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كمر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

كَمَرَةٌ ذ The head [or glans ] of the penis; (K;) or i. q. حَشَفَةٌ: (Msb:) pl. كَمَرٌ: (S, Msb, K:) [or rather, the latter is a coll. gen. n.; and the former, the n. un.] It is said in a proverb, الكَمَرُ أَشْبَاهُ الكَمَرِ; alluding to the likeness of one thing to another. (K.) ― -b2- Hence, by synecdoche, (tropical:) The penis, altogether. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

كَمَرَةٌ
  1. 1.
الكَمَرُ أَشْبَاهُ الكَمَرِ