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كمد

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns changes in color, often associated with fading or dullness. It extends to emotional states like suppressed grief and sadness, and also to physical applications like warming compresses for pain relief.

Derived headwords

كَمَدnoun
  1. 1.
    fading of colorboth

    A change in color, loss of its clarity, and the persistence of its trace.

  2. 2.
    suppressed griefboth

    Suppressed or contained grief; deep, unspoken sadness.

  3. 3.
    intense griefclassical

    The most severe form of grief or sadness.

كَمَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fading of colorboth

    A change in color, loss of its clarity, and the persistence of its trace.

  2. 2.
    griefboth

    A state of grief or sadness.

كَمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to fadeboth

    Said of a color when it changes and loses its brightness.

  2. 2.
    to grieveboth

    To be afflicted with grief or sadness.

كَامِدadjective
  1. 1.
    dull-coloredboth

    Having a faded or dull color.

  2. 2.
    sadboth

    Sorrowful, downcast, or gloomy.

أَكْمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to fail to cleanseclassical

    Said of a washerman or fuller who does not thoroughly clean a garment.

  2. 2.
    to cause griefboth

    To make someone sad or grieve them.

  3. 3.
    to apply a compressboth

    To apply a warm compress to a body part.

كَمَادnoun
  1. 1.
    warm compressboth

    A piece of cloth that is heated and applied to a painful area for relief.

  2. 2.
    beating clothclassical

    A cloth used for beating or pounding a garment, as done by a fuller.

كِمَادnoun
  1. 1.
    warm compressboth

    A piece of cloth that is heated and applied to a painful area for relief.

كَمَادَةnoun
  1. 1.
    warm compressboth

    A greasy, dirty cloth that is heated and applied to a place of pain for healing.

كَمَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    to apply a compressboth

    To apply a warm cloth or similar item to a body part, especially to relieve pain.

مُكَمَّدadjective
  1. 1.
    having a compress appliedclassical

    A body part to which a compress has been applied.

تَكْمِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    applying a compressboth

    The act of warming a limb or other body part with a cloth or similar item and applying it to the site of pain for relief.

كَمِيدadjective
  1. 1.
    sadboth

    Suffering from grief or sadness.

كَمَاد الثَّوْبnoun
  1. 1.
    cloth for poundingclassical

    A cloth used by a fuller to pound or beat a garment.

كَمَدٌ وَحُزْنٌ لَا يُسْتَطَاعُ إِمْضَاؤُهُnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    unbearable griefclassical

    A state of worry and grief that cannot be endured or overcome.

Parallel reading

الكمد والكمدة: تغير اللون وذهاب صفائه وبقاء أثره.
Al-kamad and al-kamadah: a change of color, the loss of its clarity, and the persistence of its trace.
وكمد لونه إذا تغير، ورأيته كامد اللون.
And its color faded when it changed, and I saw it dull in color.
كانت إحدانا تأخذ الماء بيدها فتصب على رأسها بإحدى يديها فتكمد شقها الأيمن
One of us would take water in her hand and pour it on her head with one of her hands, wetting her right side.
أكمد الغسال والقصار الثوب إذا لم ينقه.
The washerman and fuller 'akmada' the garment if they do not cleanse it thoroughly.
ورجل كامد وكمد: عابس.
And a man is kamid and kamad: frowning.
والكمعد: هم وحزن لا يستطاع إمضاؤه.
And al-kamad: worry and grief that cannot be endured.
الكمد الحزن المكتوم.
Al-kamad is suppressed grief.
وكمد القصار الثوب إذا دقه، وهو كماد الثوب.
And the fuller 'kamada' the garment if he pounded it, and it is kamad al-thawb.
والكمد أشد الحزن.
And al-kamad is the most intense grief.
أكمده الحزن.
Grief afflicted him.
وكمد الرجل، فهو كمد وكميد.
And the man grieved, so he is kamid and kamid.
وتكميد العضو: تسخينه بخرق ونحوها، وذلك الكماد، بالكسر.
And takmid of a limb: heating it with cloths and the like, and that is al-kimad, with kasra.
والكمادة: خرقة دسمة وسخة تسخن وتوضع على موضع الوجع فيستشفى بها
And al-kimadah: a greasy, dirty cloth that is heated and placed on the site of pain to be healed by it.
أكمده، فهو مكمود، نادر.
It (the compress) warmed him, so he is mukammud, rare.
فكمده بخرقة.
So he applied a compress to him with a cloth.
الكماد أحب إلي من الكي.
The compress is more beloved to me than cauterization.
الكماد مكان الكي، والسعوط مكان النفخ، واللدود مكان الغمز
The compress is in place of cauterization, the nasal drop is in place of blowing, and the oral medicine is in place of pinching.
الكماد أن تؤخذ خرقة فتحمى بالنار وتوضع على موضع الورم، وهو كي من غير إحراق
Al-kimad is that a cloth is taken, heated by fire, and placed on the site of swelling, and it is cauterization without burning.