كمثر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of things overlapping, intermingling, or being compressed. It is also famously associated with a specific type of fruit, the quince, which may derive its name from this core meaning of compression or density.

Derived headwords

الكَمْثَرَةnoun

1.
intertwiningclassical
A dead verb form, signifying the intermingling or overlapping of things with each other.

الكَمْثَرَىnoun

1.
quinceboth
A well-known fruit, commonly called 'ijjas' by the general populace. It is feminine and indeclinable.

أَكَمْثَرَى، يَزِيدُ الحَلْقَ ضِيقًا، ... أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَمْ تِينٌ نَضِيجٌ؟ — O quince, making the throat tighter, ... do you prefer it or ripe figs?

كَمْثَرَاةnoun

1.
a single quinceboth
The singular form of the fruit 'quince'.

كُمَيْمِثْرَةnoun

1.
diminutive quinceboth
The diminutive form of 'quince'.

كُمَيْمِثْرَاةnoun

1.
diminutive quince (variant)classical
A variant diminutive form of 'quince', as narrated by Tha'lab.

الكَمَاثِرadjective

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shortclassical
Referring to something that is short or stunted.

كُمَيْمِثْرَىnoun

1.
diminutive quince (variant)classical
A variant diminutive form of 'quince', used in poetry.

كُمَيْمِثْرَى يَزِيدُ الحَلْقَ ضِيقًا — A diminutive quince making the throat tighter.

Parallel reading

وهو تداخل الشيء بعضه في بعض.

It is the intermingling of a thing with itself.

والكمثرى: معروف من الفواكه هذا الذي تسميه العامة الإجاص، مؤنث لا ينصرف؛

And the quince: it is a well-known fruit, this which the common people call 'ijjas', feminine and indeclinable.

أَكَمْثَرَى، يَزِيدُ الحَلْقَ ضِيقًا، ... أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَمْ تِينٌ نَضِيجٌ؟

O quince, making the throat tighter, ... do you prefer it or ripe figs?

واحدته كمثراة،

Its singular is 'kamtharah'.

وتصغيرها كميمثرة،

And its diminutive is 'kumaymithrah'.

وحكى ثعلب في تصغير الواحدة: كميمثراة؛

And Tha'lab narrated in the diminutive of the singular: 'kumaymithrah'.

قال ابن سيده: والأقيس كميمثرة كما قدمنا.

Ibn Sidah said: And the more قياس (analogous) is 'kumaymithrah' as we have previously presented.

والكماثر: القصير.

And 'al-kamathir': the short one.

سألت جماعة من الأعراب عن الكمثرى فلم يعرفوها.

I asked a group of Bedouins about the quince, and they did not recognize it.

الكمثرة تداخل الشيء بعضه في بعض واجتماعه،

Al-kamtharah is the intermingling and gathering of a thing with itself.

فإن يكن الكمثرى عربيا فمنه اشتقاقه؛

If the quince is Arabic, then its derivation is from it.

وتصغيرها كميمثرى وكميثرة وكميمثراة،

And its diminutive is 'kumaymithra', 'kumaythirah', and 'kumaymithrah'.

وأنشد بيت ابن ميادة: كُمَيْمِثْرَى يَزِيدُ الحَلْقَ ضِيقًا

And he recited the verse of Ibn Mayadah: 'Kumaymithra making the throat tighter'.