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قمطر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of intensity, severity, and being gathered or compressed. It describes harsh days, contracted states, and objects used for containment.

Derived headwords

قَمَاطِرadjective
  1. 1.
    severe, intenseclassical

    Describing a day or event as extremely harsh, difficult, or severe.

يوم قماطر — a severe day
قُمْطَرِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    severe, intenseclassical

    Similar to قماطر, denoting extreme severity or intensity, often used for days.

يوم قمطرير — an intense day
اقْمَطَرَّverb
  1. 1.
    to become severeclassical

    Used to describe a day or event that intensified or became severe.

  2. 2.
    to contract, to gather oneselfclassical

    Describing an animal, like a scorpion, coiling its tail and drawing itself together.

اقمطر يومنا — our day became severe
اقمطرت العقرب، إذا عطفت ذنبها وجمعت نفسها — the scorpion contracted, when it bent its tail and gathered itself
مُقَمْطَرadjective
  1. 1.
    gathered, compressedclassical

    Describing something that is drawn together, condensed, or tightly packed.

قَمْطَرَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to tie tightlyclassical

    To secure a waterskin tightly with its tie (وكاء).

قمطرت القربة، إذا شددتها بالوكاء — she tied the waterskin tightly, when she secured it with the tie
القِمْطَرnoun
  1. 1.
    what books are kept inboth

    what books are kept in

ما العلم إلا ما وعاه الصدر — knowledge is only what the chest (heart) has retained
القِمْطَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    what books are kept inboth

    what books are kept in

قَمَاطِرnoun
  1. 1.
    containers for booksclassical

    The plural of القمطر or القمطرة, referring to multiple cases or boxes for books.

والجمع قماطر — and the plural is qamāṭir

Parallel reading

يوم قماطر ويوم قمطرير، أي شديد.
A severe day and an intense day, meaning severe.
بني عمنا هل تذكرون بلاءنا * عليكم إذا ما كان يوم قماطر
O sons of our uncle, do you remember our affliction * upon you when it was a severe day
اقمطر يومنا: اشتد.
Our day became severe: it intensified.
المقمطر: المجتمع.
Al-muqamṭar: gathered together.
واقمطرت العقرب، إذا عطفت ذنبها وجمعت نفسها.
And the scorpion contracted, when it bent its tail and gathered itself.
قمطرت القربة، إذا شددتها بالوكاء.
She tied the waterskin tightly, when you secured it with the tie.
والقمطر والقمطرة: ما يصان فيه الكتب.
And al-qimṭar and al-qimṭarah: what books are preserved in.
ليس بعلم ما يعى القمطر
It is not knowledge what the book-case retains
ما العلم إلا ما وعاه الصدر
Knowledge is only what the chest (heart) has retained
والجمع قماطر.
And the plural is qamāṭir.