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القمز

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to gathering, collecting, and grasping. It also extends to concepts of scarcity, poor quality, and the initial stages of growth in plants.

Derived headwords

القَمْزnoun
  1. 1.
    Gatheringboth

    The act of collecting or bringing things together.

  2. 2.
    Grasping by fingertipsclassical

    Taking something using the tips of the fingers.

القَمْزadjective
  1. 1.
    Worthlessclassical

    Describing something or someone as base, ignoble, or lacking any good qualities.

أَقْمَزَverb
  1. 1.
    To acquireclassical

    To possess, obtain, or acquire something.

القُمْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Handfulboth

    A small quantity of something, like dates, held in the palm or grasped.

  2. 2.
    Budboth

    The bud of a plant where the seed or grain is contained.

Parallel reading

القمز: الجمع
Al-Qamz: Gathering.
والأخذ بأطراف الأصابع
And taking by the fingertips.
وبالتحريك: الرذال الذي لا خير فيه
And with vowel movement: the base/worthless one in whom there is no good.
وأقمز: اقتناه
And aqmaza: he acquired it.
والقمزة، بالضم: القبضة من التمر وغيره
And al-qumzah, with dammah: a handful of dates or other things.
وبرعوم النبت تكون فيه الحبة
And the bud of a plant in which the grain is.
والكلأ هنا قمز قمز: أي: متقطع غير متراص
And the herbage here is qamz qamz: meaning, sparse and not dense.