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القمة

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of height, summit, and the highest part of something. It extends to encompass the gathering or collection of things, as well as actions related to cleaning, eating, and mating. It also includes terms for leaders, significant matters, and large bodies of water.

Derived headwords

القِمَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    summit, peakboth

    The highest point of a head or any object.

  2. 2.
    crowd, multitudeboth

    A large gathering or assembly of people.

القُمَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sweepings, rubbishboth

    The refuse or debris collected from sweeping.

  2. 2.
    fat, lardclassical

    Rendered animal fat, particularly from sheep.

  3. 3.
    stature, buildclassical

    The height and physical build of a person.

قَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to sweepboth

    To clean by sweeping, especially a house.

  2. 2.
    to dry upclassical

    To become dry or parched.

قَمَّامnoun
  1. 1.
    sweepingsboth

    The plural of rubbish or refuse collected from sweeping.

قَمَّامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sweepingsboth

    The refuse or debris collected from sweeping.

المُقَمَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    broomboth

    A tool used for sweeping.

  2. 2.
    lips (of an animal)classical

    The lips of a cloven-hoofed animal.

قَمَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat, especially to consume what is on a dining table.

  2. 2.
    to impregnateclassical

    For a male animal to impregnate a female.

اقْتَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat, similar to 'qamat'.

  2. 2.
    to impregnateclassical

    To impregnate a female, similar to 'aqamah'.

قَمَّمْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to sweep itboth

    The past tense form of 'qamma' (to sweep), referring to sweeping something.

  2. 2.
    to dry it upclassical

    The past tense form of 'qamma' (to dry up), referring to drying something.

اقْتَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to treat, to handleclassical

    To treat or handle something skillfully, without missing the mark.

  2. 2.
    to seize, to snatchclassical

    To seize or snatch justice before it is established.

القُمْقَامnoun
  1. 1.
    lord, masterclassical

    A leader or a person of high status.

  2. 2.
    great matter, affairclassical

    A significant or important issue.

  3. 3.
    seaclassical

    A large body of water, like the sea.

  4. 4.
    large numberclassical

    A great quantity or multitude of things.

القُمْقُمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    large numberclassical

    A great quantity or multitude of things, similar to 'al-qumqaam'.

القَمَاقِمnoun
  1. 1.
    large numberclassical

    A great quantity or multitude of things, similar to 'al-qumqaam'.

القُمْقُمnoun
  1. 1.
    jar, vesselclassical

    A type of jar or vessel, possibly of Persian origin.

  2. 2.
    throatclassical

    The throat or gullet.

  3. 3.
    feathersclassical

    The plumage or feathers of a bird.

  4. 4.
    dry datesclassical

    Unripe or dried dates.

قَمْقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, to collectclassical

    For God to gather or collect someone's nerves, or to inflict them with small lice.

  2. 2.
    to go into waterclassical

    To go deep into water until drowning.

  3. 3.
    to mount (for mating)classical

    For a male animal to mount a female to impregnate her.

تَقَمْقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to climb, to ascendclassical

    To climb or ascend something.

  2. 2.
    to go into waterclassical

    To go deep into water until drowning.

القُمَيْقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    waterclassical

    A term for water.

قَيقَمadjective
  1. 1.
    wide-throatedclassical

    Describing a man with a wide throat.

قَمِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    dry, witheredclassical

    Describing dried or withered herbs or grass.

تَقَمْقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to ascendclassical

    To ascend or climb something.

  2. 2.
    to drownclassical

    To go into water and drown.

Parallel reading

أعلى الرأس وكل شيء
The highest part of the head and everything.
وجماعة الناس
And a gathering of people.
والشحم، والسمن
And fat, and lard.
والبدن، والقامة
And the body, and stature.
ما يأخذه الأسد بفيه
What the lion takes in its mouth.
وقم البيت: كنسه
And 'qamma' the house: he swept it.
والقمامة، بالضم: الكناسة
And 'al-qumaamah', with damma: the sweepings.
ونصرانية ms1600 بنت ديرا بالقدس، فسمي باسمها
And Nasraaniyyah bint Dayra from Jerusalem, so it was named after her.
ووقاص بن قمامة: شاعر
And Waqqas bin Qamaamah: a poet.
وأبو قمامة: جبلة بن محمد: محدث
And Abu Qamaamah: Jublah bin Muhammad: a traditionist.
والمقمة: المكنسة
And 'al-miqammah': the broom.
ومن ذات الظلف: شفتاها، ويفتح
And of the cloven-hoofed animal: its lips, and it can be opened (with fatha).
وقمت الشاة: أكلت
And 'qamat' the sheep: it ate.
والرجل: أكل ما على الخوان، كاقتمه
And the man: he ate what was on the table, like 'aqtamahu'.
فهو مقم
And he is 'maqm'.
والفحل الناقة: لقحها، كأقمها
And the stallion the she-camel: he impregnated her, like 'aqamah'.
والقميم: يبيس البقل
And 'al-qameem': dried herbs.
وتقمم: تتبع الكناسات
And 'taqammama': he followed the sweepings.
والشيء: تسنمه، كتقمقمه
And the thing: he ascended it, like 'taqamqamah'.
والقمقام، ويضم: السيد
And 'al-qumqaam', and it can be with damma: the lord.
والأمر العظيم، والبحر، والعدد الكثير، أو معظمه
And the great matter, and the sea, and the large number, or most of it.
كالقمقمان، بالضم، والقماقم، وصغار القردان، وضرب من القمل
Like 'al-qumqumaan', with damma, and 'al-qamaaqim', and small ticks, and a type of louse.
وقمقم الله تعالى عصبه: جمعه، وقبضه، أو سلط عليه القردان الصغار
And God Almighty 'qamqama' his nerves: He gathered them, He seized them, or He inflicted upon him the small ticks.
وقم: جف، وقممته
And 'qamma': it dried up, and 'qamamtu-hu'.
واقتم: عالج، واعتمد الشيء فلم يخطئه
And 'aqtama': he treated, and he relied on the thing and did not miss it.
والعدل: انتسفه قبل أن يستقر بالأرض
And justice: he snatched it before it settled on the ground.
وككهدهد: الجرة
And like 'hudhud': the jar.
وآنية م، معرب كمكم، والحلقوم
And a vessel, a loanword from 'kumkam', and the throat.
وبالكسر: الريش، ويابس البسر
And with kasr: the feathers, and unripe dates.
وقميقم: ماء
And 'qumayqam': water.
ورجل قيقم: واسع الحلق
And a 'qayqam' man: wide-throated.
وتقمقم: (ذهب في الماء، وغمر حتى غرق
And 'taqamqama': (he went into the water, and was submerged until he drowned.
والفحل الناقة: علاها باركة ليضربها)
And the stallion the she-camel: he mounted her while she was kneeling so he could mount her).