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القمين

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of speed, suitability, and correctness, with extensions into specific places and a term for a type of parasite. It also touches upon unpleasant smells and the idea of following a course or path.

Derived headwords

القَمِينadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftboth

    Describing something or someone that is fast or quick.

  2. 2.
    suitable, worthyboth

    Describing something or someone as fitting, appropriate, or deserving.

أَتُون الحَمَامnoun
  1. 1.
    dove's ovenclassical

    A specific term referring to the oven or nesting place of a dove.

القَمِنadjective
  1. 1.
    suitable, worthyboth

    Similar to القمين, indicating fitness, appropriateness, or desert.

المُحَرَّكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the moving oneclassical

    A term that is not dualized or pluralized, referring to something that moves or is in motion.

القَمْنَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tick (young)classical

    Refers to a tick in its early, small stage, which later develops into a larger tick (حمنانة, قراد, حلمة).

الحَمْنَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tick (intermediate)classical

    An intermediate stage in the development of a tick, following القمنانة.

القُرَادnoun
  1. 1.
    tickboth

    The mature stage of the parasite described by القمنانة and حمنانة.

الحَلَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tick (final stage)classical

    The final stage of the parasitic development, also referred to as a tick.

المُقْمَئِنّadjective
  1. 1.
    contracted, shrunkenclassical

    Describing someone or something that is drawn in, contracted, or shrunken.

تَقَمَّنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to seek, to aim forclassical

    To seek out, pursue, or aim for something, as in seeking agreement.

قَمَنَهnoun
  1. 1.
    its course, its wayclassical

    Refers to the path, course, or manner of something.

رَائِحَة قَمِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foul smellclassical

    A description of a bad, putrid, or foul odor.

قَمَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Qaman (city)classical

    A place name, specifically a city located in Egypt.

قَمُونِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Qamuniyah (place)classical

    A place name, specifically a location in Africa.

قَيْمُونnoun
  1. 1.
    Qaymun (fortress)classical

    A place name, referring to a fortress located in Palestine.

القَمَنnoun
  1. 1.
    the course, the wayclassical

    Refers to the established path, tradition, or manner of doing things.

  2. 2.
    the relative, the close oneclassical

    Someone who is related or close by.

Parallel reading

القَمِين، كَأَمِير: السَّرِيع
Al-qamīn, like amīr: the swift.
وأَتُونُ الحَمَّام
And the dove's oven.
والخَلِيقُ الجَدِيرُ، كالقَمِنِ
And the fitting, the worthy, like al-qamin.
كَكُتُفٍ وجَبَلٍ، والمُحَرَّكَةُ لا تُثَنَّى ولا تُجْمَعُ
Like kutuf and jabal, and al-muharrakah is not dualized nor pluralized.
والقَمْنَانَةُ: القُرَادُ أَوَّلَ مَا يَكُونُ صَغِيرًا
And al-qamnanah: the tick when it is first small.
ثُمَّ يَصِيرُ حَمْنَانَةً، ثُمَّ يَصِيرُ قُرَادًا، ثُمَّ يَصِيرُ حُلْمَةً
Then it becomes hamnanah, then it becomes qirad, then it becomes hulmah.
والمُقْمَئِنُّ، كَمُطْمَئِنٍّ: المُنْقَبِضُ
And al-muqma'inn, like mutma'inn: the contracted.
وتَقَمَّنَتْ مُوَافَقَتُكَ: تَوَخَّيْتُهَا
And your agreement was sought (taqammanat muwafaqatuk): I sought it out (tawakhhaytuha).
وجِئْتَ عَلَى قَمَنِهِ، مُحَرَّكَةً: عَلَى سُنَنِهِ
And you came according to its course (wa ji'ta 'ala qamanih, muharrakatan): according to its way (ala sunanih).
ورَائِحَةٌ قَمِنَةٌ، كَفَرِحَةٍ: مُنْتِنَةٌ
And a foul smell (wa ra'ihatun qaminatun, ka-farhatin): putrid (muntinah).
وقَمَنٌ، كَعِنَبٍ: ةٌ بِمِصْرَ
And Qaman, like 'inab: a city in Egypt.
وقَمُونِيَةٌ: بِإِفْرِيقِيَةَ
And Qamuniyah: in Africa.
وقَيْمُونٌ: حِصْنٌ بِفِلِسْطِين
And Qaymun: a fortress in Palestine.
والقَمَنُ: السُّنَنُ، والقَرِيبُ
And al-qaman: the ways, and the relative.