قَصّ
clipping
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Also written قصة: قِصَّة (event)
Highlights
Plural
قِصَص
Most common words from the same root
Verb · Form I
قَصَّ
to cut
Noun
مِقَصّ
scissors
Noun
قَصَّاص
one who clips or cuts often
Verb · Form I
قَصَّ
to narrate
Noun
قَصّ
clipping
قِصَّة in English
Noun · feminine
- story, tale, relation
قَرَأَ الْأَبُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً لِابْنِهِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ.The father read a short story to his son before bedtime.
- petition
- plot
- synopsis
- pudendum
Words from the root ق-ص-ص
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَصَّ
· present يَقُصُّ
Form I · The plain action
to cut; to cut (“to remove and place in memory in order to paste at a later time”); to clip off, to shear, to cut off
قَاصّ
مَقْصُوص
مِقَصّ
scissors
قَصَّاص
one who clips or cuts often
قَصَّ
· present يَقُصُّ
Form I · The plain action
to narrate, to relate, recount, to tell, to impart, to communicate (news, a story, etc.); to make a speech, to lecture, to recite; to follow one's tracks
قَصّ
قَاصّ
مَقْصُوص
قَاصَّ
· present يُقَاصُّ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to retaliate upon, to make quit
مُقَاصَّة
قِصَاص
verbal noun of قَاصَّ
مُقَاصّ
مُقَاصّ
تَقَاصَّ
· present يَتَقَاصُّ
Form VI · Mutual action
to requite, give tit-for-tat, mutually take revenge or retaliate against each other, make it even between each other, impart equal shares to one another
تَقَاصّ
مُتَقَاصّ
اِقْتَصَّ
· present يَقْتَصُّ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to punish, repay, or to crop; to narrate
اِقْتِصَاص
مُقْتَصّ
مُقْتَصّ
اِسْتَقَصَّ
· present يَسْتَقِصُّ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to ask (someone) to retaliate
اِسْتِقْصَاص
مُسْتَقِصّ
مُسْتَقَصّ
قِصَّة: plural and other forms
| Singular | قِصَّة |
|---|---|
| Plural | قِصَص |
قِصَّة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
story
قَرَأَ الْأَبُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً لِابْنِهِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ.The father read a short story to his son before bedtime.
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