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قهم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a diminished appetite or desire, particularly for food. It also extends to meanings of closing one's eyes, aversion, and the clearing of the sky.

Derived headwords

قَهِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to have little appetiteboth

    To have a reduced desire for food.

أَقْهَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to close eyesclassical

    To close one's eyes, often in a deliberate manner.

  2. 2.
    to dislikeclassical

    To feel aversion or dislike towards something.

  3. 3.
    to lose appetiteclassical

    To cease to desire food.

  4. 4.
    to desireclassical

    To have a strong desire for something.

  5. 5.
    sky to clearclassical

    For the sky to become clear of clouds.

قُهِمname
  1. 1.
    Abu Batin clanclassical

    A name for a clan originating from the Hamdan tribe.

فَهْمname
  1. 1.
    other clansclassical

    Refers to clans other than the Abu Batin clan, distinguished by the letter 'F' (Fah).

قُهِمname
  1. 1.
    Hadith narratorclassical

    A name of a Hadith narrator.

النِّهَاسname
  1. 1.
    father of Qahamclassical

    The father of a person named Qaham.

Parallel reading

قهم، كفرح: قل شهوته للطعام.
Qaham, like faraha: his appetite for food diminished.
وأقهم في الشيء: أغمض
And aqhama in a thing: he closed his eyes.
وأقهم عنه: كرهه
And aqhama from it: he disliked it.
وأقهم عن الطعام: لم يشتهه
And aqhama from food: he did not desire it.
وأقهم إليه: اشتهاه
And aqhama towards it: he desired it.
وأقهم السماء: انقشع الغيم عنها.
And aqhama the sky: the clouds cleared from it.
وقهم ابن جابر: أبو بطن من همدان
And Qaham ibn Jabir: father of a clan from Hamdan.
وكل فهم سواه من البطون، بالفاء.
And every clan other than it is from the 'Fuhum', with a Faa'.
وقهم بن هلال بن النهاس، والنهاس ابن قهم: محدثان.
And Qaham bin Hilal bin Al-Nihas, and Al-Nihas ibn Qaham: two Hadith narrators.