أَقْعَسُ
Root: قعسس
Full Definition
أَقْعَسُ
Having a protruding, or protuberant, breast, or chest, and a hollow, or receding, back; as also
قَعِسٌ and
مُتَقَاعِسٌ : [or the last rather signifies making his breast, or chest, to stick out: see its verb:] fem. of the first, قَعْسَآءُ; applied to a woman [&c.]: and pl. قُعْسٌ: the dim. of the first is أُقَيْعِسُ. [See أَجْنَأُ and أَفْزَرُ.]
2 Applied to a horse, Having the صَهْوَة [or place of the saddle], or the spine in that part, depressed, and the قَطَاة [or part next behind] elevated; [i. e., saddle-backed.]
3 Applied to a camel, Having the head and neck and back inclining: or having the head and neck inclining towards the back: the latter is the right explanation. Hence the saying, اِبْنُ خَمْسٍ عَشَآءُ خَلِفَاتٍ قُعْسٍ, meaning, The tarrying of the moon five nights old until it sets is like the tarrying during the evening feed of pregnant camels having their heads and necks inclining towards their backs. [See عَتَمَةٌ.] The same epithet applied to a camel also signifies Having a shortness in the hind legs, and a sloping in the withers.
4 Also, the fem., قَعْسَآءُ, applied to an ant (نَمْلَة), Raising its breast and its tail: pl. قُعْسٌ and قَعْسَاوَاتٌ.
5 And applied to a bow (قَوْس,) Having a bending outwards of its inner side, in its middle, and a bending inwards of its outer side.
6 Also أَقْعَسُ, applied to a man,
7 لَيْلٌ أَقْعَسُ
2 Applied to a horse, Having the صَهْوَة [or place of the saddle], or the spine in that part, depressed, and the قَطَاة [or part next behind] elevated; [i. e., saddle-backed.]
3 Applied to a camel, Having the head and neck and back inclining: or having the head and neck inclining towards the back: the latter is the right explanation. Hence the saying, اِبْنُ خَمْسٍ عَشَآءُ خَلِفَاتٍ قُعْسٍ, meaning, The tarrying of the moon five nights old until it sets is like the tarrying during the evening feed of pregnant camels having their heads and necks inclining towards their backs. [See عَتَمَةٌ.] The same epithet applied to a camel also signifies Having a shortness in the hind legs, and a sloping in the withers.
4 Also, the fem., قَعْسَآءُ, applied to an ant (نَمْلَة), Raising its breast and its tail: pl. قُعْسٌ and قَعْسَاوَاتٌ.
5 And applied to a bow (قَوْس,) Having a bending outwards of its inner side, in its middle, and a bending inwards of its outer side.
6 Also أَقْعَسُ, applied to a man,
7 لَيْلٌ أَقْعَسُ
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