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قرمد

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of fired brick or tile, its use in construction, and the process of applying it. It extends to the material itself and structures built with it.

Derived headwords

القُرْمَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of stoneclassical

    A type of stone used for heating, upon which things are fired.

قَرْمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    To tileclassical

    To cover or plaster with fired bricks or tiles (qarmad).

مُقَرْمَدadjective
  1. 1.
    Tiledclassical

    Covered or built with fired bricks or tiles.

القِرْمِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Fired brickboth

    A baked brick or tile, often used in construction.

القَرَامِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Fired bricksboth

    The plural form of qirmid, referring to multiple baked bricks or tiles.

بناء مقرمدnoun
  1. 1.
    Structure built with bricksclassical

    A building constructed using fired bricks or stone.

Parallel reading

القرمد: ضرب من الحجارة يوقد عليها
Al-qarmad: a type of stone upon which fire is kindled.
فإذا نضج قرمد به البرك
And when it is baked, the pools are tiled with it.
أي طلي
Meaning, it is plastered or covered.
رابي المجسة بالعبير مقرمد
Rising high with perfume, tiled.
ينفي القراميد عنها الأعصم الوقل
The strong, white birds drive away the tiles from it.
والقرميد: الآجر
And al-qirmid: baked brick.
والجمع القراميد
And the plural is al-qaramid.
وبناء مقرمد: مبني بالآجر أو الحجارة
And a structure built with qarmad: built with baked brick or stone.