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القمطر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of strength, compactness, gathering, and intensity. It describes robust animals, strong men, and intense situations, as well as actions of binding, collecting, and sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

القَمْطَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Strong, large camelclassical

    A camel that is strong and of large build.

  2. 2.
    Short manclassical

    A man who is short in stature.

القَمْطَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Strong, large (camel)classical

    Describing a camel that is strong and large.

  2. 2.
    Short (man)classical

    Describing a man who is short.

القُمْطَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Container for booksclassical

    A case or box in which books are kept and preserved.

قَمْطَرَverb
  1. 1.
    To bindboth

    To tie or secure something, such as a waterskin with its tie-string (وكاء).

  2. 2.
    To gatherboth

    To collect or bring things together.

  3. 3.
    To have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a female.

قَمْطَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bindingboth

    The act of binding or tying something securely.

  2. 2.
    Collectionboth

    The act of gathering or collecting.

قَمْطَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Compact gaitclassical

    A manner of walking characterized by closeness or compactness of steps.

قَمَاطِرnoun
  1. 1.
    Milk impurityclassical

    An impurity or defect that milk acquires from the rennet (إنفحة).

قَمْطَرِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    Intenseclassical

    Describing a day that is severe or intense.

اقْمَطَرَّverb
  1. 1.
    To intensifyclassical

    To become severe or intense, often used for days.

  2. 2.
    To gather and bend tailclassical

    Used for a scorpion when it gathers itself and bends its tail.

قَمْطَرverb
  1. 1.
    To gatherboth

    To come together or assemble.

  2. 2.
    To have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a female.

  3. 3.
    To tieboth

    To secure something, like a waterskin with its tie-string.

Parallel reading

الجمل القوي الضخم
The strong, large camel.
الرجل القصير
The short man.
وما يصان فيه الكتب
And that in which books are preserved.
والقمطرى: مشية في اجتماع
And 'al-qamṭarī': a gait characterized by compactness.
وخبث يأخذه من الإنفحة
And an impurity it takes from the rennet.
وبه عقال من اعوجاج ساقيه
And it has a fetter due to the crookedness of its legs.
ويوم قماطر، وقمطرير: شديد
And a 'yawm qamāṭir', and 'qamṭarīr': severe.
واقمطر: اشتد
And 'aqmaṭarra': it intensified.
والعقرب: اجتمعت وعطفت ذنبها
And the scorpion: it gathered itself and bent its tail.
قمطر: اجتمع
'Qamṭara': it gathered.
والجارية: جامعها
And the young woman: he had intercourse with her.
والقربة: شدها بالوكاء
And the waterskin: he tied it with the tie-string.