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القرمد

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to materials used in construction and decoration, particularly fired bricks, plaster, and colored coatings. It also extends to descriptions of things that are coated or built with these materials, and metaphorically to certain fruits and animal characteristics.

Derived headwords

القَرْمَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Coating materialboth

    A material used for coating, such as saffron or gypsum.

  2. 2.
    Building stoneclassical

    Stones with holes that are baked and used in construction.

  3. 3.
    Fired clayboth

    Cooked clay or baked bricks.

  4. 4.
    Brickboth

    Similar to al-qirmid, referring to baked bricks.

القُرْمُودnoun
  1. 1.
    Fruit of the Ghada plantclassical

    The fruit of the Ghada plant (a type of desert shrub).

  2. 2.
    Male wild goatclassical

    The male of wild goats (ibex).

القِرْمِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Dry measureclassical

    A unit of dry measure, possibly an 'irdabbah' (a large measure).

  2. 2.
    Water skinclassical

    A water skin or waterskin.

  3. 3.
    Brickmodern

    Baked bricks, commonly used in construction.

قَرْمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    To coatboth

    To coat something, especially with a substance resembling saffron.

  2. 2.
    To buildboth

    To build with bricks and stones.

قُرْمِطverb
  1. 1.
    To walk with a specific gaitclassical

    To walk with a particular gait, possibly a slow or heavy one.

مُقَرْمَدadjective
  1. 1.
    Coatedboth

    Coated with a substance resembling saffron.

  2. 2.
    Builtboth

    Built with bricks and stones.

  3. 3.
    Elevatedclassical

    High, lofty, or prominent, referring to a building.

Parallel reading

ما طلي به كالزعفران والجص
What is coated with, like saffron and gypsum.
وحجارة لها خروق تنضج ويبنى بها
And stones with holes that are baked and built with.
والخزف المطبوخ
And cooked clay.
والآجر كالقرميد
And bricks like al-qirmid.
وثمر الغضى
The fruit of the Ghada plant.
وذكر الوعول
And the male of wild goats.
الإردبة والأروية، أو هو تصحيف
The 'irdabbah' and the waterskin, or it is a misspelling.
وقرمد الكتاب
And he coated the book.
وفي المشي: قرمط
And in walking: he walked with a specific gait.
وثوب مقرمد: مطلي بشبه الزعفران
And a coated garment: dyed with something like saffron.
وبناء مقرمد: مبني بالآجر والحجارة، أو مشرف عال
And a built structure: constructed with bricks and stones, or lofty and high.