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القرمص

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of hole or cavity, often with specific dimensions, and extends to related concepts like a bird's nest or a facial feature. It also encompasses a sharp or sour taste, and the act of entering such a cavity.

Derived headwords

القُرْمُصnoun
  1. 1.
    Wide-mouthed holeclassical

    A wide-mouthed hole that is narrow at the top, used for warmth by the sandgrouse.

القِرْمَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    Wide-mouthed holeclassical

    A wide-mouthed hole that is narrow at the top, used for warmth by the sandgrouse.

  2. 2.
    Place for baking breadclassical

    A place where bread is baked in embers.

  3. 3.
    Sunken cheeksclassical

    A condition of having sunken cheeks.

قرمصverb
  1. 1.
    To enter a holeclassical

    To enter into a wide-mouthed, narrow-topped hole.

قرماصnoun
  1. 1.
    Sour milkclassical

    Milk that is sharp or sour in taste.

قراميصnoun
  1. 1.
    Nestsclassical

    The plural of a nest where pigeons lay their eggs.

Parallel reading

القرمص والقرماص، بكسرهما: حفرة واسعة الجوف، ضيقة الرأس، يستدفئ فيها الصرد
Al-Qurmuṣ and al-Qirmāṣ, with kasra on both: a hole wide in the belly, narrow in the head, in which the sandgrouse seeks warmth.
وموضع خبز الملة
And a place for baking bread in embers.
وقرمص: دخل في القرماص
And qarmuṣa: he entered into the qirmāṣ.
ج: قراميص
Plural: qaramīṣ.
وفي وجهه قرماص، أي: قصر الخدين
And in his face is qirmāṣ, meaning: sunken cheeks.
وكعلابط: اللبن القارص
And like 'alābiṭ: sour milk.