Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَقَوْصَرَ

Root: قصر

Form: Q. Q. 2

Full Definition

تَقَوْصَرَ
Q. Q. 2 said of a man, He became contracted; lit., one part of him entered into another part; as though he became like a قَوْصَرَّة, from which word the verb is derived.
2 See also 6.


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