قطم

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root قطم (qaṭama) primarily relates to biting or tasting with the front teeth, often implying a strong desire or eagerness. This extends to intense sexual desire, anger, and the act of a predator seizing prey. It also encompasses concepts of eagerness, desire for food, and even specific names for animals and places.

Derived headwords

قَطَمَverb

1.
to bite with front teethboth
To bite something with the tips of the teeth, or to taste it.
2.
to tasteboth
To taste something, often with the front teeth.
3.
to cutclassical
To cut something.
4.
to dislike (drink)classical
When a drinker tastes a beverage and dislikes it, making a face.

قَطْمٌnoun

1.
sexual desireclassical
Strong desire for meat, mating, and sexual intercourse; intense lust.
2.
eagernessclassical
Intense desire for something, whether meat or other things.
3.
angerclassical
Being angry or wrathful.
4.
bitingclassical
The act of biting with the tips of the teeth.
5.
tastingclassical
The act of tasting food or other substances with the mouth.
6.
eating grassclassical
The act of a young animal taking grass with its mouth.

قَطِمَverb

1.
to be lustfulclassical
To be intensely aroused and desirous of mating; to be in a state of extreme rut.
2.
to desire meatclassical
To have a strong craving for meat.

قَطِمٌadjective

1.
lustfulclassical
A male animal, especially a stallion or bull, that is intensely lustful and eager for mating.
2.
craving meatclassical
A man who has a strong appetite for meat.

قُطَامٌnoun

1.
falconclassical
A name for a falcon, particularly a Shaheen falcon.
2.
new wineclassical
Fresh or new wine.

قُطَامِيٌّadjective

1.
falcon-likeclassical
Relating to a falcon; resembling a falcon.
2.
eagerclassical
Possessing eagerness or strong desire.

قُطَامِيَّةٌname

1.
name of a poetclassical
A name for a poet from the tribe of Taghlib, whose name was 'Umayr ibn Shiym.

قُطَامname

1.
female nameclassical
A proper name for a woman.

مِقْطَمُ البَازِيnoun

1.
falcon's talonclassical
The talon or claw of a falcon.

قَاطِمٌparticiple

1.
bitingclassical
One who bites with the tips of his teeth.

قَطَمَةٌnoun

1.
piece bitten offclassical
A piece of something that has been bitten off or tasted and then discarded.

قَطِمَ الفَصِيلُverb

1.
young camel eats grassclassical
When a young camel takes grass with its mouth before it can chew it properly.

قَطَمَ الشَّارِبُverb

1.
drinker dislikesclassical
When a drinker tastes a beverage, dislikes it, and makes a disgusted face.

القُطَامِيُّname

1.
poet's nameclassical
A name referring to a poet from the tribe of Taghlib, named 'Umayr ibn Shiym.

قُطَامِيٌّname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A name for a place.

ابْنُ أُمِّ قُطَامname

1.
king of Kindahclassical
A historical figure, one of the kings of Kindah.

قُطَامَةname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name.

القُطْمِيَّاتname

1.
place nameclassical
A name for certain locations or places.

قُطْمَانname

1.
mountain nameclassical
The name of a mountain.

المُقَطَّمname

1.
mountain in Egyptclassical
A well-known mountain located in Egypt.

Parallel reading

شهوة اللحم والضراب والنكاح

Desire for meat, mating, and sexual intercourse.

قطم يقطم قطما فهو قطم بين القطم أي اهتاج وأراد الضراب وهو شدة اغتلامه

Qaṭama, yaqṭimu, qaṭman: he is qaṭim, very qaṭim, meaning he became aroused and desired mating, which is the intensity of his rut.

ورجل قطم: شهوان للحم

And a man is qaṭim: craving meat.

وقيل: كل مشته شيئا قطم

And it is said: everyone who desires something is qaṭim.

والقطم: الغضبان

And al-qaṭm: the angry one.

وفحل قطم وقطم وقطيم: ضؤول

And a stallion that is qaṭim, qaṭim, and qaṭim: is weak.

والقطامي: الصقر، ويفتح

And al-qaṭāmī: the falcon, and it can be pronounced with a fatha.

وصقر قطام وقطامي وقطامي: لحم، قيس يفتحون وسائر العرب يضمون وقد غلب عليه اسما، وهو مأخوذ من القطم وهو المشتهي اللحم وغيره

And a falcon that is quṭām, quṭāmī, and quṭāmī: is meat-loving. The Qays tribe pronounces it with a fatha, while the rest of the Arabs pronounce it with a damma. It has become a dominant name for it, and it is derived from al-qaṭm, which is the craving for meat and other things.

القطامي من أسماء الشاهين

Al-qaṭāmī is among the names of the Shaheen falcon.

معناه كنت مرة «1». تركب رأسك في الأمور في حداثتك، فاليوم قد كبرت وشخت وتركت ذلك

Its meaning is: I was once 'you act impulsively in matters in your youth, but today you have grown old and aged and abandoned that.'

إنما أرادت بعيني رجل كأنهما عينا قطامي

She only intended by 'eyes of a man' that they were like the eyes of a qaṭāmī.

ومقطم البازي: مخلبه

And the miqṭam of the falcon: its talon.

وقطمه بأطراف أسنانه أو ذاقه

He bit it with the tips of his teeth or tasted it.

قطمت الشيء بأطراف أسناني أقطمه إذا تناولته

I bit the thing with the tips of my teeth, I bite it if I take it.

قطم يقطم إذا عض بمقدم الأسنان

He bites, he bites if he bites with the front teeth.

كأنه قاطم وقفين من عاج

As if he were biting, two tusks of ivory.

القطم العض بأطراف الأسنان

Al-qaṭm is biting with the tips of the teeth.

اقطم هذا العود فانظر ما طعمه

Bite this stick and see what its taste is.

والخمر قطامي، بالضم لا غير، أي طري

And wine is quṭāmī, with damma and nothing else, meaning fresh.

وإذا قطمتهم قطمت علاقما وقواضي الذيفان فيما تقطم

And if I bit them, I bit their companions and the leaders of the poison in what you bite.

والقطم: تناول الحشيش بأدنى الفم

And al-qaṭm: taking grass with the slightest touch of the mouth.

والقطامة: ما قطم بالفم ثم ألقي

And al-qaṭāmah: what is bitten by the mouth and then discarded.

وقطم الفصيل النبت: أخذه بمقدم فيه قبل أن يستحكم أكله

And the young camel bit the plant: taking it with the front of its mouth before it could chew it properly.

وقطم الشيء قطما: قطعه

And he cut the thing, qaṭman: he cut it.

وقطم الشارب: ذاق الشراب فكرهه وزوى وجهه وقطب

And the drinker bit: he tasted the drink, disliked it, turned his face away, and frowned.

والقطامي، بالضم: من شعرائهم من تغلب واسمه عمير بن شييم

And al-Quṭāmī, with damma: is one of their poets from Taghlib, and his name is 'Umayr ibn Shiym.

وأهل الحجاز يبنونه على الكسر في كل حال، وأهل نجد يجرونه مجرى ما لا ينصرف

And the people of Hijaz construct it on the kasra in all cases, and the people of Najd treat it as indeclinable.

وابن أم قطام: من ملوك كندة

And Ibn Umm Quṭām: from the kings of Kindah.

أقفر من أهله ملحوب، ... فالقطميات فالذنوب

It became desolate of its people, Malhub, ... then al-Qaṭmiyyāt, then al-Dhanūb.

ولما رأت قطمان من عن شمالها، ... رأت بعض ما تهوى وقرت عيونها

And when she saw Qaṭmān from her left side, ... she saw some of what she desired and her eyes were pleased.

والمقطم: جبل بمصر، صانها الله تعالى

And al-Muqaṭṭam: a mountain in Egypt, may God protect it.