قَاعِدٌ

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قَاعِدٌ [act. part. n. of قَعَدَ] Sitting; sitting down; pl. قُعُودٌ and قُعَّادٌ and قَاعِدُونَ: fem. قَاعِدَةٌ; pl. قَوَاعِدُ and قَاعِدَاتٌ.
2 A sack full of grain; as though by reason of its fulness it were sitting.
3 [And from قَعَدَ in the third meaning,] قَاعِدٌ عَنِ الغَزْوِ A man holding back, or abstaining, from warring and plundering: pl. قُعَّادٌ and قَاعِدُونَ; and quasi-pl. n. قَعَدٌ: which last is also explained as signifying those who have no دِيوَان [or register in which they are enrolled as soldiers and stipendiaries], and who do not go forth to fight.
4 [And hence, the pl.] قَعَدٌ, [which is, properly speaking, a quasi-pl. n.,] like حَارِسٌ and حَرَسٌ, and خَادِمٌ and خَدَمٌ: [The Abstainers, or Separatists:] the قَعَد (so in the S, L, K: in the A, and some copies of the K, :) are The [schismatics called] خَوَارِج: or certain of the خوارج; a people of the خوارج who held back (قَعَدُوا) from aiding 'Alee, and from fighting against him; certain of the حَرُورِيَّة; the [schismatics called] شُرَاة, who hold the doctrine that government belongs only to God, but do not war; who hold the doctrine that government belongs only to God, but do not go forth to war against a people.
5 [And the sing.,] قَاعِدٌ A woman who has ceased to bear children, and to have the menstrual discharge, and to have a husband: or an old woman, advanced in years: pl. قَوَاعِدُ: when you mean “ sitting, ” you say قَاعِدَةٌ.
6 نَخْلَةٌ قَاعِدَةٌ A palm-tree bearing fruit one year and not another: or, that has not borne fruit in its year.
7 Also, قَاعِدٌ, A palm-tree: or a young palm-tree: pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] قَعَدٌ, like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ.
8 قَاعِدٌ A young palm-tree having a trunk: or, [of] which [the branches] may be reached by the hand. Ex. فِى أَرْضِهِمْ كَذَا مِنَ القَاعِدِ In their land are so many young palm-trees having trunks. Thus it is used us a gen. n.

def.2 رَحًى قَاعِدَةٌ A mill which one turns by the handle with the hand.

def.3 حَلَبْتَ قَاعِدًا: see art. حلب.

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