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كهمس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to shortness or being compact. It is also used as a proper noun for a tribe and a personal name.

Derived headwords

الكَهْمَسadjective
  1. 1.
    shortboth

    Describes something or someone as being short in stature.

كَهْمَسname
  1. 1.
    Kihmasclassical

    The name of a tribe from the Arabs.

Parallel reading

الكهمس: القصير.
Al-Kahmas: the short one.
وكهمس: أبو حى من العرب.
And Kahmas: the father of a tribe from the Arabs.
وكنا حسبناهم فوارس كهمس
And we had thought them knights of Kahmas
حيوا بعد ما ماتوا من الدهر أعصرا
They were revived after they had died for ages.