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قصمل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes actions related to breaking, cutting, and crushing. It extends to vigorous eating, a type of insect, and descriptions of strong individuals or animals, particularly lions and robust shepherds.

Derived headwords

قَصْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut and breakboth

    To cut something into pieces and break it.

  2. 2.
    to crush (neck)classical

    To crush or break someone's neck.

  3. 3.
    to eat vigorouslyboth

    To eat with great force and intensity.

  4. 4.
    to strike down (prey)classical

    To strike down and subdue prey.

  5. 5.
    to walk with short stepsclassical

    To walk with short, quick steps.

قصمل الشيء: قطعه وكسره — He cut and broke the thing.
قصمل عنقه: دقه — He crushed his neck.
القَصْمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    intense biting and eatingboth

    The act of biting and eating with great force.

  2. 2.
    insectclassical

    A small insect that attacks teeth and molars, causing them to break.

  3. 3.
    small amount of liquidclassical

    A small amount of water or similar liquid.

والقصملة: شدة العض والأكل — And al-qasmalah: intense biting and eating.
والقصملة: دويبة تقع في الأسنان والأضراس فلا تلبث أن تقصملها فتهتك الفم — And al-qasmalah: a small insect that falls into the teeth and molars, and soon breaks them, tearing the mouth.
والقصملة من الماء ونحوه: مثل الصبابة — And al-qasmalah of water and the like: like a small amount.
المِقْصَمَلadjective
  1. 1.
    strong (shepherd)classical

    A shepherd who is strong and firm, particularly in handling his staff.

  2. 2.
    strong (man)classical

    A strong and robust man.

والمقصمل: الشديد العصا من الرعاء — And al-miqsamal: the one strong with the staff among shepherds.
والقصمل، على مثال علبط، من الرجال: الشديد — And al-qasmal, on the pattern of 'albat, from men: the strong.
قَصْمَلَةverb
  1. 1.
    to eat completelyclassical

    To eat food entirely.

  2. 2.
    to strike down (prey)classical

    To strike down and subdue prey.

قصفل الطعام وقصمله وقصبله إذا أكله أجمع — He ate the food completely, and qasmaluhu and qasbaluhu if he ate it all.
رميت أرنبا فدربيتها وقصملتها وقرملتها إذا صرعتها — I threw a rabbit, and I subdued it, and qasmalatuha, and qarmalatuha if I struck it down.
القَصْمَلname
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    One of the names for a lion.

Parallel reading

قصمل الشيء: قطعه وكسره
To qasmal something: to cut it and break it.
وقصمل عنقه: دقه؛ عن اللحياني
And to qasmal his neck: to crush it; according to Al-Lihyani.
قال الأزهري: القصملة مأخوذة من القصل، وهو القطع، والميم زائدة
Al-Azhari said: Al-qasmalah is derived from al-qasl, which is cutting, and the mim is an addition.
والقصملة: شدة العض والأكل
And al-qasmalah: intense biting and eating.
يقال: ألقاه في فيه فالتقمه القصملى، مقصورا
It is said: he threw it into his mouth and swallowed it al-qasmalā, short form.
والدهر أخنى يقتل المقاتلا، ... جارحة أنيابه قصاملا
And time is destructive, killing the fighters, ... its teeth are sharp and breaking.
والمقصمل: الشديد العصا من الرعاء؛ قال أبو النجم
And al-miqsamal: the one strong with the staff among shepherds; Abu Al-Najm said.
ليس بملتاث ولا عميثل، ... وليس بالفيادة المقصمل
He is not hesitant nor weak, ... nor is he the one who walks with short steps (al-miqsamal).
لأن الراعي إنما يوصف بلين العصا
Because a shepherd is described by the gentleness of his staff.
وفي نوادر الأعراب: قصفل الطعام وقصمله وقصبله إذا أكله أجمع
And in the rare sayings of the Arabs: qasfala the food, and qasmaluhu, and qasbaluhu if he ate it all.
ابن الأعرابي: رميت أرنبا فدربيتها وقصملتها وقرملتها إذا صرعتها؛ وزحزحته مثله، ورميته بحجر فتدربأ
Ibn Al-A'rabi said: I threw a rabbit, and I subdued it, and qasmalatuha, and qarmalatuha if I struck it down; and I moved it like that, and I threw a stone at it and it was subdued.
والقصملة: دويبة تقع في الأسنان والأضراس فلا تلبث أن تقصملها فتهتك الفم
And al-qasmalah: a small insect that falls into the teeth and molars, and soon breaks them, tearing the mouth.
والقصملة من الماء ونحوه: مثل الصبابة
And al-qasmalah of water and the like: like a small amount.
والقصمل، على مثال علبط، من الرجال: الشديد
And al-qasmal, on the pattern of 'albat, from men: the strong.
وقصمل الرجل إذا قارب الخطى في مشيه
And the man qasmal if he shortened his steps in his walking.
والقصمل: من أسماء الأسد
And al-qasmal: from the names of the lion.