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القمعوطة

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the dung beetle and its actions, specifically its rolling behavior and the anatomy of its abdomen.

Derived headwords

القُمْعُوطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dung beetle's ballclassical

    The ball of dung that a dung beetle rolls.

اقْمَعَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To contract or become compressed, referring to the abdomen.

Parallel reading

القُمْعُوطَة، بالضم: دحروجة الجعل.
Al-qum'ūṭah, with dammah: the rolling ball of the dung beetle.
واقْمَعَطَ: عظم أعلى بطنه، وخمص أسفله، أو تداخل بعضه في بعض.
And iqma'ṭa: the bone of its upper abdomen, and its lower part is shrunken, or some of it overlaps into the other.