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قمرز

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something short or stunted, particularly in reference to a person's stature. It also has a specific, less common usage related to a tool for repairing leather skins.

Derived headwords

قَمَرَزٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shortboth

    Describing a person who is short in stature.

قَمَرَزٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    An intensified form of 'short', possibly implying very short or stunted.

الإِسْكَابnoun
  1. 1.
    leather skin repair toolclassical

    The roller or tool used to patch or repair a leather waterskin.

الإِسْكَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    leather skin repair toolclassical

    The roller or tool used to patch or repair a leather waterskin.

قَمَرَزٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing a person who is short, similar to the description of 'jinnī al-tanضب' (the fruit of the tanضب tree).

Parallel reading

رجل قمرز وقمرز: قصير
A short man, and short: meaning short.
التشديد عن ثعلب
The intensification is from Tha'lab.
أنشد ابن الأعرابي: قمرز آذانهم كالإسكاب
Ibn al-A'rabi recited: 'Their ears are short like the roller [for repairing skins]'.
الإسكاب والإسكابة: الفلكة التي يرقع بها الزق
Al-iskāb and al-iskābah: the roller by which the waterskin is patched.
قال اللحياني: رجل قمرز على بناء الهمقع، وهو جنى التنضب
Al-Laythiyānī said: A man is qamaraz, on the pattern of hamqa', which is the fruit of the tanضب tree.