← All rootsReader's Key

قص

Form 1 · Form 2 · Form 3 · Form 4 · Form 5 · Form 6 · Form 8 · Form 10  ·  29 entries  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 30

Form 1قَصَّهُ7 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarقَصٌّ قَصَصٌ

Core sense — he cut it, or clipped it; he followed his tracks; he related the storygenerated

1.1I pared the nail and the like—قَصَّيْتُ الظُّفْرَ وَنَحْوَهُ

He cut it, or clipped it, or cut off part of it — hair, wool, plumage, or a nail of a finger or toe — with the مِقَصّ..

Also قصّصهُ, and, by permutation, قَصَّاهُ; or these two forms are intensive.

1.1.1

Said of a weaver: he cut off from a garment, or piece of cloth, its unwoven end, which is warp without woof.

1.1.2take from the extremities of his ears—قُصِّيهِ

He cut off the extremities of his ears.

This occurs in a tradition. [But it may be from the root قصو.]

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredGod took away from, or lessened, [the account of] his sins—قَصَّ ٱللّٰهُ خَطَايَاهُ
1.2he followed his track, or footsteps, in pursuit; he tried to track him—قَصَّ أَثَرَهُ

and in some copies of the K قَصِيصٌ, but the former is right; also قَصٌّ.

He did so by degrees; or by night; or at any time — this last being the correct explanation.

قَصَّهُ means the same, and so do اقتصّ اثره and تقصّص اثره; قَسَّ is a dialectal variant of it.

such a one went out following the footsteps of such a one, in pursuit—خَرَجَ فُلَانٌ قَصَصًا فِى أَثَرِ فُلَانٍ
and they both went back the way they had come, retracing their footsteps—فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا

Qur 18:63.

1.2.1he related to him the news, the story, or the dream in its proper manner—قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرَ

Also الحَدِيثَ and الرُّؤْيَا., or this is a noun put in place of the maṣdar, so that it has taken its place, and قَصٌّ; or only the latter is the maṣdar and the former is only a noun.

he related the tradition, or story, in its proper manner—اقتصّ الحَدِيثَ
he pursued the particulars of the news gradually and deliberately—تقصّص الخَبَرَ
he recited, or delivered, a discourse of the kind termed خُطْبَة—قَصَّ
we explain to you with the best explanation—نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ القَصَصِ

Or: he made it known to him.

As though he followed the traces of the story in pursuit and related it accordingly.

Qur 12:3. Some say that قَصٌّ is the maṣdar of the verb in this sense, and that قَصَصٌ is a noun [syn. with قِصَّةٌ].

In a tradition about the Children of Israel: لَمَّا قَصُّوا هَلَكُوا, or, according to other relations, لَمَّا هَلَكُوا قَصُّوا, meaning: when they relied on words and neglected works, they perished; or, when they perished by neglecting works, they turned to stories and relied on them.

1.3

For قَصَّهُ المَوْتُ and قَصَّهُ عَلَى المَوْتِ, or مِنَ المَوْتِ, see Form 4.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 18
7:7
فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ ۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ

And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place).

11:100
ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيْكَ ۖ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ

These are some of the stories of communities which We relate unto thee: of them some are standing, and some have been mown down (by the sickle of time).

20:99
كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًا

Thus do We relate to thee some stories of what happened before: for We have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.

27:76
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَقُصُّ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَكْثَرَ ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Verily this Qur'an doth explain to the Children of Israel most of the matters in which they disagree.

28:11
وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

And she said to the sister of (Moses), "Follow him" so she (the sister) watched him in the character of a stranger. And they knew not.

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.

Show Lane's original text
, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) aor. قَصُصَ , inf. n. قَصٌّ , (M, Msb,) He cut it; (S, Msb;) or he clipped it, or shore it, or cut off from it; (A, K;) namely, hair, (S, M, A, K,) and wool, (M,) and plumage, (A,) and a nail of a finger or toe; (M, K;) with the مِقَصّ , q. v.: (A, K:) as also قصّصهُ , (M, A,) and, by permutation, قَصَّاهُ : (M:) or these two forms have an intensive signification: or you say, قَصَّيْتُ الظُّفْرَ وَنَحْوَهُ , meaning, I pared the nail and the like. (Msb.) Also, He (a weaver) cut off from it, namely, a garment, or piece of cloth, its unwoven end, or extremity, consisting of warp without woof. (M.) And He cut off the extremities of his ears. (IAar, M.) قُصِّيهِ occurs in a trad., as meaning, Take thou from the extremities of his ears. (TA.) [But this may be from the root قصو , q. v.] And [hence,] قَصَّ ٱللّٰهُ خَطَايَاهُ God diminished, or took or deducted from, [the account of] his sins. (TA, from a trad.) قَصَّ أَثَرَهُ , (S, M, A, Msb, K,) aor. قَصُصَ , (M, TA,) inf. n. قَصَصٌ , (S, M, A, O, L, K,) in [some of] the copies of the K قَصِيصٌ , but the former is the right, (TA,) and قَصٌّ , (T, M, K,) He followed, or followed after, his track, or footsteps, in pursuit; endeavoured to trace him, or track him; (S, M, A, Msb, K, &c.;) or he did so by degrees: (TA:) or by night: or at any time: (M, TA:) which last is the correct explanation: (TA:) and قَصَّهُ signifies the same, (A, TA,) and so اقتصّ اثره , (S, K,) and تقصّص اثره : (S, M, K:) and قَسَّ is a dial. form of the same. (TA.) You say, خَرَجَ فُلَانٌ قَصَصًا فِى أَثَرِ فُلَانٍ Such a one went forth following, or following after, the footsteps of such a one, in pursuit. (TA.) And it is said in the Kur, [xviii. 63,] (S,) فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا (S, K) And they both returned by the way by which they had come, retracing their footsteps. (K, TA.) [And hence,] قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرَ , (S, M, Msb, * K, *) and الحَدِيثَ , and الرُّؤْيَا , (A,) aor. قَصُصَ , (M, TA,) inf. n. قَصَصٌ , (M, TA,) or this is a subst. put in the place of the inf. n. so that it has become predominant over it, (S,) and قَصٌّ , (M, TA,) or the latter only is the inf. n., and the former is [only] a subst., (Msb,) He related to him the piece of news, or information, (S, M, Msb,) and the tradition, or story, and the dream, (A,) in its proper manner ( عَلَى وَجْهِهِ ): (S, Msb:) or he made it known [to him]: (K:) and اقتصّ الحَدِيثَ he related the tradition, or story, in its proper manner ( عَلَى وَجْهِهِ ); (S, K, TA;) as though he followed its traces, in pursuit, and related it accordingly: (TA:) [i. e., he pursued the course of the tradition, or story:] and تقصّص الخَبَرَ he pursued, or sought after, the particulars of the news, or information, gradually, and deliberately. (M.) قَصَّ is also said to signify He recited, or delivered, a [discourse such as is termed] خُطْبَة . (TA.) And it is said in the Kur, [xii. 3,] نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ القَصَصِ We explain unto thee with the best explanation: (K, TA:) or, as some say, قَصٌّ is the inf. n. of the verb used in this sense, and قَصَصٌ is a subst. [syn. with قِصَّةٌ , q. v.]. (TA.) And in a trad. respecting the Children of Israel it is said, لَمَّا قَصُّوا هَلَكُوا : or لَمَّا هَلَكُوا قَصُّوا : accord. to different relations: meaning, When they relied upon words, and neglected works, they perished: or when they perished, by neglecting works, they inclined to, and relied upon, stories. (TA.) قَصَّهُ المَوْتُ , and قَصَّهُ عَلَى المَوْتِ , or مِنَ المَوْتِ : see 4.
Form 2قصّصهُ2 senses
maṣdarتَقْصِيصٌ

Core sense — he cut it, or clipped it; he plastered it with gypsumgenerated

2.1

See Form 1, first meaning.

2.2he plastered, or built, a house, or a tomb, with gypsum—قصّص

Doing this is forbidden.

synonymous with جَصَّصَ, of the dialect of El-Hijáz.

Show Lane's original text
: see I, first signification. قصّص , (S,) inf. n. تَقْصِيصٌ , (A, K,) He plastered, or built, (TA,) a house, (S, K, TA,) and a tomb, which it is forbidden to do, (A, TA,) with gypsum; (TA;) syn. جَصَّصَ : (S, K:) of the dial. of El-Hijáz. (TA, art. جص .)
Form 3قاصّهُ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُقَاصَّةٌ

Core sense — he retaliated upon him; he made him even with himself in a reckoninggenerated

3.1

He (the relative of a slain man, or one who has been wounded, [or mutilated]) retaliated upon him by slaying him, or wounding him, or mutilating him, so as to make himself even with him.

Maṣdar مُقَاصَّةٌ and قِصَاصٌ, the latter being the more common.

See also Form 8.

3.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe made his fellow even with him in a reckoning, or other matter, by withholding the like of what was owed to him—قاصّ صَاحِبَهُ

Hence: he made him even with himself; used in a general way.

Maṣdars as above. He made a debt his fellow owed him a requital of a like debt he owed his fellow. Fei adds that this is taken from إِقْتِصَاصُ الأَثَرِ, and that the meaning of retaliation for slaughter, wounding and mutilation comes from it, though that is the dominant meaning.

I withheld from him the like of what he owed me—قَاصَصْتُهُ بِمَا كَانَ لِى قَبْلَهُ

[Or, more probably, قِبَلَهُ, or perhaps عَلَيْهِ.]

ISd says: the phrase قُوصَّ زَيْدٌ مَا عَلَيْهِ has been mentioned, and in my opinion it means that Zeyd was reckoned with for what he owed, the verb being made transitive without a particle because it carries the meaning of أُغْرِمَ and the like.

Show Lane's original text
, (Msb,) inf. n. مُقَاصَّةٌ (A, Mgh, Msb) and قِصَاصٌ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) [which latter is the more common,] He (the relation of a slain man, A, Mgh, TA, or one who has been wounded, Mgh, [or mutilated,]) retaliated upon him by slaying him, or wounding him, (S, * Mgh, Msb, K,) or mutilating him, (S, * Msb, K, *) so as to make him quit, or even, with him. (Mgh.) See also 8. Hence, (A, Mgh,) He made him quit, or even, with himself: used in a general way. (Mgh.) You say, قاصّ صَاحِبَهُ , (S, Mgh, Msb, * K,) inf. ns. as above, (Msb,) He made his fellow quit, or even, with him, (Mgh,) in a reckoning, (S, Mgh, K,) or other thing, (S, K,) by withholding from him the like of what the latter owed to him; (Mgh;) he made a debt which his fellow owed him to be as a requital of a like debt which he owed his fellow: [but Fei adds,] this is taken from إِقْتِصَاصُ الأَثَرِ : and hence the former signification, relating to retaliation of slaughter and wounding and mutilation, which, however, is the predominant signification. (Msb.) You say also, قَاصَصْتُهُ بِمَا كَانَ لِى قَبْلَهُ , [or, more probably, قِبَلَهُ , or perhaps عَلَيْهِ ,] I withheld from him the like of what he owed me. (A, TA.) ISd says, (TA,) The phrase قُوصَّ زَيْدٌ مَا عَلَيْهِ has been mentioned; and means, in my opinion, Zeyd was reckoned with for what he owed: though made trans. without a particle, as implying the meaning of أُغْرِمَ and the like. (M, TA.)
Form 4اقصّهُ4 senses · 2 main
maṣdarإِقْصَاصٌ

Core sense — he retaliated for him; he brought him near to deathgenerated

4.1he retaliated for such a one upon such a one—اقصّ فُلَانًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ

He retaliated for him..

Also اقتصّهُ — so in one copy, but I think it a mistake for اقصّهُ, or for اقتصّ لَهُ; or اقتصّ مِنْهُ, which seems to be a mistake for اقتصّ لَهُ.

Said of a governor or prince: by wounding the second like as he had wounded the first, or by slaying him for the slaughter of the first, and the like.

4.1.1figurative · مجازthe man gave power to retaliate upon himself, by doing to him the like of what he had done—اقصّ الرَّجُلُ مِنُ نَفْسِهِ
I authorize you to bring forward anything by which to invalidate the testimony—أَقْصَصْتُكَ الجُرْحَةَ

Whether it be slaughter, mutilation, beating or wounding.

4.2he beat him until he brought him near to death—ضَرَبَهُ حَتَّى أَقَصَّهُ مِنَ المَوْتِ

Also قَصَّهُ عَلَى المَوْتِ; and Fr used to say ضربه حتّى أَقَصَّهُ المَوْتَ with the same meaning.

I brought him near to death—أَقْصَصْتُهُ عَلَى المَوْتِ

on this sense A poet says, meaning: you have brought your mother near to death:

shāhid
فَقَدْ أَقْصَصْتَ أُمَّكَ بِالْهُزَالِ
4.2.1death came near to him; or he was at the point of death and then escaped—قَصَّهُ المَوْتُ

Fr also said this, and أَقَصَّهُ المَوْتُ, both with this meaning [in the L and TA قَصَّهُ مِنَ المَوْتِ and أَقَصَّهُ مِنْهُ, which seems to be a mistranscription].

So too أَقَصَّتْهُ شَعُوبُ and أَقَصَّ على المَوْتِ: he was at the point of death.

Show Lane's original text
, inf. n. إِقْصَاصٌ , He retaliated for him; (M;) as also اقتصّهُ ; (A; [so in a copy of that work; but I think it is a mistake for اقصّهُ , or for اقتصّ لَهُ , q. v.]) or اقتصّ مِنْهُ . (TA [but this seems to be a mistake for اقتصّ لَهُ .]) You say, اقصّ فُلَانًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ He (a governor, or prince,) retaliated for such a one upon such a one, (S, K,) by wounding the latter like as he had wounded the former, (S, Msb, K,) or by slaying the latter for the slaughter of the former; (S, K;) and the like. (TA.) اقصّ الرَّجُلُ مِنُ نَفْسِهِ The man gave power, or authority, to retaliate upon himself, (K, TA,) by doing to him the like of that which he had done, whether it be slaughter or mutilation or beating or wounding. (TA.) [Whence the saying,] أَقْصَصْتُكَ الجُرْحَةَ I authorize thee to adduce anything whereby to invalidate the testimony. (A, * TA, art. جرح .) ضَرَبَهُ حَتَّى أَقَصَّهُ مِنَ المَوْتِ , (S, K,) and قَصَّهُ عَلَى المَوْتِ , (K,) He beat him until he made him to be near to death: (S, K:) and Fr used to say, ضربه حتّى أَقَصَّهُ المَوْتَ [meaning as above]. (S.) You say [also], أَقْصَصْتُهُ عَلَى المَوْتِ [I made him to be near to death]. (M.) And a poet says, 1 meaning, Thou hast made thy mother to be near to death. (TA.) فَقَدْ أَقْصَصْتَ أُمَّكَ بِالْهُزَالِ Fr also said, (S,) قَصَّهُ المَوْتُ and أَقَصَّهُ المَوْتُ [in the L and TA قَصَّهُ مِنَ المَوْتِ and أَقَصَّهُ مِنْهُ , which seems to be a mistranscription,] both signifying Death became near to him: (S, K:) or he became at the point of death, and then escaped; (TA;) and so أَقَصَّتْهُ شَعُوبُ : (M:) and أَقَصَّ على المَوْتِ he became at the point of death. (M.)
Form 5تقصّص4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — it was cut, or clipped; he kept his speech in memorygenerated

5.1

See Form 8.

5.2

For تقصّص أَثَرَهُ, see قَصَّ اثره.

5.2.1

For تقصّص الخَبَرَ, see قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرَ.

5.2.2he preserved his speech, or discourse, in his memory—تقصّص كَلَامَهُ
Show Lane's original text
: see 8. تقصّص أَثَرَهُ : see قَصَّ اثره . تقصّص الخَبَرَ : see قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرَ . تقصّص كَلَامَهُ He preserved in his memory his speech, or discourse. (AZ, M, K.)
Form 6تقاصّوا2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — they made themselves even with one another by retaliationgenerated

6.1

They made themselves even with one another by retaliation, slaying for slaying, or wounding for wounding.

A poet says: [And we sought retaliation so as to make a party even with us; for people's making themselves even with one another by retaliation is a statute, and an act of justice, appointed to the Muslims]

shāhid 1
فَرُمْنَا القِصَاصَ وَكَانَ التَّقَاصصُ حُكْمًا وَعَدْلًا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَا

In it التَّقَاصُّ is a departure from the general rule, since it puts two sākin letters together in poetry; so some relate it differently, saying القِصَاصُ. There is no other instance of the kind except one verse cited by Akh:

shāhid 2
وَلَوْلَا خِدَاشٌ أَخَدْتُ دَوَاببَ سَعْدٍ وَلَمْ أَعْطِهِ مَا عَلَيْهَا

. But Aboo-Is-hák thinks that, if this verse is genuine, the right reading is دَوَابِبَ سَعْدٍ, since making the doubling of a letter distinct is allowed in poetry; or رَوَاحِلَ سَعْدٍ.

This is the primary meaning of the verb.

6.1.1figurative · مجاز

And hence — or, according to Fei, the reverse is the case (see Form 3) — they made themselves even with one another in a reckoning, or other matter, one withholding from the other the like of what was owed to him.

Show Lane's original text
They made themselves quits, or even, one with another, by retaliation, (M, TA,) slaying for slaying, or wounding for wounding. (M.) A poet says, 1 [And we sought retaliation so as to make a party quit, or even, with us; for people's making themselves quits, or even, one with another, by retaliation, is a statute, and an act of justice, appointed to the Muslims]: in which التَّقَاصُّ is an instance of a deviation from a general rule, as it presents two quiescent letters together in poetry; wherefore some relate it differently, saying, القِصَاصُ : and there is no other instance of the kind excepting one verse cited by Akh: 2 but Aboo-Is-hák thinks, that, if this verse be genuine, the right reading is دَوَابِبَ سَعْدٍ , as the making the duplication of a letter distinct is allowable in poetry; or رَوَاحِلَ سَعْدٍ . (M, TA.) This is the primary signification of the verb. (TA.) فَرُمْنَا القِصَاصَ وَكَانَ التَّقَاص | صُ حُكْمًا وَعَدْلًا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَا وَلَوْلَا خِدَاشٌ أَخَدْتُ دَوَاب | بَ سَعْدٍ وَلَمْ أَعْطِهِ مَا عَلَيْهَا And hence, (A, * Mgh, * TA,) [or, accord. to Fei, the reverse is the case, (see 3,)] They made themselves quits, or even, one with another, in a reckoning, (S, A, Mgh, K,) or other thing (S, A, K) one withholding from another the like of what the latter owed him. (Mgh.)
Form 8اقتصّ6 senses · 3 main
maṣdarإِقْصَاصٌ

Core sense — it was cut, or clipped; he retaliated, slaying for slaying or wounding for woundinggenerated

8.1

Said of hair or the like: it was cut, clipped, or shorn, with the مِقَصّ; also تقصّص and تَقَصَّى.

8.2

For اقتصّ أَثَرَهُ, see قَصَّ اثره.

8.2.1

For اقتصّ الحَدِيثَ, see قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرَ.

8.3he retaliated for such a one upon such a one—اقتصّ لِفُلَانٍ مِنْ فُلَانٍ

He retaliated, slaying for slaying, or wounding for wounding.

By wounding the second like as he had wounded the first, or by slaying him for the slaughter of the first, and the like; also أَقَصَّهُ مِنْهُ.

أَفَصَّهُ, also means: he (the Sultán) slew him in retaliation.

8.3.1

اِقْتِصَاصٌ, as a noun, also means being done to like as one has done, whether it be slaughter, mutilation, beating or wounding.

It is said to have no verb answering to this meaning, though I do not see how that can be asserted, for one may certainly say اُقْتُصَّ مِنْهُ.

8.3.2

See also Form 10.

Show Lane's original text
It (hair [or the like]) was, or became, cut, or clipped, or shorn, (M, TA,) with the مِقَصّ ; (TA;) as also تقصّص and تَقَصَّى . (M, TA.) اقتصّ أَثَرَهُ : see قَصَّ اثره . اقتصّ الحَدِيثَ : see قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرَ . He retaliated, slaying for slaying, or wounding for wounding. (M.) You say, اقتصّ لِفُلَانٍ مِنْ فُلَانٍ (S, A, K) He retaliated for such a one upon such a one, by wounding the latter like as he had wounded the former, or by slaying the latter for the slaughter of the former, (S, K, TA,) and the like; (TA;) as also أَقَصَّهُ مِنْهُ . (S, K.) [See the latter verb, first signification.] And أَفَصَّهُ , inf. n. إِقْصَاصٌ , signifies [also] He (the Sultán) slew him in retaliation. (Msb.) اِقْتِصَاصٌ , as a subst., [i. e., having no verb corresponding to the signification here following, though I do not see how this can be asserted, for one may certainly say اُقْتُصَّ مِنْهُ ,] also signifies The being done to like as one has done, whether it be slaughter or mutilation or beating or wounding. (TA.) See also 10.
Form 10استقصّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he sought, or demanded, retaliationgenerated

10.1

He sought, or demanded, retaliation, that is, slaying for slaying, or wounding for wounding.

10.1.1he asked him to retaliate for him—استقصّهُ

اقتصّهُ is said in the K to mean the same, but the author was misled into saying this by misunderstanding a passage in the O: تقصّص اثره مثل قَصَّهُ واقتصّهُ واستقصّهُ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُقِصَّهُ, in which واقتصّه ends a clause.

Show Lane's original text
He sought, or demanded, retaliation, i. e., slaying for slaying, or wounding for wounding. (M.) استقصّهُ He asked of him to retaliate for him: (S, A, Msb, K:) and اقتصّهُ signifies the same accord. to the K; but the author has been misled into saying this by misunderstanding the following passage in the O; تقصّص اثره مثل قَصَّهُ واقتصّهُ واستقصّهُ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُقِصَّهُ , in which واقتصّه terminates a clause. (TA.)

Derived nouns 21

Nounقَصٌّ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — shorn wool; the breast, or the sternum; gypsumgenerated

1

This, and قَصَصٌ: what is cut, clipped, or shorn of the wool of a sheep. See also قُصَاصَةٌ.

2he clings to you more closely than the little hairs of your breast—هُوَ أَلْزَمُ لَكَ مِنْ شُعَيْرَاتِ قَصِّكَ

Both words, and قَصْقَصٌ: the breast of anything; or its head, called in Persian سر سينه [i.e. سَرْسِينَهْ, applied to the pit at the head of the breast], and such is the قَصَص of a sheep or goat and the like; or its middle; or its bone, in a man or other animal — the sternum, the soft bone into which the cartilaginous ends of the [seven upper pairs of] ribs are set, in the middle of the breast. Plural قِصَاصٌ.

Because as often as they are cut they grow again: meaning that he will not separate himself from you, and you cannot cast him off. Said of one who denies his relationship, and also of one who denies a due that is owed by him.

Or هُوَ أَلْزَمُ بِكَ مِنْ شَعَرَاتِ قَصِّكَ, and قَصَصِكَ.

2.1

The same three words, and قَصِيصٌ: the place where the hair of the breast grows.

3O gypsum upon buried corpses!—يَاقَصَّةً عَلَى مَلْحُودَةٍ

قَصٌّ (JK, and so in one place in a copy of the M, and in the TA), or قِصٌّ (so in one place in a copy of the M), and قَصَّةٌ and قِصَّةٌ: the same as جَصٌّ, or جِصٌّ [i.e. gypsum].

قَصَّةٌ is synonymous with جصّ in the dialect 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 to be with fet-h (Seer) — are synonymous with جَصَّةٌ [and جِصَّةٌ, ism waḥda of جَصٌّ and جِصٌّ]; or they mean stones of جصّ [or gypsum]. Plural قِصَاصٌ [regular as plural of قَصَّةٌ].

قَصَّاصٌ is a dialectal variant of قَصٌّ [apparently as synonymous with جَصٌّ and جِصٌّ], a noun like جَيَّارٌ [which is nearly, if not exactly, synonymous with جِيرٌ and جَِصٌّ].

In a tradition of Zeyneb. By it she likens the bodies of those she addresses to tombs made of جصّ, and their souls to the corpses inside the tombs.

Show Lane's original text
(M, K) and قَصَصٌ (M, TA) What is cut, or clipped, or shorn, of the wool of a sheep. (M, K, TA.) See also قُصَاصَةٌ . Also, both words, (S, M, A, K,) and قَصْقَصٌ (M, TA) The breast (M, A, K) of anything: (M:) or the head thereof, (S, K,) 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.: (S:) or the middle thereof: (M, K:) or the bone thereof, (M, K,) of a man or other animal; (TA;) [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: (Lth, TA:) pl. قِصَاصٌ [a reg. pl. of the first]. (K.) Hence the saying, هُوَ أَلْزَمُ لَكَ مِنْ شُعَيْرَاتِ قَصِّكَ , (S,) or هُوَ أَلْزَمُ بِكَ مِنْ شَعَرَاتِ قَصِّكَ , and قَصَصِكَ , (M, TA,) [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]: (As, TA:) 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. (Sgh, TA.) Also, the same three words, (the first and second accord. to the TA, and the third accord. to the K) and قَصِيصٌ , (K,) The place of growth of the hair of the breast. (K, TA.) قَصٌّ , (JK, and so in one place in a copy of the M, and in the TA,) or قِصٌّ , (so in one place in a copy of the M) and قَصَّةٌ and قِصَّةٌ , (M,) i. q. جَصٌّ , (JK,) or جِصٌّ , (M,) [i. e. Gypsum;] قَصَّةٌ is syn. with جصّ (S, Msb) in the dial. of El-Hijáz: (S:) or قَصَّةٌ and قِصَّةٌ , (K,) the latter on the authority of IDrd, (TA,) and said by Aboo-Bekr to be with kesr, but by others said to be with fet-h, (Seer, TA,) are syn. with جَصَّةٌ [and جِصَّةٌ , ns. un. of جَصٌّ and جِصٌّ ]: (K:) or signify stones of جصّ [or gypsum]: (TA:) pl. قِصَاصٌ [reg. as pl. of قَصَّةٌ ]: (K:) 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 ]. (M, L.) In a trad. of Zeyneb, occurs this expression: يَاقَصَّةً 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. (TA.)
Nounقِصٌّ1 sense

Core sense — gypsumgenerated

1

See قَصٌّ, last meaning; the latter in three places.

Show Lane's original text
: see قَصٌّ , last signification; the latter in three places.
Nounقَصَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — gypsumgenerated

1

See قَصٌّ, last meaning; the latter in three places.

Show Lane's original text
: see قَصٌّ , last signification; the latter in three places.
Nounقُصَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the hair over the forehead; a lock of hairgenerated

1

The hair over the forehead; synonymous with نَاصِيَةٌ, or, according to some, شَعَرُ النَّاصِيَةِ, of a horse; or the part of it that comes forward over the face.

Also the ناصية of a woman; or the طُرَّة, that is, the ناصية [or front hair of the head] which is cut level with the forehead (literally, over against it, حِذَآءَ).

Or what a woman makes in the fore part of her head by cutting the hair of that part, except over her temples.

Or, as some say, any lock of hair; or it has this meaning as well.

Plural قُصَصٌ and قِصَاصٌ. See also قُصَاصٌ.

Show Lane's original text
The hair over the forehead; syn. نَاصِيَةٌ , (M, A,) or شَعَرُ النَّاصِيَةِ ; (S, K;) accord. to some, (TA,) of a horse: (M, TA:) or what comes forward, thereof, over the face: (M, TA:) and the ناصية of a woman: (M:) or the طُرَّة , i. e., the ناصية , [or front hair of the head,] which is cut over (lit. over against, حِذَآءَ ,) the forehead: (Mgh, Msb:) or what a woman makes, in the fore part of her head, by cutting the hair of that part, excepting over her temples: (TA:) or it signifies, as some say, (Mgh,) or signifies also, (M, A,) any lock of hair: (M, A, Mgh:) pl. قُصَصٌ (M, Msb, K) and قِصَاصٌ . (M, K) See also قُصَاصٌ .
Nounقِصَّةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a story, a narrative; an affair, or a casegenerated

1figurative · مجازhe has a wonderful story—لَهُ قِصَّةٌ عَجِيبَةٌ

A story, a narrative; also what is written; and an affair, or a case.

قَصَصٌ is synonymous with it in the first of these senses, and means a story, or narrative, that is related; قَصِيصَةٌ too is synonymous with قِصَّةٌ, and so is قَصِيصٌ.

The plural of قِصَّةٌ is قِصَصٌ, and أَقَا صِيصُ is a plural of that plural; the plural of قَصِيصَةٌ is قَصَائِصُ.

Also قَصَصٌ and the like.

in his head is a speech, or the like—فِى رَأْسِهِ قِصَّةٌ
what is your affair, or your case?—مَا قِصَّتُكَ
he referred an affair, or a case, to the Sultán—رَفَعَ قِصَّةً إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ
2

See also قَصٌّ, last meaning.

Show Lane's original text
A story; a narrative: (S, M, TA:) and what is written: (S, K:) and an affair; or a case: (S, Msb, K:) and قَصَصٌ is syn. therewith, in the first of the above senses; (S, * M, A, * Msb, * TA;) and signifies a story, or narrative, related: (M, TA:) and قَصِيصَةٌ also is syn. with قِصَّةٌ [in the first of the above senses], (A, K,) and so is قَصِيصٌ : (A:) the pl. of قِصَّةٌ is قِصَصٌ , (S, Msb, K,) and أَقَا صِيصُ is a pl. pl.: (A, * TA:) and the pl. of قَصِيصَةٌ is قَصَائِصُ . (A, * TA.) You say, لَهُ قِصَّةٌ عَجِيبَةٌ and قَصَصٌ &c. [He has, or to him, or it, relates, a wonderful story]. (A.) And فِى رَأْسِهِ قِصَّةٌ In his head is a speech; or the like. (TA.) And مَا قِصَّتُكَ What is thine affair? or thy case? (Msb.) And رَفَعَ قِصَّةً إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ [He referred an affair, or a case, to the Sultán]. (A.) See also قَصٌّ , last signification.
Nounقَصَصٌ3 senses

Core sense — a story, a narrative; the breastgenerated

1

See قَصٌّ, first meaning.

2

See also قِصَّةٌ.

3

See also قصٌّ again, second and third meanings.

Qur’ānic occurrences قَصَص 3 shown of 6
3:62
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْقَصَصُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

This is the true account: There is no god except Allah; and Allah-He is indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise.

12:3
نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ

We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur'an: before this, thou too was among those who knew it not.

18:64
قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۚ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا

Moses said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come).

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.

Show Lane's original text
: see قَصٌّ , first signification. See also قِصَّةٌ . See also قصٌّ , again, second and third significations.
Nounقَصَاصٌ1 sense

Core sense — retaliationgenerated

1

See قُصَاص.

Show Lane's original text
: see قُصَاص .
Nounقُصَاصُ الشَّعَرِ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the part where the growth of the hair endsgenerated

1

This, and قِصَاصُهُ and قَصَاصُهُ, of which three forms the first is the most common: the part where the growth of the hair ends, in the fore part and the hind part of the head; or in the fore part or the hind part; or in the fore part of the head and around it; or in the fore part of the head or around it; or in the middle of the head; or the end of the back of the neck; or the whole circuit [of the hair], behind and before and around.

One says also قُصَاصَةُ الشَّعَرِ; and مَقَصُّ الشَّعَرِ, of which the plural is مَقَاصُّ, means the same as قُصَاصُهُ, or the part where the hair is taken with the scissors.

القُصَاصُ also means the place along which the scissors run in the middle of the head; or the end of the back of the neck; or the part where the growth of the hair ends in the fore part of the head, or in the fore part and the hind part of it, as explained above.

1.1figurative · مجازhe bit the extremities of his two hands, where they meet together—عَضَّ بِقُصَاصِ كَفَّيهْهِ
Show Lane's original text
and قِصَاصُهُ and قَصَاصُهُ , (S, M, A, Mgh, K,) of which three forms the first is the most common, (S,) The part where the growth of the hair terminates, (As, S, M, A, * Mgh, K,) in the fore part and the hind part (As, S, M) of the head; (M;) or in the fore part or the hind part; (K;) or in the fore part of the head and around it; (A;) or in the fore part of the head or around it; (Mgh;) or in the middle of the head: (TA:) or the extremity of the back of the neck: (M, TA:) or the whole circuit [of the hair], behind and before and around; and one says also قُصَاصَةُ الشَّعَرِ : (TA:) and مَقَصُّ الشَّعَرِ , of which the pl. is مَقَاصُّ , signifies the same as قُصَاصُهُ ; (As, TA;) or the part where it is taken with the scissors: (TA:) القُصَاصُ also signifies the place along which the scissors run in the middle of the head: (M, K:) or the extremity of the back of the neck: (K:) or the part where the growth of the hair terminates (K, TA) in the fore part of the head; or in the fore part and the hind part thereof; as before explained. (TA.) You say also, عَضَّ بِقُصَاصِ كَفَّيهْهِ , meaning, He bit the extremities of his two hands, where they meet together. (A, TA.)
Nounقِصَاصٌ2 senses

Core sense — retaliation, slaying for slaying and wounding for woundinggenerated

1

See قُصَاص.

2

This — a maṣdar of Form 3 — and قَصَاصَآءُ (so in a copy of the M, in the CK, and in a MS copy of the K; in the TA قُصَاصَآءُ, which I think a mistake) and قِصَاصَآءُ: the same as قَوَدٌ, retaliation, by slaying for slaying, wounding for wounding, and mutilating for mutilating.

Show Lane's original text
: see قُصَاص . Also, (S, M, Msb, K,) and قَصَاصَآءُ , (so in a copy of the M, and in the CK, and in a MS copy of the K [in the TA قُصَاصَآءُ , which I think a mistake,]) and قِصَاصَآءُ , (M, K,) [the first an inf. n. of 3, q. v.,] i. q. قَوَدٌ ; (S, K;) Retaliation, by slaying for slaying, and wounding for wounding, (M, Msb, TA,) and mutilating for mutilating. (Msb.)
Nounقَصِيصٌ3 senses

Core sense — what is cut, or clipped, or shorn, of woolgenerated

1

See مَقْصُوصٌ.

2

And see قِصَّةٌ.

3

And see قَصٌّ, third meaning.

Show Lane's original text
: see مَقْصُوصٌ : and قِصَّةٌ : and قَصٌّ , third signification.
Nounقُصَاصَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — clippings, what is cut off with the scissorsgenerated

1

Cuttings, or what is cut off with the مِقَصّ: of hair, and of the unwoven end of a garment or piece of cloth.

1.1

See also قُصَاص.

Show Lane's original text
Cuttings, or what is cut off (M, A) with the مِقَصّ , (A,) of hair, (Lh, M, A,) and of the unwoven end, or extremity, of a garment, or piece of cloth. (M.) See also قُصَاص .
Nounقَصِيصَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a camel, or horse, with which one follows footstepsgenerated

1

A camel, or horse, or the like, with which one follows footsteps, or the footsteps of travelling camels. Plural قَصَائِصُ. (Ibn-'Abbád)

2

See also قِصَّةٌ, in two places.

Show Lane's original text
A camel, (M, K,) or horse, or the like, (M,) with which one follows, or follows after, (M, K,) footsteps, (M,) or the footsteps of travellingcamels: (K:) pl. قَصَائِصُ . (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.) See also قِصَّةٌ , in two places.
Nounقَصَاصَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — retaliationgenerated

1

This, or قُصَاصَآءُ, and قِصَاصَآءُ: see قِصَاصٌ.

Show Lane's original text
, or قُصَاصَآءُ , and قِصَاصَآءُ : see قِصَاصٌ .
Nounقَصَّاصٌ1 sense

Core sense — gypsumgenerated

1

See قَصٌّ, last meaning.

Show Lane's original text
: see قَصٌّ , last signification.
Nounقَصْقَصٌ1 sense

Core sense — the breast; the place where the hair of the breast growsgenerated

1

See قَصٌّ, second and third meanings.

Show Lane's original text
: see قَصٌّ , second and third significations.
Nounقَاصٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who relates stories in their proper course, a story-tellergenerated

1

One who relates a story, or narrative, in its proper course, as though following its meanings and expressions; or one who relates stories, as some say, because he pursues one story after another. Plural قُصَّاصٌ.

1.1

And one who recites, or delivers, the kind of discourse termed خُطْبَة.

Show Lane's original text
A relater of a story or narrative (K, TA) in its proper course; as though he followed its meanings and expressions; or of stories, or narratives; as some say, because he pursues story after story: (TA:) pl. قُصَّاصٌ . (A, TA.) And One who recites, or delivers, the kind of discourse termed خُطْبَة . (TA.)
Nounأَقَاصِيصُ1 sense

Core sense — stories, narrativesgenerated

1

See قِصَّةُ.

Show Lane's original text
: see قِصَّةُ .
Nounمَقَصُّ الشَّعَرِ1 sense

Core sense — the part where the growth of the hair endsgenerated

1

See قُصَاص.

Show Lane's original text
: see قُصَاص .
Nounمِقَصٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a single blade of a pair of scissors or shearsgenerated

1

A مِقْرَاض [or single blade of scissors or shears], with which one cuts, clips, or shears; one of the two things a pair of which is called مِقَصَّانِ.

Or مِقَصَّانِ means the thing with which hair and the like is cut, and it has no singular according to the lexicologists, though Sb assigns it a singular; some say that using the singular is a mistake of the common people. The plural is مَقَاصُّ.

Show Lane's original text
A مِقْرَاض [or single blade of scissors or shears], (S, A, K,) with which one cuts, or clips, or shears; (TA;) one of the things whereof a pair is called مِقَصَّانِ : (S, K:) or مِقَصَّانِ signifies the thing with which one cuts hair [&c.]; and has no sing., accord. to the lexicologists, though Sb assigns to it a sing.: (M:) some say, that the use of the sing. is a mistake of the vulgar: (MF:) the pl. is مَقَاصُّ . (A, TA.)
Nounمُقَصَّصٌ2 senses

Core sense — plastered with gypsumgenerated

1

See مَقْصُوصٌ, in two places.

2

A tomb plastered with قَصّ [or gypsum]; and likewise مُقَصَّصَةٌ applied to a city.

Show Lane's original text
: see مَقْصُوصٌ , in two places. A tomb plastered with قَصّ [or gypsum]: and in like manner مُقَصَّصَةٌ applied to a city ( مَدِينَة ). (M, TA.)
Nounمَقْصُوصٌ1 sense

Core sense — cut, clipped, or shorngenerated

1a bird having its wing clipped—مَقْصُوصُ الخَنَاحِ

Cut, clipped, or shorn; said of hair and the like, as also قَصِيصٌ; and of a wing, as also مُقَصَّصٌ.

having the forelocks clipped, or shorn—مُقَصَّصٌ

(Meyd, in Golius.)

Show Lane's original text
Cut, clipped, or shorn; applied to hair [&c.]; as also قَصِيصٌ : (M, TA:) and to a wing; as also مُقَصَّصٌ . (A.) مَقْصُوصُ الخَنَاحِ A bird having the wing clipped. (S.) And مُقَصَّصٌ Having the forelocks clipped, or shorn. (Meyd, in Golius.)