قَٰضَّ
Root: قض
Form: 1
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قَٰضَّI
, Present.T يَقُضُّ, Verbal.Noun قَضٌّ, He bored, or perforated, a pearl, or a piece of wood. قَضَّ دُرَّةً is also used as signifying قَضَّ عَنْهَا صَدَفَهَا فَٱسْتَخْرَجَهَا [app. meaning He broke through the shell of the pearl so as to disclose it, and extracted it.]
2 Also, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He broke a thing: or he broke a stone with the مِقَضّ, q. v.: or he broke, brayed, crushed, or broke in pieces by beating, a thing; syn. دَقّ; as also قَضْقَضَ : which latter also signifies he broke a thing in pieces [in any manner]. You say also, قَضَّ الحَائِطَ, or الجِدَارَ, meaning He threw down, pulled down, pulled to pieces, demolished, or destroyed, with violence, the wall. And الأَسَدُ فَرِيسَتَهُ The lion breaks the limbs and bones of his prey. And جَنْبَهُ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ I severed his side from his back-bone.
3 [Hence,] قَضَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الخَيْلَ, (S, M, A [in the first and last قَضَضْنَا]) Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun,
4 قَضَّ الوَتِدَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He pulled out (قَلَعَ, in some copies of the K قَطَعَ,) the wooden pin or peg or stake.
def.2 قَضَّ السَّوِيقَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above,
def.3 قَضِضْتُ الطَّعَامَ, and قَضِضْتُ مِنْهُ, [Present.T أَقَضُّ,] Verbal.Noun قَضَضٌ, I found pebbles, or dust, between my teeth in eating the food.
2 قَضّ الطَّعَامُ, Present.T يَقَضُّ, Verbal.Noun قَضَضٌ, The food had in it pebbles, or dust, which got between the teeth of the eater: from قَضَضٌ [q. v.]: the verb is like عَلِمَ, in this sense as well as in that next preceding; intrans. as well as trans.: and signifies [in like manner] it had in it pebbles and dust. And قَضَّ اللَّحْمُ, second pers. قَضِضْتَ, [Present.T يَقَضُّ,] Verbal.Noun قَضَضٌ, The flesh-meat had in it قَضَض [q. v.], which got between the teeth of its eater, like small pebbles: or fell upon pebbles, or dust, which one consequently found in the eating of it. And قَضَّتِ البَضْعَةُ بِالتُّرَابِ The piece of flesh-meat had some dust upon it; as also . An Arab of the desert, describing the effect of rains, said, لَوْ أَلْقَيْتَ بَضْعَةً مَا قَضَّتْ, i. e. [If thou wert to throw down a piece of flesh-meat,] it would not become dusty; meaning, by reason of the abundance of the herbage. You say also, قَضَّ المَكَانُ, Present.T يَقَضُّ, Verbal.Noun قَضَضٌ, The place had in it, or upon it, قَضَض [or small pebbles, or dust]; as also ; and . And قَضَّ الفِرَاشُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as in the next preceding instance, The bed became overspread with dust. And عَلَيْهِ المَضْجَعُ The bed, or place where he lay upon his side, was, or became, rough to him, and dusty: or had قَضَض, or small pebbles, upon it: or was, or became, uneasy to him; as also قَضَّ عليه: or both signify he did not sleep: or his sleep was uneasy. And [hence] عَلَيْهِ الهَمُّ
2 Also, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He broke a thing: or he broke a stone with the مِقَضّ, q. v.: or he broke, brayed, crushed, or broke in pieces by beating, a thing; syn. دَقّ; as also قَضْقَضَ : which latter also signifies he broke a thing in pieces [in any manner]. You say also, قَضَّ الحَائِطَ, or الجِدَارَ, meaning He threw down, pulled down, pulled to pieces, demolished, or destroyed, with violence, the wall. And الأَسَدُ فَرِيسَتَهُ The lion breaks the limbs and bones of his prey. And جَنْبَهُ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ I severed his side from his back-bone.
3 [Hence,] قَضَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الخَيْلَ, (S, M, A [in the first and last قَضَضْنَا]) Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun,
4 قَضَّ الوَتِدَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He pulled out (قَلَعَ, in some copies of the K قَطَعَ,) the wooden pin or peg or stake.
def.2 قَضَّ السَّوِيقَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above,
def.3 قَضِضْتُ الطَّعَامَ, and قَضِضْتُ مِنْهُ, [Present.T أَقَضُّ,] Verbal.Noun قَضَضٌ, I found pebbles, or dust, between my teeth in eating the food.
2 قَضّ الطَّعَامُ, Present.T يَقَضُّ, Verbal.Noun قَضَضٌ, The food had in it pebbles, or dust, which got between the teeth of the eater: from قَضَضٌ [q. v.]: the verb is like عَلِمَ, in this sense as well as in that next preceding; intrans. as well as trans.: and signifies [in like manner] it had in it pebbles and dust. And قَضَّ اللَّحْمُ, second pers. قَضِضْتَ, [Present.T يَقَضُّ,] Verbal.Noun قَضَضٌ, The flesh-meat had in it قَضَض [q. v.], which got between the teeth of its eater, like small pebbles: or fell upon pebbles, or dust, which one consequently found in the eating of it. And قَضَّتِ البَضْعَةُ بِالتُّرَابِ The piece of flesh-meat had some dust upon it; as also . An Arab of the desert, describing the effect of rains, said, لَوْ أَلْقَيْتَ بَضْعَةً مَا قَضَّتْ, i. e. [If thou wert to throw down a piece of flesh-meat,] it would not become dusty; meaning, by reason of the abundance of the herbage. You say also, قَضَّ المَكَانُ, Present.T يَقَضُّ, Verbal.Noun قَضَضٌ, The place had in it, or upon it, قَضَض [or small pebbles, or dust]; as also ; and . And قَضَّ الفِرَاشُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as in the next preceding instance, The bed became overspread with dust. And عَلَيْهِ المَضْجَعُ The bed, or place where he lay upon his side, was, or became, rough to him, and dusty: or had قَضَض, or small pebbles, upon it: or was, or became, uneasy to him; as also قَضَّ عليه: or both signify he did not sleep: or his sleep was uneasy. And [hence] عَلَيْهِ الهَمُّ
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