قاع

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
ق و ع (q-w-ʕ)

Cognate to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic קוֹעא (qōʕā, neck, throat, windpipe) and Classical Syriac ܩܘܽܥܴܐ (qūʕā, middle of the nose; intercolumn; bones of the hand). See also the extensions قَعْب (qaʕb, cup) and قِحْف (qiḥf, brainpan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَاع (qāʕm (plural قِيع (qīʕ) or قِيعَة (qīʕa) or قِيعَان (qīʕān) or أَقْوُع (ʔaqwuʕ) or أَقْوَاع (ʔaqwāʕ))

  1. bottom (the lowest part of a container)
    Synonym: قَعْر (qaʕr)
  2. bottom (ground under the sea, ocean, river etc.)
    قَاع البَحْر
    qāʕ al-baḥr
    The bottom of the sea
  3. plain
  4. flat tract of land

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • qwˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قاع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 814a

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَاع (qāʕ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قاع (qāʕm (plural قيعان (qīʕān))

  1. bottom
    قاع البيرqāʕ el-bīrthe bottom of the well
    قاع الكاسqāʕ el-kāsthe bottom of the glass
  2. buttock
    جلسوا على قيعانكم وبركة من الهدرة.galsu ʕla qīʕānkum w baraka min el-hadraSit on your ass and stop talking.
  3. all
    قاع الحوايج اللي عندي باليين.gāʕ al-ḥwāyež elli ʕendi bāliyyīn.All my clothes are worn out.

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَاع (qāʕ).

Noun[edit]

قَاعْ (qā'? (Hindi spelling क़ाा)

  1. the level ground
  2. a plain, a desert