قحط
1 قَحَطَ المَطَرُ,
aor. ـَ (
S,
Msb,)
inf. n. قُحُوطٌ, (
Sh,
S,) or قَحْطٌ; (
Msb,
K;) and قَحِطَ,
aor. ـَ (
Fr,
S,
Msb,)
inf. n. قَحَطٌ; (
Fr,
Msb;) but the former is said by
ISd, to be the more approved, (
TA,) and قَحُطَ; (
Msb;) قُحِطَ, mentioned by
AHn, and
IB, but the latter says, قُحِطَ القَطْرُ; and ↓ أَقْحَطَ, also mentioned by
AHn; (
TA;) The rain was withheld, (
Sh,
AHn,
S,
Msb,
K,) being wanted. (
Sh.) An Arab of the desert said to 'Omar, قَحِطَ السَّحَابُ, meaning The clouds were withheld. (
TA.)
b2: قَحَطَ العَامُ,
aor. ـَ
inf. n. قَحْطٌ; and قَحِطَ,
aor. ـَ
inf. n. قَحَطٌ; and قُحِطَ,
inf. n. قُحُوطٌ; (
K, *
TA;) and ↓ أَقْحَطَ; (
K;) The year was one of drought; without rain: (
K:) and أَكْحَطَ signifies the same. (
TA.) You say also, ↓ كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى إِقْحَاطِ الزَّمَانِ, and إِكْحَاطِهِ, meaning That was in the distressing state of the time, or season. (Ibn-ElFaraj.)
b3: قَحَطَت الأَرْضُ,
aor. ـَ (
IDrd;) or ـِ (
Msb,
TA;) and ↓ اقحطت [
app. in the
act. and
pass. forms, though the
pass. form seems to be of doubtful authority, as will be seen from what follows]; (
Msb;) The land received no rain: (
Msb,
TA:) but it is asserted that one says قَحَطَ, with fet-h, of rain; and قَحِطَ, with kesr, of a place. (
IB.)
b4: قَحِطَ النَّاسُ, like سَمِعَ [in form], (
K,
TA,) not otherwise; (
TA;) [unless in the
pass. form; for] you say also, (
K,) قُحِطُوا; (
S,
Msb,
K,) and ↓ أُقْحِطُوا; (
Msb,
K;) but these two are rare; (
K;) or they are not allowable; (
M;) and ↓ أَقْحَطُوا; (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K;) and قَحَطَ عَنْهُمُ المَطَرُ; (
Mgh;) The people suffered, or were afflicted with, drought, or want of rain; (
S,
Msb,
K,
TA;) they had no rain; (
TA;) rain was withheld from them. (
Mgh,
Msb.) 4 اقحط: see 1, throughout.
b2: أَقْحَطَ, said of a man, also signifies (
tropical:) Semen non emisit: (
Mgh,
Msb:) or inivit et semen non emisit: (
K:) from the same verb in the last of the senses explained in the preceding paragraph. (
Mgh,
Msb.)
A2: أَقْحَطَ اللّٰهُ الأَرْضَ God afflicted the land with drought; by withholding rain from it. (
Msb,
K.) قَحْطٌ: see 1.
b2: Drought; dearth; scarcity: (
S,
TA:) and (assumed
tropical:) paucity of good in anything. (
ISd,
TA.) You say also, لَهُ ↓ قُحْطًا, like سُحْقًا, and بُعْدًا, in the
accus. case as [though it were] an
inf. n.; meaning May drought, or dearth, or scarcity, betide him: and (
tropical:) cessation of good, or welfare: and (
tropical:) unfruitfulness in respect of good works. (
TA.) قُحْطًا لَهُ: see قَحْطٌ.
قَحِطٌ: see قَحِيطٌ.
قَحِيطٌ Rain withheld. (
Fr,
Msb.) Also, and ↓ قَحِطٌ, applied to a year, and to a beating, Distressing; severe; vehement. (
K.) زَمَنٌ قَاحِطٌ, (
K,
TA,) and ↓ عَامٌ مُقْحِطٌ, (
TA,) A time, and a year, of drought; in which is no rain: (
K, *
TA:)
pl. of the former
epithet قَوَاحِطُ. (
K.) مُقْحِطٌ: see قَاحِطٌ.
بَلَدٌ مَقْحُوطٌ, (
Msb,) and أَرْضٌ مَقْحُوطَةٌ, (
TA,) A country, and a land, that has received no rain: (
Msb,
TA:)
pl. مَقَاحِيطُ. (
Msb.)
