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كمل

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of completeness, perfection, and finishing something. It extends to the idea of being whole, intact, and fully developed, encompassing both abstract notions and concrete states of completion.

Derived headwords

كَمُلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be completeboth

    To reach a state of completeness or perfection.

كَمَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to completeboth

    To make something complete, to finish it, or to perfect it.

تَكَامَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to become completeboth

    To become complete or whole, often implying a process of integration or mutual completion.

اِسْتَكْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to completeboth

    To seek or achieve completion; to finish something entirely.

كَمَالnoun
  1. 1.
    completenessboth

    The state of being complete, perfect, or whole.

  2. 2.
    perfectionboth

    The highest degree of excellence or accomplishment.

تَكْمِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    completionboth

    The act or process of completing something.

  2. 2.
    perfectionboth

    The act of making something perfect or complete.

تَكْمِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    completionboth

    A part that completes something; the act of completing.

كَمِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    completeboth

    Having all necessary or desirable parts; whole and perfect.

حولاً كميلاً — a complete year
كَامِلadjective
  1. 1.
    completeboth

    Entire, whole, or perfect; lacking nothing.

  2. 2.
    perfectboth

    Having reached the highest degree of development or excellence.

كَمَّلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    complete onesclassical

    A group of people who are complete or perfect.

مُكْمِلnoun
  1. 1.
    completerboth

    One who completes something; a perfecter.

مُكَمَّلadjective
  1. 1.
    completedboth

    Having been completed or finished.

كَمْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    completenessclassical

    The state of being complete.

كَمْلُولnoun
  1. 1.
    desertclassical

    A large, barren, and often sandy area of land.

  2. 2.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant.

كَامِلِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    Kamiliaclassical

    A name associated with a specific group of the Rawafid (a sect).

كَامِلname
  1. 1.
    Kamilboth

    A proper name, often used for horses.

Parallel reading

الكمال: التمام
Completeness: perfection.
وقيل: التمام الذي تجزأ منه أجزاؤه
And it was said: The completeness from which its parts are divided.
كمل الشيء يكمل
The thing was complete, it becomes complete.
وشيء كميل: كامل
And a complete thing: perfect.
وتكامل الشيء وأكملته أنا وأكملت الشيء أي أجملته وأتممته
And the thing became complete, and I completed it, and I completed the thing, meaning I made it beautiful and finished it.
وأكمله هو واستكمله وكمله: أتمه وجمله
And he completed it, and sought its completion, and completed it: he finished it and made it beautiful.
فأكمله هو واستكمله وكمله: أتمه وجمله
And he completed it, and sought its completion, and completed it: he finished it and made it beautiful.
وأعطاه المال كملا أي كاملا
And he gave him the money completely, meaning fully.
اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم وأتممت عليكم نعمتي
Today I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you.
معناه، والله أعلم: الآن أكملت لكم الدين بأن كفيتكم خوف عدوكم وأظهرتكم عليهم
Its meaning, and God knows best, is: Now I have completed the religion for you by making you sufficient from the fear of your enemy and making you victorious over them.
ويجوز للشاعر أن يجعل الكامل كميلا
And it is permissible for a poet to make the perfect into the complete.
والتكملات في حساب الوصايا: معروف
And the completions in the calculation of bequests: are known.
ويقال: كملت له عدد حقه ووفاء حقه تكميلا وتكملة
And it is said: I completed for him the number of his right and the fulfillment of his right with completion and a completion.
فهو مكمل
So he is a completer.
ويقال: هذا المكمل عشرين والمكمل مائة والمكمل ألفا
And it is said: This is the one that completes twenty, and the one that completes a hundred, and the one that completes a thousand.
ورجل كامل وقوم كملة
And a complete man and a group of complete people.
والتكميل والإكمال: التمام
And completion and making complete: are perfection.
واستكمله: استتمه
And he completed it: he finished it.
والكامل من شطور العروض: معروف
And the Kamil from the meters of prosody: is known.
سمي كاملا لأنه استكمل على أصله في الدائرة
It is named Kamil because it completed itself according to its origin in the circle.
سمي كاملا لأنه كملت أجزاؤه وحركاته، وكان أكمل من الوافر، لأن الوافر توفرت حركاته ونقصت أجزاؤه
It is named Kamil because its parts and movements were complete, and it was more complete than the Wafir, because the Wafir had its movements fulfilled and its parts diminished.
المكمل الرجل الكامل للخير أو الشر
The Mukammil is the man who is complete for good or evil.
والكاملية من الروافض: شر جيل
And the Kamilia from the Rawafid: is the worst generation.
كامل: اسم فرس سابق لبني امرئ القيس
Kamil: The name of a swift horse belonging to the Banu Imru' al-Qays.
وكامل أيضا: فرس زيد الخيل
And Kamil also: the horse of Zayd al-Khayl.
وإياه عنى بقوله: ما زلت أرميهم بثغرة كامل
And him he meant by his saying: I kept striking them at the gap of Kamil.
وكامل أيضا: فرس للرقاد بن المنذر الضبي
And Kamil also: the horse of Ruqad ibn al-Mundhir al-Dhubbi.