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قرصم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of breaking, biting, or crushing something, often with a sense of force or sharpness. It can describe the act of breaking off a piece or the sound associated with such an action.

Derived headwords

قَرصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to break offboth

    To break off a piece of something, often with a biting or crushing motion.

  2. 2.
    to biteclassical

    To bite into something, causing it to break or be crushed.

قُرْصُمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a biteclassical

    The act of biting or the piece bitten off.

قُرْصُومnoun
  1. 1.
    a sharp soundclassical

    A sharp, cracking sound, often associated with breaking or biting.

Parallel reading

قرصم الشيء: كسره.
He broke the thing: he broke it.