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القعموط

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of stopping, suppressing, or containing something. It encompasses actions of blocking, hindering, and preventing, often with a sense of force or authority.

Derived headwords

القِمَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Stopper, plugboth

    A device or material used to stop or plug an opening, such as a lid for a bottle or a stopper for a pipe.

  2. 2.
    Lid, coverboth

    A covering for a container, used to close it.

قَمَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To suppress, to repressboth

    To put down or stop by force; to subdue or restrain.

  2. 2.
    To chastise, to disciplineclassical

    To correct or punish someone severely, often to enforce obedience.

  3. 3.
    To plug, to stop upclassical

    To fill a hole or opening so as to stop it up.

قَمْعnoun
  1. 1.
    Suppression, repressionboth

    The act of suppressing or repressing something; the state of being suppressed.

  2. 2.
    Chastisement, disciplineclassical

    Severe correction or punishment.

مَقْمُوعadjective
  1. 1.
    Suppressed, repressedboth

    Subjected to suppression or repression; subdued.

  2. 2.
    Chastisedclassical

    Having been severely disciplined or punished.

قَمَّاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Stopper, plugclassical

    A device used to stop or plug something, similar to قِمَاع.

قَمَّاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stopper, plugclassical

    A device used to stop or plug something, often a stopper for a bottle.

Parallel reading

القِمَاعُ: مَا يُسَدُّ بِهِ الرَّأْسُ
Al-qimāʿ: that which is used to stop up the head (opening).
وَقَمَعَ الرَّجُلُ الْحَيَوَانَ إِذَا ضَرَبَهُ
And the man qamaʿa the animal if he struck it.
وَقَمَعَ الْوَلَدَ إِذَا أَدَّبَهُ
And he qamaʿa the boy if he disciplined him.
وَقَمَعَ الْفَمَ إِذَا سَدَّهُ
And he qamaʿa the mouth if he plugged it.
وَالْقَمْعُ: السَّدُّ
And al-qamʿ: the plugging.
وَالْقَمَّاعُ: الْقِمَاعُ
And al-qammāʿ: al-qimāʿ.
وَالْقَمَّاعَةُ: مِثْلُهُ
And al-qammāʿah: like it (al-qimāʿ).