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كمح

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to restraint, control, and obstruction, particularly concerning animals and plants. It also extends to descriptions of physical attributes like large buttocks or a full mouth, and abstract concepts like arrogance and elevation.

Derived headwords

كَمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to restrainboth

    To hold back or restrain an animal, especially a mount.

كَمْحnoun
  1. 1.
    restraintclassical

    The act of restraining or holding back.

أَكْمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to restrainboth

    To restrain or curb an animal.

  2. 2.
    to bud/sproutclassical

    Said of a grapevine when it begins to bud or show signs of fruiting.

الكُومَحadjective
  1. 1.
    large-buttockedclassical

    Describing a person or animal with large buttocks.

  2. 2.
    full-mouthedclassical

    Describing someone whose mouth is so full of teeth that their speech becomes thick or indistinct.

الكِيمُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    high groundclassical

    An elevated place or a prominence.

  2. 2.
    dustclassical

    Fine particles of earth or other matter.

المُكْمَحadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogantclassical

    Haughty, proud, or disdainful.

أُكْمِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be made arrogantclassical

    Passive form, meaning to be made haughty or proud.

المَكَامِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    close-mouthed camelsclassical

    Camels that are close-mouthed or perhaps have a tendency to hold their mouths shut.

الكُومَحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two sand dunesclassical

    A pair of sand dunes or ridges of sand.

Parallel reading

كَمَحَ الدابةَ، وأَكْمَحَهَا: كَبَحَهَا.
He restrained the animal, and restrained it: he curbed it.
وأَكْمَحَ الكَرْمُ: تَحَرَّكَ للإِيراقِ.
And the grapevine moved towards fruiting (budded).
والكُومَحُ: العَظِيمُ الأَلْيَتَيْنِ، ومَنْ تَمْلأُ فَاهُ أَسْنَانُهُ حَتَّى يَغْلُظَ كَلَامُهُ.
And the large-buttocked: one with large buttocks, and one whose teeth fill his mouth until his speech becomes thick.
والكِيمُوحُ: المُشْرِفُ، والتُّرَابُ.
And the high ground: the elevated place, and the dust.
والمُكْمَحُ، كَمُكْرِمٍ: الشَّامِخُ.
And the arrogant, like 'mukrim': the haughty one.
وقد أُكْمِحَ، على ما لم يُسَمَّ فَاعِلُهُ.
And he was made arrogant, in the passive voice.
والمَكَامِيحُ مِنَ الإِبِلِ: المُقَارِيبُ.
And the close-mouthed ones from the camels: the near ones (or those with close mouths).
والكُومَحَانِ: حَبْلَانِ مِنْ رَمْلٍ، ج.
And the two sand dunes: two ropes (ridges) of sand, plural.