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قلمع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking, uprooting, and pulling out. It also extends to terms for low-ranking or contemptible people and a specific type of insult.

Derived headwords

قَلَمَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike and stunclassical

    To strike someone on the head, causing them to be stunned or dazed.

  2. 2.
    to uprootclassical

    To pull something out completely from its origin or foundation.

قَلْمَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    insultclassical

    A name or term used as an insult or a curse.

  2. 2.
    low personclassical

    A base, ignoble, or contemptible person.

قَلْمَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to shave the headclassical

    To shave someone's head completely.

Parallel reading

قَلَمَعَ رأسه قلمعة: ضربه فأندره.
He struck his head with a qalam'ah: he hit him and stunned him.
وقلمع الشيء: قلعه من أصله.
And qalam'a the thing: he uprooted it from its origin.
والقلمعة: السفلة من الناس، الخسيس؛
And al-qalam'ah: the lowest of people, the base one;
أقلمعة بن صلفعة بن فقع
O qalam'ah son of Salfa'ah son of Faqa'
لهنك، لا أبا لك، تزدريني
By your life, may you have no father, you look down on me
وقلمع رأسه وصلمعه إذا حلقه.
And he qalam'a his head and salma'ahu if he shaved it.