القشم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root القشم (al-qashm) primarily relates to eating, particularly excessive or selective eating. It extends to concepts of selecting the best parts, preparing food, and also encompasses natural phenomena like water channels and unripe fruit. Figuratively, it can refer to physical form, essence, and even death.

Derived headwords

قَشَمَverb

1.
to eatboth
To consume food.
2.
to eat excessivelyclassical
To eat a large quantity of food.
3.
to eat the best partsclassical
To pick out and eat the good parts of food, discarding the bad.

القَشْمnoun

1.
eatingclassical
The act of eating.
2.
eating excessivelyclassical
The act of eating a large quantity of food.
3.
selective eatingclassical
The act of picking out the good parts of food and eating them.
4.
preparing palm frondsclassical
The act of splitting palm fronds to make them pliable for weaving or other uses.
5.
water channelclassical
A channel or stream of water flowing through a meadow or fertile ground.

القِشْمnoun

1.
natureclassical
Disposition, temperament, or innate character.
2.
narrow water channelclassical
A narrow channel for water, either in a valley or a meadow.
3.
water channelclassical
A channel for water, in general.

قُشْمnoun

1.
bodyclassical
The physical body or physique.
2.
formclassical
The shape, appearance, or form of something.
3.
cooked meatclassical
Meat that is cooked, red, and tender.
4.
fatclassical
Animal fat or suet.
5.
originclassical
The root, origin, or fundamental principle of something.

قَشْمnoun

1.
unripe white datesclassical
White dates that are eaten before they are fully ripe, characterized by their sweetness.

القُشَامnoun

1.
wool monkeyclassical
A monkey made of wool.

قَشْمverb

1.
to shake offclassical
The date palms shaking off their unripe fruit before it is fully mature.

القَشَامَةnoun

1.
leftoversclassical
What remains on a table or platter after a meal.
2.
nameclassical
A proper name.

قَشْمnoun

1.
dried herbsclassical
Dried herbs or fodder.

قَشْمnoun

1.
lack of pastureclassical
What camels have consumed or failed to find as pasture.
2.
deathclassical
Death.

قَشَمَverb

1.
to dieclassical
To die, often used in the context of perishing from hunger or hardship.

Parallel reading

القَشْم: الأكل، أو كثرته

Al-qashm: eating, or eating excessively.

وأن تنقي من الطعام رديه، وتأكل طيبه

And to pick out the bad from the food and eat its good parts.

وأن تشق الخوص لتسفه

And to split the palm frond to make it pliable.

ومسيل الماء في الروض

And a water channel in a meadow.

وبالكسر: الطبيعة

And with kasra: nature/disposition.

والمسيل الضيق في الوادي أو في الروض، أو مسيل الماء مطلقا ج: قشوم

And a narrow channel in a valley or meadow, or a water channel in general, plural: qushoom.

والجسم، والهيئة، واللحم إذا نضج واحمر، والشحم، والأصل

And the body, the form, the meat when cooked and red, the fat, and the origin.

وبالتحريك ويسكن: البسر الأبيض الذي يؤكل قبل إدراكه، وهو حلو

And with haraka and sukoon: the white unripe date that is eaten before its maturity, and it is sweet.

والقشام، كسحاب: القرد من الصوف

And al-qushaam, like suhaab: a monkey made of wool.

وكغراب: أن ينتفض النخل قبل استواء بسره، وما بقي على المائدة ونحوها، كالقشامة، واسم

And like ghuraab: the date palms shaking off their fruit before it ripens, and what remains on the table and the like, like al-qashaamah, and a name.

وكأمير: يبيس البقل ج: قشم، بالضم

And like ameir: dried herbs, plural: qushm, with damma.

وما أصابت الإبل منه مقشما، أي: لم تصب منه مرعى

And what the camels have consumed of it as 'maqshaman', meaning: they did not find pasture from it.

والموت، قشم يقشم عن كراع

And death, qashama yaqshumu 'an kiraa'in (meaning: to die from hunger).