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الكمثرة

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of gathering, convergence, and intertwining. It also extends to describe something short or compact, and specifically refers to the fruit of the pear tree.

Derived headwords

الكُمَّثْرَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Pear treeboth

    The tree that bears pears.

  2. 2.
    Pear fruitboth

    The fruit of the pear tree.

كُمَّثْرَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pear (single fruit)both

    A single unit of the pear fruit.

كُمَّثْرِيَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Pears (plural)both

    The plural form for pear fruits.

كُمَيْمِثْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Small pearclassical

    A diminutive form referring to a small pear.

كُمَيْمِثْرِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Small pearclassical

    A diminutive form referring to a small pear.

كُمَيْثِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Small pearclassical

    A diminutive form referring to a small pear.

كُمَيْمِثْرَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Small pearclassical

    A diminutive form referring to a small pear.

الكَمَاثِرadjective
  1. 1.
    Shortclassical

    Describing someone or something as short in stature or length.

Parallel reading

اجتماع الشيء، وتداخل بعضه في بعض.
The gathering of a thing, and its intermingling with others.
والكمثرى: منه
And the pear tree/fruit is derived from this concept.
والواحدة: كمثراة
And the singular (unit) is كمثراة.
ج: كمثريات
Its plural is كمثريات.
وقد يذكر، ويقال: هذه كمثرى واحدة، وهذه كمثرى كثيرة
And it may be mentioned (as masculine), and it is said: This is one pear, and this is many pears.
ويصغر كميمثرة وكميمثرية وكميثرة وكميمثراة.
And its diminutive forms are كميمثرة, كميمثرية, كميثرة, and كميمثراة.
والكماثر، بالضم: القصير.
And الكماثر, with the dammah, means short.