قَاءَ

, aorist يَقِىْءُ, verbal noun قَىْءٌ, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K, &c.,) He vomited (Mgh, TA) what he had eaten. (Mgh, Msb, TA.)

[Hence one says,] قَاءَ نَفْسَهُ [lit. He vomited his soul], meaning (assumed tropical:) he died: like لَفَظَ نَفْسَهُ. (A, TA.) And قَاءَتِ الطَّعْنَةُ الدَّمَ (assumed tropical:) [The wound made with a spear or the like spouted forth the blood]. (A, TA.) And ثَوْبٌ يَقِىْءُ الصِبْغَ (assumed tropical:) A garment that is saturated with the dye. (S, A, O, K.) And تَقِىْءُ الأَرْضُ أَفْلَاذَ كَبِدِهَا [lit. The earth will vomit the pieces of her liver], meaning (tropical:) the earth will cast forth upon her surface her treasures. (TA, from a tradition) And قَاءَتِ الأَرْضُ أُكُلَهَا [lit. the earth vomited her food], meaning (tropical:) the earth disclosed her herbage and her treasures. (TA, from a saying of 'Áïsheh.) And الأَرْضُ تَقِىْءُ النَّدَى (tropical:) [The earth exudes the moisture]. (TA.)