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كمد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

كِمَادٌ ذ (a subst. K) The act of beating a garment, or a piece of cloth, by a fuller. (L, K. *) ― -b2- كِمَادٌ (K) and كِمَادَةٌ (A, L, K) A greasy, (A,) or dirty, (K,) or greasy and dirty, (L,) piece of rag, which is heated, and put upon a pained part, as a means of cure, (A, L, K,) for pain (A, K) of the belly, (K,) or flatulence. (A, K.) ― -b3- كِمَادٌ i. q. تَكْمِيدٌ; see 2; (S, L;) [The application of a كِمَادَة;] the taking a piece of rag, and heating it with fire, and putting it upon the place of a swelling. (Sh, L.) It is said in a trad., الكِمَادُ أَحَبُّ اـِلَىَّ مِنَ الكَىِّ [ The application of a كِمَادَة is more pleasing to me than cauterization ]. (S, L.)

Derived headwords

كِمَادٌ
  1. 1.
الكِمَادُ أَحَبُّ اـِلَىَّ مِنَ الكَىِّ