قلمس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes vastness, abundance, and greatness, often applied to bodies of water, but also to people of high status, generosity, or cunning. It can also refer to a specific historical practice related to the lunar calendar.

Derived headwords

القَلَمْسnoun

1.
seaboth
The sea, referring to its vastness and depth.
2.
great lordclassical
A lord or a great person, signifying high status and importance.
3.
deep wellclassical
A well that is abundant with water, implying depth and a large supply.
4.
cunning personclassical
A shrewd or cunning man, implying intelligence and perhaps slyness.
5.
calendar modifierclassical
Refers to one of the Arabs in the pre-Islamic era who used to postpone the sacred month.

قَلَمْسadjective

1.
abundantclassical
Describing something as abundant, particularly water in a well, or a person with much good and giving.
2.
generousclassical
A man characterized by much good and generosity.
3.
broad-mindedclassical
A man of broad disposition or character.

قَلَمْسَةnoun

1.
abundance of waterclassical
The state of having abundant water, used to describe a well.

Parallel reading

فصبحت قلمسا هموما وبحر قلمس

I encountered a vast sea with worries, and a surging sea.

أي زاخر

meaning surging/abundant.

واللام زائدة

and the letter Lam is superfluous.

والقلمس أيضا: السيد العظيم

And Al-Qalamas also means: the great lord.

والقلمس: البئر الكثيرة الماء من الركايا كالقلنبس

And Al-Qalamas is: the well with much water among the wells, like Al-Qalanbas.

إنها لقلمسة الماء أي كثيرة الماء لا تنزح

Indeed, it is Qalamasah of water, meaning abundant with water and inexhaustible.

ورجل قلمس إذا كان كثير الخير والعطية

And a man is Qalamas if he is abundant in goodness and giving.

ورجل قلمس: واسع الخلق

And a man is Qalamas: broad-minded.

والقلمس: الداهية من الرجال

And Al-Qalamas is: the cunning one among men.

وقيل: القلمس الرجل الداهية المنكر البعيد الغور

And it was said: Al-Qalamas is the cunning, unknown man of profound depth.

والقلمس الكناني: أحد نسأة الشهور على العرب في الجاهلية

And Al-Qalamas Al-Kinani: was one of those who postponed the months among the Arabs in the pre-Islamic era.

فأبطل الله النسيء بقوله: إنما النسيء زيادة في الكفر

So Allah abolished the postponement with His saying: 'Postponement is only an increase in disbelief.'