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قمس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root قمس (q-m-s) primarily relates to the concept of submerging, diving, or sinking. It extends to meanings of agitation, intense observation, and the deep or central part of something, particularly the sea.

Derived headwords

قَمَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to diveboth

    To submerge oneself or be submerged in water.

  2. 2.
    to agitateclassical

    To be agitated or restless, particularly used for a fetus in the womb.

القَمْسnoun
  1. 1.
    divingboth

    The act of diving or submerging.

القَمَّاسnoun
  1. 1.
    diverboth

    A person who dives.

قَمَسْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to submerge himboth

    To cause someone or something to submerge or dive.

انْقَمَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to submergeboth

    To be submerged or to dive down.

  2. 2.
    to setclassical

    Used for a star, meaning to descend or set below the horizon.

أَقْمَسْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to submerge himclassical

    A variant form of 'to submerge', using the causative form with an initial alif.

قَامَسْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to compete with himclassical

    To contend with someone, especially in a contest of knowledge or skill.

انْقِمَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    settingclassical

    The act of a star descending below the horizon.

مُنْقَمِسadjective
  1. 1.
    settingclassical

    Describing a star that is setting or has set.

القَامُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    sea's centerboth

    The middle and deepest part of the sea.

  2. 2.
    oceanboth

    A vast body of water; the ocean.

بَحْر قَلْمَسnoun
  1. 1.
    swelling seaclassical

    A sea that is vast and turbulent or swelling.

القَلْمَسnoun
  1. 1.
    great lordclassical

    A great and noble lord or chief.

Parallel reading

القمس: الغوص.
Al-qams: diving.
والقماس: الغواص.
And al-qammās: the diver.
قمسته في الماء فانقمس، أي غمسته فانغمس.
I submerged him in the water and he submerged, meaning I immersed him and he was immersed.
قمس بنفسه، يتعدى ولا يتعدى.
He dived by himself; it is transitive and intransitive.
وفيه لغة أخرى: أقمسته في الماء، بالألف.
And there is another dialectal form: aqmastuhu fī al-mā', with an alif.
وقمس الولد في بطن أمه: اضطرب.
And the child qamasa in his mother's womb: he was agitated.
وقامسته فقمسته.
And I contended with him, and I defeated him (or he submerged).
يقال فلان يقامس حوتا، إذا ناظر من هو أعلم منه.
It is said, 'So-and-so is competing with a giant (or learned person),' if he is debating someone more knowledgeable than him.
وانقمس النجم: انحط في المغرب.
And the star inqamasa: it descended in the west.
أصاب الارض منقمس الثريا * بساحية وأتبعها طلالا
Rain from the setting of the Pleiades struck the land in a wide plain, and was followed by lingering showers.
وقاموس البحر: وسطه ومعظمه.
And the qāmūs of the sea: its middle and its greatest part.
ملك موكل بقاموس البحر، كلما وضع رجله فيه فاض، فإذا رفعها غاض.
An angel is assigned to the qāmūs of the sea; whenever he places his foot in it, it overflows, and when he lifts it, it recedes.
وبحر قلمس، بتشديد الميم، أي زاخر.
And a qalamas sea, with a shadda on the mim, meaning vast and turbulent.
والقلمس أيضا: السيد العظيم.
And al-qalamas also: the great lord.