قمش

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the collection or gathering of things, often implying a low quality or miscellaneous nature. It extends to describe the refuse or remnants of objects, and by extension, the lowest class of people. It also has a specific culinary meaning and relates to household furnishings.

Derived headwords

القَمْشnoun

1.
low-quality refuseboth
The inferior or worthless part of anything; refuse or debris.
2.
gathering miscellaneous itemsboth
The act of collecting things from various places, often implying a haphazard or indiscriminate gathering.
3.
worthless peopleclassical
Used metaphorically to describe people of low status or character.

قماشnoun

1.
miscellaneous itemsboth
Things gathered from here and there; miscellaneous articles or belongings.
2.
household furnishingsboth
The movable property or furnishings of a house.
3.
debrisboth
The scattered remnants or fragments of things, especially what lies on the ground.

قَمَشَهُverb

1.
to gatherboth
To collect or gather something, especially in a miscellaneous or indiscriminate way.

يَقْمِشُهُverb

1.
he gathersboth
He collects or gathers something, especially in a miscellaneous or indiscriminate way.

قَمْشًاnoun

1.
gatheringboth
The act of gathering or collecting.

التَّقْمِيشnoun

1.
gatheringboth
The act of gathering things from here and there.

تَقَمَّشَverb

1.
to eatboth
To eat something from various sources or in a scattered manner.

اِقْتَمَشَهُverb

1.
to eatboth
To eat something from various sources or in a scattered manner.

القُمَيْشَةnoun

1.
a type of foodclassical
A traditional Arab food made from milk and seeds of the bitter apple (حنظل) or similar ingredients.

قنفرشnoun

1.
old womanclassical
An old, large woman; an elderly woman.
2.
large womanclassical
A stout or large woman.

الْقَمْشnoun

1.
refuseboth
The inferior part of anything, or what is scattered on the ground.

قماشnoun

1.
furnishingsboth
The furnishings of a house.

قماشتهnoun

1.
remnantsboth
The scattered fragments or remnants of something.

Parallel reading

الرديء من كل شيء

The inferior part of everything.

والجمع قماش

And its plural is قماش.

والقمش: جمع الشيء من هاهنا وهاهنا

And القمش: gathering things from here and there.

وكذلك التقميش

And likewise التقميش.

وذلك الشيء قماش

And that thing is قماش.

قمشه يقمشه قمشا؛ جمعه

He gathered it, he gathers it, a gathering; he collected it.

وهو ما كان على وجه الأرض من فتات الأشياء

And it is what lies on the face of the earth from the fragments of things.

حتى يقال لرذالة الناس: قماش

Until the lowest class of people are called قماش.

وقماش كل شيء وقماشته: فتاته

And the قماش of everything and its قماشته: its fragments.

والقميشة: طعام للعرب من اللبن وحب الحنظل ونحوه

And القميشة: a food for the Arabs made from milk and the seeds of the bitter apple (حنظل) and the like.

وتقمش القماش واقتمشه: أكله من هنا وهنا

And he ate the قماش and consumed it: he ate it from here and there.

وقماش البيت: متاعه

And the قماش of the house: its furnishings.

القنفرش: العجوز الكبيرة مثل الجحمرش

القنفرش: the large old woman, like الجحمرش.

قانية الناب كزوم قنفرش

Red-toothed, reticent, an old woman.

والكنفرش الضخمة من الكمر

And الكنفرش, the stout one among the stout women.