قصف
Root: قصع
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
قصف qaṣafa i (qaṣf) to break, shatter, smash (هـ s.th.); to beset, harass, press hard, oppress (ه s.o.), bear down (ه upon s.o.); to bomb (ه s.th.); to thunder, roar (esp., of cannon); to roll, rumble, grumble, peal (of thunder); -- u (qaṣf, قصوف quṣūf) to feast, revel, carouse; to lead a life of opulence; -- qaṣifa a (qaṣaf) to break; to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile V and VII to be broken, break, snap
Entry 2
قصف qaṣf thunder, roar (e.g., of cannon); revelry, carousal
Entry 3
قصف qaṣif frail, delicate, brittle, fragile; broken
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