كمهد

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of trembling, weakness, or a state of being overwhelmed, possibly linked to young or small creatures. It also touches upon specific, perhaps archaic, terms for objects or conditions.

Derived headwords

الكَمْهَدَةnoun

1.
Chamberclassical
A chamber or inner room, as stated by Kra'a.
2.
Small, weak creatureclassical
Refers to a small, weak creature, possibly a chick.

الكمهدةnoun

1.
A type of ailmentclassical
A specific ailment or condition, described poetically.

اِكْمَهَدَّverb

1.
To trembleclassical
Said of a young bird (chick) when its parents feed it, experiencing a kind of trembling or shuddering.

الكمهدnoun

1.
Large, weak creatureclassical
Refers to a large, weak creature.

الكمهدةnoun

1.
A type of birdclassical
Also refers to a 'kawsalah', which is a type of bird.

الكناهلnoun

1.
Water troughsclassical
Plural of 'kanhal', referring to large water troughs or basins.

Parallel reading

الكمهدة: الكمرة؛ عن كراع.

Al-kamhada: the chamber; according to Kra'a.

والكمهدة: الفيشلة؛

And al-kamhada: the small, weak one.

نوامة وقت الضحى ثوهده، ... شفاؤها من دائها الكمهده

Sleeping at the time of forenoon, its ailment... its cure from its sickness is al-kamhada.

وقد تكون لغة، وقد يجوز أن يكون غير للضرورة.

And it might be a dialectal variation, and it is also possible that it is not for the sake of necessity.

اِكْمَهَد الفرخ: أصابه مثل الارتعاد وذلك إذا زقه أبواه.

The chick 'akmahad': it was struck by something like trembling, and that is when its parents feed it.

أبو عمرو: الكمهد الكبير الكمهدة، وهي الكوسلة:

Abu Amr: Al-kamhad is the large one, al-kamhada, and it is the kawsalah (a type of bird):

إن لها بكنهل [بكنهل] الكناهل ... حوضا، يرد ركب النواهل «1» .

Indeed, it has by kanhal [kanhal] the kawahil (large water troughs)... a basin, which the thirsty travelers approach.

أراد يصائبه.

He intended 'yusā'ibuhu' (to strike it).