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القهقم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes the act of swallowing or consuming something completely and voraciously. It emphasizes a forceful and often excessive intake, akin to gulping down.

Derived headwords

القَهْقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    voracious consumerboth

    An individual who swallows or consumes everything in a greedy and complete manner.

قَهْقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallow completelyboth

    To gulp down or swallow something entirely, often with a sense of force or greed.

Parallel reading

القهقم، كإردب: الذي يبتلع كل شيء.
Al-qahqam, like 'irdabb: he who swallows everything.