(قَنَصَ) الْقَافُ وَالنُّونُ وَالصَّادُ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ تَدُلُّ عَلَى الصَّيْدِ قَطْ. فَالْقَانِصُ: الصَّائِدُ. وَالْقَنَصُ: الصَّيْدُ. وَالْقَنْصُ: فِعْلُ الْقَانِصِ. قَالَ ابْنُ دُرَيْدٍ: الْقَنِيصُ: الصَّائِدُ. وَبَنُو قَنَصِ بْنِ مَعَدٍّ: قَوْمٌ دَرَجُوا.
Entries on قنص in 11 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, Abū Mūsā al-Madīnī, al-Majmūʿ al-Mughīth fī Gharībay al-Qurʾān wa-l-Ḥadīth, Muḥammad al-Fattinī, Majmaʿ Biḥār al-Anwār fī Gharāʾib al-Tanzīl wa Laṭāʾif al-Akhbār, and 8 more
