قَصٌّ
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قَصٌّ
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قَصَصٌ What is cut, or clipped, or shorn, of the wool of a sheep. See also قُصَاصَةٌ.
def.2 Also, both words, and قَصْقَصٌ The breast of anything: or the head thereof, called in Persian سر سينه [i. e. سَرْسِينَهْ, applied to the pit at the head of the breast]; and such is the قَصَص of the sheep or goat, &c.: or the middle thereof: or the bone thereof, of a man or other animal; [i. e. the sternum;] the soft bone into which are set the cartilaginous ends of the [seven upper pairs of the] ribs, in the middle of the breast: pl. قِصَاصٌ [a reg. pl. of the first]. Hence the saying, هُوَ أَلْزَمُ لَكَ مِنْ شُعَيْرَاتِ قَصِّكَ, or هُوَ أَلْزَمُ بِكَ مِنْ شَعَرَاتِ قَصِّكَ, and , [He is more closely adherent to thee than the little hairs, or the hairs, of thy breast, &c.:] because as often as they are cut they grow [afresh]: meaning, he will not separate himself from thee, nor canst thou cast him from thee: applied to him who denies his relation: and also to him who denies a due that is incumbent on him.
2 Also, the same three words, and قَصِيصٌ , The place of growth of the hair of the breast.
def.3 قَصٌّ, or قِصٌّ , and قَصَّةٌ and قِصَّةٌ , i. q. جَصٌّ, or جِصٌّ, [i. e. Gypsum;] قَصَّةٌ is syn. with جصّ in the dial. of El-Hijáz: or قَصَّةٌ and قِصَّةٌ , the latter on the authority of IDrd, and said by Aboo-Bekr to be with kesr, but by others said to be with fet-h, are syn. with جَصَّةٌ [and جِصَّةٌ, ns. un. of جَصٌّ and جِصٌّ]: or signify stones of جصّ [or gypsum]: pl. قِصَاصٌ [reg. as pl. of قَصَّةٌ]: and قَصَّاصٌ is a dial. form of قَصٌّ [app. as syn. with جَصٌّ and جِصٌّ], a subst., like جَيَّارٌ [which is nearly, if not exactly, syn. with جِيرٌ and جَِصٌّ]. In a trad. of Zeyneb, occurs this expression: عَلَى مَلْحُودَةٍ [O gypsum upon buried corpses!] by which she likens the bodies of the persons addressed to tombs made of جصّ, and their souls to the corpses contained in the tombs.
def.2 Also, both words, and قَصْقَصٌ The breast of anything: or the head thereof, called in Persian سر سينه [i. e. سَرْسِينَهْ, applied to the pit at the head of the breast]; and such is the قَصَص of the sheep or goat, &c.: or the middle thereof: or the bone thereof, of a man or other animal; [i. e. the sternum;] the soft bone into which are set the cartilaginous ends of the [seven upper pairs of the] ribs, in the middle of the breast: pl. قِصَاصٌ [a reg. pl. of the first]. Hence the saying, هُوَ أَلْزَمُ لَكَ مِنْ شُعَيْرَاتِ قَصِّكَ, or هُوَ أَلْزَمُ بِكَ مِنْ شَعَرَاتِ قَصِّكَ, and , [He is more closely adherent to thee than the little hairs, or the hairs, of thy breast, &c.:] because as often as they are cut they grow [afresh]: meaning, he will not separate himself from thee, nor canst thou cast him from thee: applied to him who denies his relation: and also to him who denies a due that is incumbent on him.
2 Also, the same three words, and قَصِيصٌ , The place of growth of the hair of the breast.
def.3 قَصٌّ, or قِصٌّ , and قَصَّةٌ and قِصَّةٌ , i. q. جَصٌّ, or جِصٌّ, [i. e. Gypsum;] قَصَّةٌ is syn. with جصّ in the dial. of El-Hijáz: or قَصَّةٌ and قِصَّةٌ , the latter on the authority of IDrd, and said by Aboo-Bekr to be with kesr, but by others said to be with fet-h, are syn. with جَصَّةٌ [and جِصَّةٌ, ns. un. of جَصٌّ and جِصٌّ]: or signify stones of جصّ [or gypsum]: pl. قِصَاصٌ [reg. as pl. of قَصَّةٌ]: and قَصَّاصٌ is a dial. form of قَصٌّ [app. as syn. with جَصٌّ and جِصٌّ], a subst., like جَيَّارٌ [which is nearly, if not exactly, syn. with جِيرٌ and جَِصٌّ]. In a trad. of Zeyneb, occurs this expression: عَلَى مَلْحُودَةٍ [O gypsum upon buried corpses!] by which she likens the bodies of the persons addressed to tombs made of جصّ, and their souls to the corpses contained in the tombs.
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