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كمح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the action of restraining or pulling back an animal, particularly a horse, using the reins. It extends to related concepts of holding the head high in pride or arrogance, and also describes physical characteristics like crowded teeth or large buttocks, and agricultural phenomena like a vine's readiness for pruning.

Derived headwords

كَمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull back a horseboth

    To pull back a horse by the reins to make it stop or prevent it from running.

الكَمْحnoun
  1. 1.
    pulling back a horseboth

    The act of pulling back a horse by the reins.

الكَمْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a mareclassical

    A female horse, specifically one that is trained or manageable.

كَمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to restrain (animal)both

    To restrain an animal, especially a horse, by pulling its reins.

أَكْمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull up a horse's headboth

    To pull up the reins of a horse so that its head is raised and it stands erect.

  2. 2.
    to hold head highboth

    For a person to hold their head high in pride or arrogance.

  3. 3.
    to whiten (vine)classical

    For a vine's shoot to whiten and develop a cotton-like substance, indicating readiness for pruning.

مُكْمَحadjective
  1. 1.
    head held highboth

    Having one's head held high, either due to pride or being restrained by reins.

إِكْمَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    holding head highclassical

    The act of holding one's head high in pride or arrogance.

  2. 2.
    vine whiteningclassical

    The phenomenon of a vine's shoot whitening and developing a cotton-like appearance.

كَمْحnoun
  1. 1.
    restrainingboth

    The act of restraining or pulling back.

كَمْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    restrainingboth

    The act of restraining or pulling back.

الكَيْمُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    high groundclassical

    An elevated or high place.

الكُومَحnoun
  1. 1.
    crowded teethclassical

    A condition where teeth are crowded in the mouth, making it seem narrow.

  2. 2.
    large buttocksclassical

    A person with large buttocks.

  3. 3.
    a type of sandalclassical

    A type of sandal, possibly referring to its shape or construction.

كُومَحadjective
  1. 1.
    crowded teethclassical

    Having crowded teeth.

  2. 2.
    large buttocksclassical

    Having large buttocks.

فَمٌ كُومَحnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    mouth with crowded teethclassical

    A mouth that is narrow due to crowded teeth and swollen gums.

الكُومَحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two sand dunesclassical

    Two sand dunes or ridges of sand.

  2. 2.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a location with two prominent sand dunes.

الكَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    soilclassical

    Soil or earth.

Parallel reading

رد الفرس باللجام.
To pull back the horse by the reins.
كمحت الدابة باللجام كمحا إذا جذبته إليك ليقف ولا يجري.
You pull back the mount by the reins, a pulling back, if you draw it to you so it stops and does not run.
وأكمحه إذا جذب عنانه حتى ينتصب رأسه
And you pull up its reins until its head stands erect.
والرأس مكمح
And the head is held high.
كمحه وأكمحه وكبحه وأكبحه بمعنى
He pulled it back, and made its head stand high, and curbed it, and made it curb, all with the same meaning.
وأكمح الرجل: رفع رأسه من الزهو كأكمخ
And a man holds his head high: he raises his head from pride, like 'akhmakha'.
وإنه لمكمح ومكبح أي شامخ.
And indeed he is holding his head high and curbed, meaning haughty.
وقد أكبح وأكمح إذا كان كذلك.
And he has curbed and held his head high if he is like that.
وأكمحت الزمعة إذا ما ابيضت وخرج عليها مثل القطن، وذلك الإكماح
And the vine shoot whitened if it became white and a cotton-like substance emerged on it, and that is 'ikmah'.
أكمح الكرم إذا تحرك للإيراق.
The vine became ready for pruning if it moved towards leafing.
الكيموح والكيح التراب
Al-kimuh and al-kayh are soil.
احث في فيه الكومح يعنون التراب
Throw into his mouth the soil, meaning the earth.
الكومح الرجل المتراكب الأسنان في الفم حتى كأن فاه قد ضاق بأسنانه.
Al-kumah is a man with crowded teeth in his mouth, so that his mouth seems narrow for his teeth.
وفم كومح: ضاق من كثرة أسنانه وورم لثاته.
And a kumah mouth: narrow from the abundance of its teeth and swollen gums.
ورجل كومح وكومح: عظيم الأليتين
And a man kumah and kumah: having large buttocks.
والكومح: الفيشلة.
And al-kumah: the fish-like creature (possibly referring to a shape or characteristic).
أناخ برمل الكومحين إناخة اليماني
It alighted on the sand of Al-Kumhayn, an alighting like that of the Yemenis.
الكومحان هما حبلان من حبال الرمل
Al-Kumhan are two ropes of sand dunes.