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كهمل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of heaviness, slowness, and taking something in its entirety. It describes a state of being sluggish or taking a matter comprehensively.

Derived headwords

كَهمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be heavyclassical

    To be heavy, sluggish, or slow.

كَهمَلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    heavyclassical

    Describing something or someone as heavy, sluggish, or slow.

مُكْهَمَلadjective
  1. 1.
    entireclassical

    Referring to something taken or understood in its entirety, comprehensively.

Parallel reading

ثقيل وخم
Heavy and sluggish.
وأخذ الأمر مكهملا
And he took the matter comprehensively.
أي بأجمعه
Meaning, in its entirety.