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قَرَعَ

Root: قرع

Form: 1

Full Definition

قَرَعَI in the sense of ضَرَبَ has مَقْرَعٌ for an Verbal.Noun (Mgh, art. غمز.)
2 قَرَعَ فِى مِقْرَعِهِ i. q. ضَرَبَ فِى مِضْربِهِ. (TA in art. ضرب.)
3 قَرَعَ صَفَاتَهُ He impugned his character; blamed or censured him; spoke against him (Mgh, art. غمز.) See مَغْمَزٌ.
4 قَرَعَ بَيْنَ ظُفْرِ إِبْهَامِهِ وَظُفْرِ سَبَّابَتِهِ He fillipped with the nail of his thumb and that of his forefinger. (Lth, K, * TA, art. زنجر.)
5 هُوَ الفَحْلُ لَا يُقْرَعُ أَنْفُهُ: see أَنْفٌ and قدع.
6 قَرَعَ أَنْفَهُ, Verbal.Noun قَرْعٌ, He rejected him, repelled him, or turned him back; namely a suitor in a case of marriage. (TA, in art. بضع.) See بُضْعٌ.
7 إِنَّ العَصَا قُرِعَتْ لِذِى الحِلْمِ: see Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 55; and Har, 656.
8 لَا يُقْرَعُ لَهُ العَصَا: see Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 543, and Har, 655, in two places.
9 قَرَعَهُ بِعَصَا المَلَامَةِ: see عَصًا.
10 قَرَعْتُ رَأْسَهُ بِالعَصَا and بِالسَّيْفِ: see فَرَعْتُ.
11 قَرَعَ ظُنْبُوبَ بَعِيرِهِ: and قَرَعَ لِأَمْرِهِ ظُنْبُوبَهُ: &c.: see art. ظنب: and قَرَعَ لِلْأَمْرِ سَاقَهُ: see سَاقٌ.
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