قراح

Arabic

Root
ق ر ح (q r ḥ)
6 terms

Adjective

قَرَاح • (qarāḥ) (common plural أَقْرِحَة (ʔaqriḥa))

1. (archaic) clear, limpid
   • a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 70), Leiden: Brill, published 2007, →ISBN, page 139 Nr. 301:

     غسل الزيت
     يؤخذ من الزيت أصفاه مقدار ما يراد فيجعل في طنجير ويصب عليه قليل ماء قراح وتلقى فيه تمرتان ومقدار كف سويق مصرور في خرقة كتان ويغلى غليانا رفيقا بنار لينة حتى يذهب الماء ويبقى الزيت صافيا ثم يخرج عنه السويق والتمر ويبرد الزيت ويستعمل عند الحاجة

     How to wash olive oil.
     Take as much as you like from the purest olive oil, cast it in a cauldron, pour on it a bit of limpid water, throw into it two dates and a handful of flour tied up in a cloth of linen, and boil (all this) gently on a low flame until the water vanishes and the oil remains in a clear state; take out the flour and the dates, let the oil cool off, and use it as required.

Declension

Declension of adjective قَرَاح (qarāḥ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَرَاح qarāḥ	الْقَرَاح al-qarāḥ	قَرَاحَة qarāḥa	الْقَرَاحَة al-qarāḥa
Nominative	قَرَاحٌ qarāḥun	الْقَرَاحُ al-qarāḥu	قَرَاحَةٌ qarāḥatun	الْقَرَاحَةُ al-qarāḥatu
Accusative	قَرَاحًا qarāḥan	الْقَرَاحَ al-qarāḥa	قَرَاحَةً qarāḥatan	الْقَرَاحَةَ al-qarāḥata
Genitive	قَرَاحٍ qarāḥin	الْقَرَاحِ al-qarāḥi	قَرَاحَةٍ qarāḥatin	الْقَرَاحَةِ al-qarāḥati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَرَاحَيْن qarāḥayn	الْقَرَاحَيْن al-qarāḥayn	قَرَاحَتَيْن qarāḥatayn	الْقَرَاحَتَيْن al-qarāḥatayn
Nominative	قَرَاحَانِ qarāḥāni	الْقَرَاحَانِ al-qarāḥāni	قَرَاحَتَانِ qarāḥatāni	الْقَرَاحَتَانِ al-qarāḥatāni
Accusative	قَرَاحَيْنِ qarāḥayni	الْقَرَاحَيْنِ al-qarāḥayni	قَرَاحَتَيْنِ qarāḥatayni	الْقَرَاحَتَيْنِ al-qarāḥatayni
Genitive	قَرَاحَيْنِ qarāḥayni	الْقَرَاحَيْنِ al-qarāḥayni	قَرَاحَتَيْنِ qarāḥatayni	الْقَرَاحَتَيْنِ al-qarāḥatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)		broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقْرِحَة ʔaqriḥa	الْأَقْرِحَة al-ʔaqriḥa	أَقْرِحَة ʔaqriḥa	الْأَقْرِحَة al-ʔaqriḥa
Nominative	أَقْرِحَةٌ ʔaqriḥatun	الْأَقْرِحَةُ al-ʔaqriḥatu	أَقْرِحَةٌ ʔaqriḥatun	الْأَقْرِحَةُ al-ʔaqriḥatu
Accusative	أَقْرِحَةً ʔaqriḥatan	الْأَقْرِحَةَ al-ʔaqriḥata	أَقْرِحَةً ʔaqriḥatan	الْأَقْرِحَةَ al-ʔaqriḥata
Genitive	أَقْرِحَةٍ ʔaqriḥatin	الْأَقْرِحَةِ al-ʔaqriḥati	أَقْرِحَةٍ ʔaqriḥatin	الْأَقْرِحَةِ al-ʔaqriḥati

Noun

قَرَاح • (qarāḥ) m (plural أَقْرِحَة (ʔaqriḥa))

1. (archaic) land exposed to the sun, a tract of land not concealed by any trees and where water is not retained but flows off

   Alternative form: قِرْوَاح (qirwāḥ)

Declension

Declension of noun قَرَاح (qarāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَاح qarāḥ	الْقَرَاح al-qarāḥ	قَرَاح qarāḥ
Nominative	قَرَاحٌ qarāḥun	الْقَرَاحُ al-qarāḥu	قَرَاحُ qarāḥu
Accusative	قَرَاحًا qarāḥan	الْقَرَاحَ al-qarāḥa	قَرَاحَ qarāḥa
Genitive	قَرَاحٍ qarāḥin	الْقَرَاحِ al-qarāḥi	قَرَاحِ qarāḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَاحَيْن qarāḥayn	الْقَرَاحَيْن al-qarāḥayn	قَرَاحَيْ qarāḥay
Nominative	قَرَاحَانِ qarāḥāni	الْقَرَاحَانِ al-qarāḥāni	قَرَاحَا qarāḥā
Accusative	قَرَاحَيْنِ qarāḥayni	الْقَرَاحَيْنِ al-qarāḥayni	قَرَاحَيْ qarāḥay
Genitive	قَرَاحَيْنِ qarāḥayni	الْقَرَاحَيْنِ al-qarāḥayni	قَرَاحَيْ qarāḥay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقْرِحَة ʔaqriḥa	الْأَقْرِحَة al-ʔaqriḥa	أَقْرِحَة ʔaqriḥat
Nominative	أَقْرِحَةٌ ʔaqriḥatun	الْأَقْرِحَةُ al-ʔaqriḥatu	أَقْرِحَةُ ʔaqriḥatu
Accusative	أَقْرِحَةً ʔaqriḥatan	الْأَقْرِحَةَ al-ʔaqriḥata	أَقْرِحَةَ ʔaqriḥata
Genitive	أَقْرِحَةٍ ʔaqriḥatin	الْأَقْرِحَةِ al-ʔaqriḥati	أَقْرِحَةِ ʔaqriḥati

Further reading

• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 693b
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “قراح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2511b