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قرمش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root قرمش primarily relates to the act of gathering or collecting. It also extends to describe mixed or heterogeneous groups of people and individuals who are voracious eaters.

Derived headwords

قَرْمَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together something.

قُرْمَشnoun
  1. 1.
    rabbleclassical

    The low or vulgar class of people; the rabble or riffraff.

قِرْمِشnoun
  1. 1.
    rabbleclassical

    The low or vulgar class of people; the rabble or riffraff.

قَرْمَشadjective
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterboth

    A person who eats excessively or greedily.

Parallel reading

قرمش الشيء: جمعه.
Qarmasha the thing: he gathered it.
والقرمش والقرمش الأوخاش من الناس.
And al-qarmash and al-qarmash are the riffraff of people.
وفيها قرمش [قرمش] [قرمش] [قرمش] من الناس أي أخلاط.
And among them are qarmash [qarmash] [qarmash] [qarmash] of people, meaning mixtures.
ورجل قرمش: أكول؛
And a man qarmash: a glutton;
إني نذير لك من عطيه، ... قرمش لزاده وعيه
Indeed, I am a warner to you from his giving, ... he is a glutton for his provisions, and his storage.