قرع

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Form 1قَرَعَ11 senses · 1 main

maṣdarقَرْعٌ

Core sense — he struck or knocked; he censured him; he rejected himgenerated

1.1

In the sense of ضَرَبَ it has مَقْرَعٌ as its maṣdar; under the article غمز.

1.1.1

قَرَعَ فِى مِقْرَعِهِ means the same as ضَرَبَ فِى مِضْربِهِ; under the article ضرب.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe attacked his character; he blamed or censured him; he spoke against him—قَرَعَ صَفَاتَهُ

Under the article غمز. See مَغْمَزٌ.

1.1.3he flicked with the nail of his thumb and that of his forefinger—قَرَعَ بَيْنَ ظُفْرِ إِبْهَامِهِ وَظُفْرِ سَبَّابَتِهِ

Lth; under the article زنجر.

1.1.4

هُوَ الفَحْلُ لَا يُقْرَعُ أَنْفُهُ: see أَنْفٌ and قدع.

1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe rejected him, repelled him, or turned him back—قَرَعَ أَنْفَهُ

Said of a suitor in a case of marriage; under the article بضع. See بُضْعٌ.

1.1.6

إِنَّ العَصَا قُرِعَتْ لِذِى الحِلْمِ: see Freytag's Arab. Prov. vol. 1, p. 55, and Har, p. 656.

1.1.7

لَا يُقْرَعُ لَهُ العَصَا: see Freytag's Arab. Prov. vol. 2, p. 543, and Har, p. 655, in two places.

1.1.8

قَرَعَهُ بِعَصَا المَلَامَةِ: see عَصًا.

1.1.9

قَرَعْتُ رَأْسَهُ بِالعَصَا and بِالسَّيْفِ: see فَرَعْتُ.

1.1.10

قَرَعَ ظُنْبُوبَ بَعِيرِهِ and قَرَعَ لِأَمْرِهِ ظُنْبُوبَهُ and the like: see the articles ظنب and قَرَعَ لِلْأَمْرِ سَاقَهُ: see سَاقٌ.

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in the sense of ضَرَبَ has مَقْرَعٌ for an inf. n. (Mgh, art. غمز .) قَرَعَ فِى مِقْرَعِهِ i. q. ضَرَبَ فِى مِضْربِهِ . (TA in art. ضرب .) قَرَعَ صَفَاتَهُ He impugned his character; blamed or censured him; spoke against him (Mgh, art. غمز .) See مَغْمَزٌ . قَرَعَ بَيْنَ ظُفْرِ إِبْهَامِهِ وَظُفْرِ سَبَّابَتِهِ He fillipped with the nail of his thumb and that of his forefinger. (Lth, K, * TA, art. زنجر .) هُوَ الفَحْلُ لَا يُقْرَعُ أَنْفُهُ : see أَنْفٌ and قدع . قَرَعَ أَنْفَهُ , inf. n. قَرْعٌ , He rejected him, repelled him, or turned him back; namely a suitor in a case of marriage. (TA, in art. بضع .) See بُضْعٌ . إِنَّ العَصَا قُرِعَتْ لِذِى الحِلْمِ : see Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 55; and Har, 656. لَا يُقْرَعُ لَهُ العَصَا : see Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 543, and Har, 655, in two places. قَرَعَهُ بِعَصَا المَلَامَةِ : see عَصًا . قَرَعْتُ رَأْسَهُ بِالعَصَا and بِالسَّيْفِ : see فَرَعْتُ . قَرَعَ ظُنْبُوبَ بَعِيرِهِ : and قَرَعَ لِأَمْرِهِ ظُنْبُوبَهُ : &c.: see art. ظنب : and قَرَعَ لِلْأَمْرِ سَاقَهُ : see سَاقٌ .

Form 2قَرَّعَهُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he reproached him for his crime; he won a stakegenerated

2.1

He reproached him for his crime or the like, saying to him: you did such and such. Under مُثَرِّبٌ.

2.1.1he took, got, or won, a bet or stake—قَرَّعَ

In L, under نَدَبٌ.

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He reproached him for his crime or the like, saying to him, Thou didst so and so. (TA, voce مُثَرِّبٌ .) قَرَّعَ He took, got, or won, a bet, wager, or stake. (L, in TA, voce نَدَبٌ .)

Form 3قَارَعَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he cast lots with himgenerated

3.1

See its synonym سَاهَمَهُ.

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: see its syn. سَاهَمَهُ .

Form 4أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ1 sense

Core sense — he ordered them to cast lots among themselvesgenerated

4.1

He ordered them to cast, or draw, lots, or to practise sortilege, [among themselves,] for the thing.

Or: he prepared, or disposed, them for doing so, for the thing.

Or: he cast, or drew, lots among them. The first explanation is generally preferable. See أَسْهَمَ بَيْنَهُمْ.

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He ordered, or commanded, them to cast, or draw, lots, or to practise sortilege, [among themselves,] for the thing ( عَلَى الشَّىْءِ ): (JM:) [see an ex. in the Mgh, in this art.:] or he prepared, or disposed, them, for doing so, for the thing ( على الشىء ): (Msb:) or he cast, or drew, lots, or practised sortilege, among them. (K.) The first explanation is generally preferable. See أَسْهَمَ بَيْنَهُمْ .

Form 6هُمَا يَتَقاَرَظَانِ الخَيْرَ وَالشَّرَّ1 sense

Core sense — they two exchange good and evil with each othergenerated

6.1

See تَقَارَضَا.

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: see تَقَارَضَا .

Derived nouns 9

Nounحُبُّ القَرْعِ1 sense

Core sense — worms in the belly; the tape-wormgenerated

Worms in the belly; under شهدانج. But see دُودُ القَرْحِ.

IbrD: القَرْع is not a mistake for القَرْح; حَبُّ القَرْحِ is a corruption found in medical books; حب القرع is a name of the tape-worm, because each joint of it looks like a grain, or seed, of the gourd.

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Worms in the belly. (TA, voce شهدانج .) But see دُودُ القَرْحِ . القَرْع is not a mistake for القَرْح : حَبُّ القَرْحِ is a corruption, found in medical books: حب القرع is a name of the tape-worm, because each joint of it resembles a grain, or seed, of the gourd. (IbrD.)

Nounقَرَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — bare patches of ground amid herbagegenerated

Bare pieces of ground amid herbage; under the article خفى, from a tradition.

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Bare pieces of ground amid herbage. (TA in art. خفى , from a trad.)

Nounقُوْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lot used in sortilege; lots; the casting of lotsgenerated

1he shuffled, cast, or drew, lots; he performed a sortilege—ضَرَبَ القُرْعَةَ

[A lot used in sortilege: lots collectively: sortilege itself. Used in all these senses at the present day, and apparently in classical times.]

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[A lot used in sortilege: lots collectively: sortilege itself. Used in all these senses in the present day, and app. in the classical times.] ضَرَبَ القُرْعَةَ He shuffled, or cast, or drew, lots; performed a sortilege.

Nounقَرِيعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a chief; one chosengenerated

Plural قَرْعَى. For an example of the plural, see the proverb cited under اِسْتَنَّ.

1.1

هُوَ قَرِيعُ وَحْدِهِ: see وحد.

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; pl. قَرْعَى : see an ex. of the pl. in a prov. cited voce اِسْتَنَّ . هُوَ قَرِيعُ وَحْدِهِ : see وحد .

Nounقَارِعَةُ الطَّرِيقِ1 sense

Core sense — the beaten part of a road, trodden by passengersgenerated

The higher, or highest, part of the road; the part that is trodden by the passengers; [the beaten way].

In law books explained as meaning أَطْرَافُ الطَّرِيقِ, as opposed to its جَادَّة.

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The higher, or highest, part of the road; the part that is trodden by the passengers; [the beaten way]. (Msb.) In law books expl. as meaning أَطْرَافُ الطَّرِيقِ ; opposed to its جَادَّة .

Nounقَارِعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sudden calamitygenerated

A sudden calamity.

See also the commentaries of Bd and Jel on 13:31, and an example under اِنْفَرَجَ.

Qur’ānic occurrences قَارِعَة 1 shown of 5

101:2

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A sudden calamity. (K.) See also Bd, and Jel, in xiii. 31, and an ex. voce اِنْفَرَجَ .

Nounمَقْرَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place of strikinggenerated

See مَغْمَزٌ.

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: see مَغْمَزٌ .

Nounمِقْرَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a thing with which one strikesgenerated

See مَضْرَبٌ.

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: see مَضْرَبٌ .

Nounمِقْرَعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a whip; a stick with which a beast is beatengenerated

A whip; or anything with which one beats; or a thing with which a beast is beaten; or a piece of wood with which mules and asses are beaten.

[a cudgel: often applied in the present day to a cudgel made of the thick part of a palm-stick; and this, when used in sport, has several splits made in the thicker end, to make the blows produce a loud sound:]

Plural مَقَارِعُ.

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A whip: or anything with which one beats: (K:) or a thing with which a beast is beaten: (Az, TA:) or a piece of wood with which mules and asses are beaten: (TA:) [a cudgel: often applied in the present day to a cudgel made of the thick part of a palm-stick; and this, when used in sport, has several splits made in the thicker end, to cause the blows to produce a loud sound:] pl. مَقَارِعُ . (TA.)