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كمتر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of filling, sealing, and a specific type of gait or movement. It also extends to descriptions of hardness and intensity.

Derived headwords

الكَمْتَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Gaitclassical

    A gait characterized by closeness of steps, similar to the 'kardaha' gait. It is also said to be the gait of a short-legged person who takes short, close steps with effort.

قَمْطَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Gaitclassical

    Synonymous with 'kamtara', referring to a specific type of gait.

كَمْتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    To fill

    To fill a container, such as a vessel or a waterskin.

  2. 2.
    To sealclassical

    To seal a waterskin with its stopper.

الكَمْتَرadjective
  1. 1.
    Hard, strongclassical

    Describing something as solid, firm, and strong, similar to 'kandar'.

الكَمَاتِرadjective
  1. 1.
    Hard, strongclassical

    Plural form of 'al-kumtar', describing things that are solid, firm, and strong.

Parallel reading

الكمترة: مشية فيها تقارب مثل الكردحة
Al-kamtara: a gait with closeness of steps, like the kardaha.
ويقال: قمطرة وكمترة بمعنى
And it is said: qamṭara and kamtara have the same meaning.
وقيل: الكمترة من عدو القصير المتقارب الخطى المجتهد في عدوه
And it was said: Al-kamtara is from the running of a short person with close steps, striving in his run.
حيث ترى الكوألل الكماترا، ... كالهبع الصيفي ويكبو عاثرا
Where you see the running, the kamtara, ... like the summer locust, stumbling and falling.
وكمتر إناءه والسقاء: ملأه
And he kamtara-ed his vessel and his waterskin: he filled it.
وكمتر القربة: سدها بوكائها
And he kamtara-ed the waterskin: he sealed it with its stopper.
والكمتر والكماتر: الصلب الشديد مثل الكندر والكنادر
And al-kumtar and al-kumātar: the solid, the strong, like al-kandar and al-kanādir.