القمش

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of gathering or collecting, often implying picking up scattered or miscellaneous items. It extends to collecting food, even if of poor quality, and metaphorically to the lowest class of people.

Derived headwords

القَمْشnoun

1.
Gatheringboth
The act of collecting scattered things, especially from the ground.
2.
Scattered debrisclassical
What lies on the surface of the earth from fragments of things.

قَمَشَverb

1.
To gatherboth
To collect scattered things, especially from the ground.
2.
To eat indiscriminatelyclassical
To eat whatever one finds, even if it is of inferior quality.

قُمَاشnoun

1.
Scattered fragmentsclassical
Fragments of things found on the ground.
2.
Lowly peopleclassical
Referring to the lowest or most worthless of people.

قُمَاشًاnoun

1.
Inferior goodsclassical
The worst of what one can find, referring to goods or possessions.

قامِشةname

1.
Qamishaclassical
A proper name, specifically of a grandfather of Jakhdab the genealogist.

القُمَيْشَةnoun

1.
A type of foodclassical
A dish made from milk, seeds of the colocynth (حنظل), and similar ingredients.

تَقَمَّشَverb

1.
To eat indiscriminatelyclassical
To eat whatever one finds, even if it is of inferior quality or meager.

Parallel reading

جمع القماش

The gathering of scattered things.

وهو ما على وجه الأرض من فتات الأشياء

Which is what is on the face of the earth from fragments of things.

حتى يقال لرذالة الناس: قماش

So much so that the lowest of people are called 'qumash'.

وما أعطاني إلا قماشا

And he did not give me except the worst of what he found.

أي: أردأ ما وجده

Meaning: the worst of what he found.

وقامشة بن وائلة: جد لجخدب النسابة

And Qamisha bin Wa'ila: a grandfather of Jakhdab the genealogist.

والقميشة: طعام من اللبن وحب الحنظل ونحوه

And Al-Qumaysha: a food made from milk, colocynth seeds, and the like.

وتقمش: أكل ما وجد، وإن كان دونا

And taqammasha: he ate what he found, even if it was inferior.