قصر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق ص ر‎ (q-ṣ-r).

Verb

قَصُرَ • (qaṣura) I, non-past يَقْصُرُ‎‎ (yaqṣuru)

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

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Verb

قَصَرَ • (qaṣara) I, non-past يَقْصُرُ‎‎ (yaqṣuru)

  1. to fall short of, to miss [+ عَن‎ (object)]
  2. to unable, to be incapable of [+ عَن‎ (object)]
  3. to desist, to refrain, to abstain [+ عَن‎ (object)]
Conjugation

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Verb

قَصَرَ • (qaṣara) I, non-past يَقْصُرُ‎ or يَقْصِرُ‎‎ (yaqṣuru or yaqṣiru)

  1. to shorten, to curtail, to pare
Conjugation

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Verb

قَصَرَ • (qaṣara) I, non-past يَقْصُرُ‎‎ (yaqṣuru)

  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
Conjugation

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Verb

قَصَّرَ • (qaṣṣara) II, non-past يُقَصِّرُ‎‎ (yuqaṣṣiru)

  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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

قَصْر • (qaṣr) m (plural قُصُور‎ (quṣūr))

  1. large stone building, castle, palace, fortress
Declension

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Descendants
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  • → Old Catalan: alcacer
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaçar, alcaçer
  • → Old Spanish: alcaçar, alcacer
    • Spanish: alcázar (see there for further descendants)
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    • Tajik: қаср (qasr)
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    • → Uzbek: qasr
  • → Italian: cassero, cassaro
  • → Sicilian: càssaru
  • → Swahili: kasri
  • → Uyghur: قەسىر‎ (qesir)

Etymology 3

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

Verb

قَصَرَ • (qaṣara) I, non-past يَقْصُرُ‎‎ (yaqṣuru)

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

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Verb

قَصَّرَ • (qaṣṣara) II, non-past يُقَصِّرُ‎‎ (yuqaṣṣiru)

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

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References
  • 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 (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 14
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 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 (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, London: W.H. Allen, page 839–840
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قصر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1030–1031

Hijazi Arabic
Root
ق ص ر‎
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡasˤ.sˤar/

Verb

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

  1. to shorten
  2. to fall short of
  3. to lag behind
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قصر (gaṣṣar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصرت‎ (gaṣṣart) قصرت‎ (gaṣṣart) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) قصروا‎ (gaṣṣiru)
f قصري‎ (gaṣṣiri)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡa.sˤur/

Noun

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

Etymology 3

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡu.sˤur/

Noun

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  1. shortness
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