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قنم

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the corruption, spoilage, or foul odor of food, liquids, and even animals. It can also refer to a state of being soiled or dirty, particularly on hands or animal hair, and has a specific meaning related to the origins or foundations of things.

Derived headwords

قَنِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become spoiledboth

    To become corrupted or spoiled, referring to food, meat, tharid, fat, or fresh dates, resulting in a changed odor.

  2. 2.
    to become dirtyboth

    To become soiled or dirty, as in hands becoming dirty from oil.

  3. 3.
    to become foul-smellingboth

    To emit a foul or unpleasant smell, as in a waterskin becoming foul.

قَنَمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    spoilageboth

    The act or state of becoming spoiled or corrupted, referring to food or other substances.

  2. 2.
    dirtinessboth

    The state of being dirty or soiled, particularly referring to hands or animal hair.

قَنِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    spoiledboth

    Describing food, meat, or other substances that have become spoiled and have a changed odor.

  2. 2.
    dirtyboth

    Describing hands that have become dirty, especially from oil.

  3. 3.
    foul-smellingboth

    Describing something that emits a foul or unpleasant smell.

أَقْنَمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    spoiledboth

    Describing food or other substances that have become spoiled and have a changed odor.

  2. 2.
    foul-smellingboth

    Describing something that emits a foul or unpleasant smell.

القَنَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bad smellboth

    A foul or unpleasant smell, particularly associated with spoiled fats, oils, or other substances.

  2. 2.
    dirtinessboth

    The state of being dirty or soiled.

قَنِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bad smellboth

    A foul or unpleasant smell, especially of fats and oil.

  2. 2.
    dirtinessboth

    The state of being dirty or soiled.

قَنِمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-smellingclassical

    Describing a cow that has a changed or foul smell.

قَنِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become dirtyboth

    Describing the condition of hands becoming dirty from oil.

قَنِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dirtyboth

    Describing hands that have become dirty from oil.

قَنِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    soiledclassical

    Describing the hair of horses or camels that has been exposed to dew and then dust, causing it to become soiled.

قَنِمَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-smellingclassical

    Describing a cow that has a changed or foul smell.

قَنِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become foulboth

    Describing a waterskin that has become foul or spoiled.

قَانِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    spoiledboth

    Describing walnuts that are spoiled or corrupted.

الأَقَانِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    foundationsclassical

    The fundamental principles, origins, or foundations of something.

  2. 2.
    rootsclassical

    The basic elements or origins of a matter.

أَقْنُومnoun
  1. 1.
    foundationclassical

    The singular form of 'aqānīm', referring to a foundation or origin.

  2. 2.
    rootclassical

    The singular form of 'aqānīm', referring to a root or basic element.

نَمِقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bad smellclassical

    A foul or unpleasant smell, used synonymously with 'qunama' when something becomes putrid.

Parallel reading

قنم الطعام واللحم والثريد والدهن والرطب يقنم قنما، فهو قنم وأقنم: فسد وتغيرت رائحته
Food, meat, tharid, fat, and fresh dates become spoiled, they become spoiled (qanama) a spoilage (qanaman), so it is spoiled (qanim) and very spoiled (aqnam): it becomes corrupted and its smell changes.
وقد قنمت من صرها واحتلابها ... أنامل كفيها، وللوطب أقنم
And my fingertips have become spoiled from her distress and her milking... and for the fresh dates, it is very spoiled.
والاسم: القنمة؛ قال سيبويه: جعلوه اسما للرائحة.
And the noun is: al-qunama; Sibawayh said: they made it a name for the smell.
ويقال فيه قنمة ونمقة إذا أروح وأنتن.
And it is said about it 'qunama' and 'namqa' if it becomes putrid and foul-smelling.
القنمة، بالتحريك، خبث ريح الأدهان والزيت ونحو ذلك.
Al-qunama, with vowelization, is the foulness of the smell of fats, oil, and the like.
وقنمت يدي من الزيت قنما، فهي قنمة: اتسخت.
And my hands became dirty from the oil a dirtiness (qanaman), so they are dirty (qanima): they became soiled.
والقنم في الخيل والإبل: أن يصيب الشعر الندى ثم يصيبه الغبار فيركبه لذلك وسخ.
And al-qanam in horses and camels: is when the hair is hit by dew, then dust hits it, so dirt adheres to it because of that.
وبقرة قنمة: متغيرة الرائحة؛ حكاه ثعلب.
And a 'qanama' cow: is one with a changed smell; Tha'lab narrated this.
وقد قنم سقاؤه، بالكسر، قنما أي تمه.
And his waterskin has become foul-smelling (qanima), with a kasra, a spoilage (qanaman), meaning it became putrid.
وقنم الجوز، فهو قانم أي فاسد.
And the walnuts became spoiled (qanima), so it is spoiled (qanim), meaning corrupted.
والأقانيم: الأصول، واحدها أقنوم؛ قال الجوهري: وأحسبها رومية.
And al-aqānīm: are the origins, its singular is aqnūm; Al-Jauhari said: and I think it is Syriac.