك لمن كلمك.

Kalila wa Dimna, page 43 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • قَاحَ Form I He swept
    , aor. يَقُوحُ, said of a wound, i. q. قَاحَ, inf. n. قيح, q. v.; as also ↓ تقّوح. (K.) -A2- And قاح, (K, TA,) inf. n. قَوْحٌ, (TA,) He swept a house, or chamber; (K, TA;) a dial. var. of حَاقَ; mentioned by Kr; (TA;) as also ↓ قوّح. (K, TA.)
  • قَوَّحَ Form II Open entry
    see what next precedes.
  • اقاح Form IV kept constantly, or perseveringly, to refusing, after the act of asking, or begging
    He (a man, TA) kept constantly, or perseveringly, to refusing, after the act of asking, or begging; (K, TA;) mentioned by IAar, but in art. قيح. (TA.)
  • تَقَوَّحَ Form V Open entry
    see 1, first sentence.
  • قَاحَةٌ court
    The court of a house; a spacious vacant part, or portion, thereof, in which is no building; syn. سَاحَةٌ; (S in art. قيح, and L, K, in the present art.;) and بَاحَةٌ, ق and ب being interchangeable in this case, as in طِينٌ لَازِبٌ and لَازِقٌ, and in نَبِيثَةُ البِيأْرِ and نَقِيثَتُهَا: and the middle of a house: (TA:) pl. قُوحٌ; (K, TA;) like [its syn.] سُوحٌ pl. of سَاحَةٌ. (TA.) It is related of 'Omar that he said, مَنْ مَلَأَ عَيْنَهُ مِنْ قَاحَةِ بَيْتٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوأْذَنَ 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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