قَصَّ recount in Arabic
قَصَّ is how you say “recount” in Arabic.
Root ق ص ص q-ṣ-ṣ. verb (form I). qaṣṣa.
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Meaning of recount in Arabic
- to relate, narrate, recount (news, a story, a dream) used with عَلَى + person; to tell it fully, in its proper sequence
- to follow, trace, or pursue a track or footprints
- to cut, clip, or shear off (hair, wool, a fingernail)
Example sentence
وقص له ما قالا
And he recounted to him what they said.
وَقَصَّ and he recounted
wa- = 'and'; past-tense verb 'narrated, told', 'he' form.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
This verb covers relating a story fully and in sequence, as well as tracking footprints; Lane's notes that the narrating sense grew out of the tracking one, as though the speaker were retracing the course of events. The same tracking idea, applied to exact matching, gives the legal term قِصَاص for retaliation in kind.
Words from the same root
- قِصَّةٌ a story, an account
- قَصَصٌ a narrative, storytelling
- قِصَاصٌ retaliation, just retribution
- مُقَاصَّةٌ a settling of accounts, offsetting a debt
More example sentences
فَقص عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّة
So he told him the story.
فَقَصَّ so he told
'fa-' = 'so'; past-tense verb, subject 'he' built in.
Common questions
- How do you say "recount" in Arabic?
- قَصَّ (qaṣṣa) — to relate or recount a piece of news, a story, or a dream to someone.
- What is the difference between قِصَّة and قَصَص?
- قِصَّة (qiṣṣa) means 'a story'; قَصَص (qaṣaṣ) is the related noun for narrative or storytelling, as in the Qur'anic phrase describing 'the best of narratives.'
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).