قصر

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ق ص ر (q ṣ r)
10 terms

Verb

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قَصُرَ (qaṣura) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru), verbal noun قَصْر (qaṣr) or قِصَر (qiṣar) or قَصَارَة (qaṣāra))

  1. to be or become short, to shorten
  2. to be inadequate
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Verb

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قَصَرَ (qaṣara) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru), verbal noun قُصُور (quṣūr))

  1. to fall short of, to miss [with عَن (ʕan)]
  2. to unable, to be incapable of [with عَن (ʕan)]
  3. to desist, to refrain, to abstain [with عَن (ʕan)]
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Verb

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قَصَرَ (qaṣara) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru) or يَقْصِرُ (yaqṣiru), verbal noun قَصْر (qaṣr))

  1. to shorten, to curtail, to pare
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Verb

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قَصَرَ (qaṣara) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru), verbal noun قَصْر (qaṣr))

  1. to detain, to lock up, to pen up, to put in jail
  2. to hold back, to keep or restrict (within certain limits), to restrain
  3. to confine to, to limit to, to restrict to
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Verb

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قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara) II (non-past يُقَصِّرُ (yuqaṣṣiru), verbal noun تَقْصِير (taqṣīr))

  1. (transitive) to shorten; to abbreviate
    1. (transitive) to clip (hair)
  2. to fall short, to shirk one's responsibilities, to not pull one's weight
  3. to lag behind, to be slothful
  4. to fail in strength
  5. to subside
  6. to come short
Conjugation
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قَصْر
قَصْر

Etymology 2

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From Aramaic קַצְרָא (qaṣrā), from Latin castrum. Cognate to Classical Syriac ܩܰܨܪܳܐ (qaṣrā), Hebrew קְצָרָה (qəṣārâ), Byzantine Greek κάστρον (kástron).

Noun

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قَصْر (qaṣrm (plural قُصُور (quṣūr))

  1. large stone building from which power is projected, castle, palace
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Descendants
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Etymology 3

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Back-formed from قَصَّار (qaṣṣār, walker, fuller).

Verb

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قَصَرَ (qaṣara) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru), verbal noun قَصْر (qaṣr) or قِصَارَة (qiṣāra))

  1. to wash, to scour, to full, to walk
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Verb

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قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara) II (non-past يُقَصِّرُ (yuqaṣṣiru), verbal noun تَقْصِير (taqṣīr))

  1. to wash, to scour, to full, to walk
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References

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  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 234
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 14
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 258–259
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قصر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 452
  • Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 16
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], London: W.H. Allen, pages 839–840
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قصر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1030–1031

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ق ص ر
3 terms

Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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قصر (gaṣṣar) II (non-past يقصر (yigaṣṣir))

  1. to shorten
  2. to fall short of
  3. to lag behind
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of قصر (gaṣṣar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصرت (gaṣṣart) قصرت (gaṣṣart) قصر (gaṣṣar) قصرنا (gaṣṣarna) قصرتوا (gaṣṣartu) قصروا (gaṣṣaru)
f قصرتي (gaṣṣarti) قصرت (gaṣṣarat)
non-past m أقصر (ʔagaṣṣir) تقصر (tigaṣṣir) يقصر (yigaṣṣir) نقصر (nigaṣṣir) تقصروا (tigaṣṣiru) يقصروا (yigaṣṣiru)
f تقصري (tigaṣṣiri) تقصر (tigaṣṣir)
imperative m قصر (gaṣṣir) قصروا (gaṣṣiru)
f قصري (gaṣṣiri)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قصر (gaṣurm (construct state قَصْر (gaṣr), plural قصور (guṣūr))

  1. في أيّة قصُر؟ في قصْر الحمرا
    fi ayyat gaṣur? fi gaṣr-alḥamra
    in which palace? in Alhambra palace
  1. palace

Etymology 3

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From Arabic قُصْر (quṣr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قصر (guṣurm (construct state قُصْر (guṣr))

  1. shortness