قَشْبٌ
Root: قشب
Form: 1
Full Definition
قَشْبٌI
signifies The act of mixing. You say, قَشَبَ, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun قَشْبٌ, He mixed. And قُشِبَ, said of anything, It was mixed.
2 And قَشَبَهُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He corrupted, or vitiated, it: or he mixed it with a thing that corrupted, or vitiated, it.
3 [Hence,] قَشَبَ الطَّعَامَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He poisoned the food; he mixed the food with poison; as also قشّبهُ : or قَشَبَ signifies he mixed poison, and so prepared it that it should take effect upon the body.
4 And قَشَبَهُ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He gave him poison to drink; and so قشّب لَهُ. And قَشَبَ النَّسْرَ He put poison on flesh-
5 And [hence] قَشَبَنِى رِيحُهُ; and ريحه, Verbal.Noun تَقْشِيبٌ; His, or its, odour annoyed me: as though meaning it poisoned me. قَشَبَهُ and قشّبهُ both signify He, or it, annoyed him. And قَشَبَهُ الدُّخَانُ means The smoke annoyed him by its odour; and oppressed, or overpowered, him. قَشْبٌ [in a case of this kind], as Verbal.Noun of قَشَبَ, Present.T ـِ means The affecting [a person] with what is displeasing, or hateful, and with what is deemed unclean, or filthy: (O, K: [in the former القَشْبُ is expl. by the words الاصابةُ بما يُكْرَهُ ويُسْتَقْذَرُ; which, as well as what here follows, shows that an assertion in the TK respecting the explanation in the K, is erroneous:]) and hence the saying of 'Omar, when he perceived the odour of perfume from Mo'áwiyeh when the latter was a pilgrim, مَنْ قَشَبَنَا [i. e. Who has affected us with what is displeasing &c.?]; likening the odour of perfume in this case to a stink.
6 قَشْبٌ also signifies The depriving [one] of reason; from the same word as signifying the act of “ corrupting, ” or “ vitiating: ” and its verb is قَشَبَ, Present.T ـِ. 'Omar said to one of his sons, قَشَبَكَ المَالُ i. e. Wealth has deprived thee of thy reason: or has corrupted, or vitiated, thee, and deprived thee of thy reason.
7 And قَشَبَهُ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun,
def.2 قَشَبَ اِلسَّيْفَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He polished the sword; removed its قِشْب [i. e. rust].
def.3 And قَشَبَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above; or قَشِبَ, with kesr; He gained, or acquired, praise or blame; as also .
def.4 قَشُبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قَشَاَبةٌ, It was new and clean: or it was white and clean.
2 And قَشُبَ, or قَشِبَ, It was, or became, unclean, dirty, or filthy.
2 And قَشَبَهُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He corrupted, or vitiated, it: or he mixed it with a thing that corrupted, or vitiated, it.
3 [Hence,] قَشَبَ الطَّعَامَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He poisoned the food; he mixed the food with poison; as also قشّبهُ : or قَشَبَ signifies he mixed poison, and so prepared it that it should take effect upon the body.
4 And قَشَبَهُ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He gave him poison to drink; and so قشّب لَهُ. And قَشَبَ النَّسْرَ He put poison on flesh-
5 And [hence] قَشَبَنِى رِيحُهُ; and ريحه, Verbal.Noun تَقْشِيبٌ; His, or its, odour annoyed me: as though meaning it poisoned me. قَشَبَهُ and قشّبهُ both signify He, or it, annoyed him. And قَشَبَهُ الدُّخَانُ means The smoke annoyed him by its odour; and oppressed, or overpowered, him. قَشْبٌ [in a case of this kind], as Verbal.Noun of قَشَبَ, Present.T ـِ means The affecting [a person] with what is displeasing, or hateful, and with what is deemed unclean, or filthy: (O, K: [in the former القَشْبُ is expl. by the words الاصابةُ بما يُكْرَهُ ويُسْتَقْذَرُ; which, as well as what here follows, shows that an assertion in the TK respecting the explanation in the K, is erroneous:]) and hence the saying of 'Omar, when he perceived the odour of perfume from Mo'áwiyeh when the latter was a pilgrim, مَنْ قَشَبَنَا [i. e. Who has affected us with what is displeasing &c.?]; likening the odour of perfume in this case to a stink.
6 قَشْبٌ also signifies The depriving [one] of reason; from the same word as signifying the act of “ corrupting, ” or “ vitiating: ” and its verb is قَشَبَ, Present.T ـِ. 'Omar said to one of his sons, قَشَبَكَ المَالُ i. e. Wealth has deprived thee of thy reason: or has corrupted, or vitiated, thee, and deprived thee of thy reason.
7 And قَشَبَهُ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun,
def.2 قَشَبَ اِلسَّيْفَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He polished the sword; removed its قِشْب [i. e. rust].
def.3 And قَشَبَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above; or قَشِبَ, with kesr; He gained, or acquired, praise or blame; as also .
def.4 قَشُبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قَشَاَبةٌ, It was new and clean: or it was white and clean.
2 And قَشُبَ, or قَشِبَ, It was, or became, unclean, dirty, or filthy.
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