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كمء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 كَمَأَ ذ , aor. كَمَاَ , inf. n. كَمْءٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ اكمأ; (K;) He fed people with [ the truffles called ] كَمْء. (S, K.) -A2- كَمِئَ, aor. كَمَاَ , inf. n. كَمَأٌ, He walked barefoot, and had no shoes, or sandals; حَفِىَ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ نَعْلٌ: (accord. to some copies of the S, on the authority of Ks, and so in the L: or, accord. to the K, and an excellent copy of the S, حَفِىَ وَعَلَيْهِ نَعْلٌ, which may signify He became thin in the feet, from much walking, though wearing shoes, or sandals: ]) كَمَأٌ in the foot is the same as قَسَطٌ; [i. e., the being naturally stiff in the tendons ]. (TA.) -A3- كَمِئَتْ (tropical:) It (his foot, S, A, K, or hand, A) became much cracked (Th, S, K) by reason of cold. (A.) Also written in a copy of the A كمأت; app. by a mistake of the transcriber. (TA.) -A4- كَمِئَ عَنِ الأَخْبَارِ (K) inf. n. كَمْءٌ, (TA,) He was ignorant of, and understood not, or minded not, the news. (K.)

Derived headwords

كَمَأَverb
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حَفِىَ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ نَعْلٌ
حَفِىَ وَعَلَيْهِ نَعْلٌ
كَمِئَ عَنِ الأَخْبَارِ