الكمء

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to truffles, their growth, and associated actions like harvesting and selling. It also extends to concepts of ignorance, aging, and concealment.

Derived headwords

الكَمْءnoun

1.
Truffleboth
A type of edible fungus that grows underground, often considered a delicacy.
2.
Truffles (collective)both
Used as a collective noun for truffles.

أَكْمُؤٌnoun

1.
Truffles (plural)both
The plural form of 'kama' (truffle).

كَمْأَةnoun

1.
Truffle (singular)both
A single truffle.
2.
Truffles (collective)both
Can also be used as a collective noun for truffles.

المَكْمَأَةnoun

1.
Place of trufflesboth
The location where truffles grow.

المَكْمُوءَةnoun

1.
Place of trufflesboth
The location where truffles grow.

أَكْمَأَverb

1.
To grow abundantlyboth
Said of a place where truffles are plentiful.
2.
To feed (truffles)both
To feed people with truffles.

كَمَّأَverb

1.
To feed (truffles)both
To feed people with truffles (intensive form).

الكَمَّاءnoun

1.
Truffle sellerboth
A person who sells truffles.
2.
Truffle harvesterboth
A person who gathers truffles for sale.

كَمِئَverb

1.
To be ignorantboth
To be ignorant of news or information.
2.
To be clumsyclassical
To walk barefoot or wear shoes.
3.
To be crackedclassical
Said of a foot or leg that has developed cracks.

أَكْمَأَتْهُ السِنُّverb

1.
To ageclassical
Said of age causing someone to become old.

تَكَمَّأَهُverb

1.
To dislikeclassical
To find something or someone disagreeable.
2.
To be hiddenclassical
Said of the earth concealing someone.

Parallel reading

الكمء: نبات م، ج: أكمؤ وكمأة، أو هي اسم للجمع، أو هي للواحد، والكمء للجمع، أو هي تكون واحدة وجمعا.

The truffle: a plant, singular. Its plural is akma' and kam'ah, or it is a collective noun, or it is for the singular, and al-kama' is for the plural, or it can be singular and plural.

والمكمأة والمكموءة: موضعه.

And al-makhma'ah and al-makhmu'ah: its place.

وأكمأ المكان: كثر به

And the place became abundant with truffles: it was plentiful with them.

والقوم: أطعمهم إياه، ككمأهم كمئا.

And the people: he fed them with it, like he fed them truffles, a feeding.

والكماء: بياعه، وجانيه للبيع.

And the truffle seller: his selling, and his gathering for sale.

وكمئ، كفرح: حفي وعليه نعل،

And he was ignorant, like faraha: he was barefoot and wearing a shoe,

ورجله: تشققت،

And his leg: it cracked,

وعن الأخبار: جهلها وغبي عنها.

And about the news: he was ignorant of it and oblivious to it.

وأكمأته السن: شيخته.

And age made him old: it aged him.

وتكمأه: تكرهه،

And he disliked it: he found it disagreeable,

وعليه الأرض: غيبته.

And the earth concealed him: it hid him.