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قصمه

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, fracturing, or snapping, often with the implication of separation or distinctness. It extends to describe things that are broken, places characterized by brokenness, and even specific plants and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

قَصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to break and separateboth

    To break something and cause it to become distinct or separated.

  2. 2.
    to breakboth

    To break something, even if it does not become fully separated.

انْقَصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be brokenboth

    To become broken or fractured.

تَقَصَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be brokenboth

    To become broken or fractured.

أَقْصَمُadjective
  1. 1.
    broken in the middleclassical

    Describing the middle part of a mountain pass or a similar feature that is broken.

القَصْمُnoun
  1. 1.
    breakingboth

    The act or state of being broken.

  2. 2.
    a breakboth

    A fracture or a piece that has been broken off.

القَصْمَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a breakboth

    A fracture or a piece that has been broken off.

  2. 2.
    brothclassical

    Broth, often referring to a thin or watery soup.

  3. 3.
    stairwayclassical

    A step or a stairway.

استغنوا ولو عن قصمة سواك — Be self-sufficient, even if it's just by a piece of a toothbrush stick.
القَصْمَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    brothclassical

    Broth, often referring to a thin or watery soup.

القَصْمَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    stairwayclassical

    A step or a stairway.

قَصِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    easily brokenclassical

    Describing something that breaks easily or quickly.

قَصِيمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a place of abundant pastureboth

    A place with abundant and fertile grazing land.

  2. 2.
    locust eggsclassical

    The eggs of locusts.

القَصِيمُnoun
  1. 1.
    old cottonclassical

    Old or aged cotton, or the tree from which it comes.

  2. 2.
    fertile pastureboth

    The origin of pastures, or fertile grazing land.

  3. 3.
    locust eggsclassical

    The eggs of locusts.

القَصِيمُname
  1. 1.
    a regionboth

    A geographical region located between Al-Yamamah and Basra, also containing a route through Falaj.

القَصْمَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    broken-hornedclassical

    Describing a female goat whose horn is broken off.

القُصَيْمَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a sand dune with shrubsclassical

    A sand dune that grows Ghadha shrubs, or a cluster of closely growing Ghadha.

القَيْصُومُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantboth

    A plant with male and female varieties, whose tips are beneficial, its flowers are very bitter, and its smoke repels insects. Its powder is used for various ailments.

Parallel reading

كسره وأبانه
to break it and separate it
أو كسره وإن لم يبن
or to break it even if it does not separate
فانقصم وتقصم
so it became broken and fractured
وهو أقصم الثنية: منكسرها من النصف
And Al-Aqsam of the mountain pass is its middle part that is broken
فهو بين القصم، محركة
so it is between the breaks, with movement
والقصماء: المعز المكسورة القرن
And Al-Qasmaa' is the goat with a broken horn
والقصم والقصمة، مثلثة: الكسر
And Al-Qasm and Al-Qasmah, with three vowel variations, mean breaking
استغنوا ولو عن قصمة سواك
Be self-sufficient, even if it's just by a piece of a toothbrush stick
وبالفتح: المرقاة
And with the Fathah: the stairway
وككتف: السريع الانكسار
And like Kutuf: easily broken
وكزفر: ms1598 من يحطم ما لقي
And like Zufar: one who smashes whatever he encounters
والقصيمة: رملة تنبت الغضى، أو جماعة الغضى المتقارب
And Al-Qusaimah is a sand dune that grows Ghadha shrubs, or a cluster of closely growing Ghadha
وكأمير: ع بين اليمامة والبصرة
And like Ameer: a place between Al-Yamamah and Basra
والقصيم: عتيق القطن، أو عتيق شجره
And Al-Qusaim is old cotton, or its tree
وبالكسر أو الفتح: أصل المراتع
And with the Kasrah or Fathah: the origin of pastures
وبالتحريك: بيض الجراد
And with the Harakah: locust eggs
والقيصوم: نبت، وهو صنفان: أنثى وذكر
And Al-Qaisum is a plant, and it has two types: female and male
النافع منه أطرافه، وزهره مر جدا
Its tips are beneficial, and its flowers are very bitter
ويدلك البدن به للنافض، فلا يقشعر إلا يسيرا
And the body is rubbed with it for chills, and one shivers only slightly
ودخانه يطرد الهوام
And its smoke repels insects
وشرب سحيقه نيئا نافع لعسر النفس، والبول، والطمث، ولعرق النسا، وينبت الشعر، ويقتل الدود
And drinking its powder raw is beneficial for difficulty of breathing, urination, menstruation, sciatica, it grows hair, and kills worms