كمر

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the glans penis, its size, and related concepts. It extends to describe men who have had this part circumcised, men with a large glans, and even a woman who has been sexually penetrated. Figuratively, it can refer to a contest of virility or a type of unripe date.

Derived headwords

الكَمَرَةnoun

1.
glans penisboth
The glans of the male organ. The plural is كُمُر.

مَكْمُورadjective

1.
circumcised (glans)classical
A man whose foreskin has been cut by the circumciser, specifically affecting the glans.
2.
large glansclassical
Describing a man with a large glans.

المَكْمُورَاءnoun

1.
men with large glansclassical
A collective noun referring to men who possess large glans.

كَمَرِيّadjective

1.
large glansclassical
A man described as having a large glans, similar to the pattern of زمكى.

تَكَامَرَverb

1.
compete in glans sizeclassical
Two men looked at each other to see who had a larger glans.

كَامَرَverb

1.
outdo in glans sizeclassical
To compete with someone regarding the size of the glans, and to surpass them in it.

كَمَرَverb

1.
surpass in glans sizeclassical
To overcome another in the size of the glans.

مَكْمُورَةadjective

1.
sexually penetratedclassical
A woman who has been sexually penetrated.

الكَمَرnoun

1.
unripe datesclassical
Dates that have not ripened on the palm tree but have fallen and ripened on the ground.

مِكْمَارnoun

1.
date palm (unripe)classical
A date palm tree that produces unripe dates (al-kamr).

الكَمَرِيّadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing someone who is short.

الكَمَرَىnoun

1.
short personclassical
A short person.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name, according to Al-Sirafi.

Parallel reading

الكمرة: رأس الذكر، والجمع كمر.

Al-kamrah: the glans of the male organ, and its plural is kumur.

والمكمور من الرجال: الذي أصاب الخاتن طرف كمرته

And al-makmur min al-rijal: he whose glans's tip was affected by the circumciser.

والمكمور: العظيم الكمرة، وهم المكموراء.

And al-makmur: he with a large glans; they are al-makmurā'.

ورجل كمرى إذا كان ضخم الكمرة، مثال الزمكى.

And a man is kamari if he is large in the glans, like the pattern of zamaki.

وتكامَرَ الرجلان: نظرا أيهما أعظم كمرة

And two men competed (takāmarā): they looked to see which of them had a larger glans.

وقد كامره فكمره: غلبه بعظم الكمرة

And he competed with him (kāmarahu) and he surpassed him (kamara-hu): he overcame him in the size of the glans.

قال: تالله لولا شيخنا عباد، ... لكامرونا اليوم أو لكادوا

He said: By God, if it were not for our elder 'Abbad, ... they would have competed with us today in virility or nearly so.

ويروى: لكمرونا اليوم أو لكادوا

And it is narrated: they would have surpassed us today in virility or nearly so.

وامرأة مكمورة: منكوحة.

And a woman is makmurah: sexually penetrated.

والكمر من البسر: ما لم يرطب على نخله ولكنه سقط فأرطب في الأرض.

And al-kamr from al-busr: that which did not ripen on its palm tree but fell and ripened on the ground.

قال ابن سيده: وأظنهم قالوا نخلة مكمار.

Ibn Sidah said: And I think they said nakhlah mikmār (a date palm producing al-kamr).

والكمرى: القصير؛ قال: قد أرسلت في عيرها الكمرى

And al-kamriyy: the short one; he said: I sent the short one in her caravan.

والكمرى: موضع؛ عن السيرافي.

And al-Kamra: a place name; according to Al-Sirafi.