قرص

See also: فرض, قرض, فرص, ف ر ض, and ق ر ض

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *qaraṣ-, from the root ق ر ص (q-r-ṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ra.sˤa/

Verb

قَرَصَ (qaraṣa) I, non-past يَقْرُصُ‎ (yaqruṣu)

  1. to pinch
    1. to clean with fingers (by pinching)
      قَرَصَ الثَّوْبَ بِالْمَاءِ
      qaraṣa ṯ-ṯawba bi-l-māʾi
      He cleaned the cloth with the water (by pinching it).
  2. to bite, to sting
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to pinch): قَبَصَ (qabaṣa)
  • (to bite, to sting): لَدَغَ (ladaḡa), لَذَعَ (laḏaʿa), لَسَعَ (lasaʿa)

References

Etymology 2

Derived from the verbal noun of قَرَصَ (qaraṣa), from the root ق ر ص (q-r-ṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qarsˤ/

Noun

قَرْص (qarṣ) m

  1. pinch, pinching
  2. biting, stinging
Declension

Etymology 3

From the root ق ر ص (q-r-ṣ). There is no evidence that it might be borrowed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qursˤ/

Noun

قُرْص (qurṣ) m (plural أَقْرَاص (ʾaqrāṣ))

  1. disk (in most meanings, including technology-related) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. (pharmacology) tablet, pill
Declension

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Iranian (compare Tajik қурч (qurč), Mazanderani کرچ (kërč)).

Adjective

قرص (qors)

  1. (Iran) firm, solid

Etymology 2

From Arabic قُرْص (qurṣ).

Pronunciation

Noun

قرص (qors) (plural قرص‌ها (qors-hâ))

  1. loaf (of bread)
  2. (pharmacology) tablet, pill

Synonyms

  • (loaf): پرازده (parâzde)
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