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وكم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of being hindered, distressed, and grieved. It also extends to the idea of land being overgrazed or depleted, and a state of intense anger or a spaciousness.

Derived headwords

وَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to hinder severelyclassical

    To repel someone from their need or goal with extreme rejection.

وَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be distressedclassical

    To be distressed or grieved by something.

وَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be depletedclassical

    Said of land that has been trodden upon, eaten, and grazed to the point where nothing remains to hold people.

المَوْكُومadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely grievingclassical

    Describing someone who is intensely grieving.

المَوْقُومadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely grievingclassical

    Describing someone who is intensely grieving.

وَقَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to grieve himclassical

    The matter grieved him.

وَكَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to grieve himclassical

    The matter grieved him.

وَكَمَتverb
  1. 1.
    it was depletedclassical

    Said of land that has been trodden upon, eaten, and grazed to the point where nothing remains to hold people.

الوُكْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    intense angerclassical

    A state of intense, satisfying anger or rage.

الوَمْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spaciousnessclassical

    A wide, open space.

Parallel reading

وَكَمَ الرَّجُلُ
The man was severely hindered.
وَكَمَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ أَشَدَّ الرَّدِّ
He repelled him from his need with the strongest repulsion.
وَكَمَ مِنَ الشَّيْءِ
He was distressed by the thing.
جَزِعَ وَاغْتَمَّ لَهُ مِنْهُ
He became anxious and grieved over it.
المَوْقُومُ وَالمَوْكُومُ الشَّدِيدُ الحُزْنِ
The mawqum and the mawkum are intensely grieving.
وَقَمَهُ الأَمْرُ
The matter grieved him.
وَكَمَهُ الأَمْرُ
The matter grieved him.
وَكَمَتِ الأَرْضُ
The land was depleted.
وَطِئَتْ وَأُكِلَتْ وَرُعِيَتْ فَلَمْ يُبْقَ فِيهَا مَا يَحْبِسُ النَّاسَ
It was trodden, eaten, and grazed, and nothing remained in it to hold people.
الوُكْمَةُ الغَيْظَةُ المُشْبِعَةُ
The wukmah is a satisfying rage.
الوَمْكَةُ الفُسْحَةُ
The womkah is the spaciousness.