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قمص

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a sudden, forceful movement or action, often associated with animals like horses or with the sea. It can also refer to the act of wearing clothing, specifically a shirt.

Derived headwords

قَمَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to rear upboth

    The horse and others rear up, lifting their forelegs and then throwing them down together while churning with their hind legs.

  2. 2.
    to move violentlyclassical

    The sea moves the ship violently, as if churning it.

يَقْمُصُverb
  1. 1.
    to rear upboth

    The horse and others rear up, lifting their forelegs and then throwing them down together while churning with their hind legs.

  2. 2.
    to move violentlyclassical

    The sea moves the ship violently, as if churning it.

قَمْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rearing upboth

    The act of a horse or other animal rearing up, lifting its forelegs and throwing them down together while churning with its hind legs.

قِمَاصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rearing upboth

    The act of a horse or other animal rearing up, lifting its forelegs and throwing them down together while churning with its hind legs.

  2. 2.
    restlessnessclassical

    A state of restlessness or agitation, often attributed to an animal.

قَمَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to wearboth

    To cause someone to wear a shirt.

تَقَمَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to wearboth

    To wear a shirt.

  2. 2.
    to assume a rolemodern

    To assume a role or character, to embody it.

قَمِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    shirtboth

    The garment worn on the upper body.

قُمْصَانnoun
  1. 1.
    shirtsboth

    Plural of shirt.

أَقْمِصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shirtsboth

    Plural of shirt.

قَامِصadjective
  1. 1.
    rearing upclassical

    Describing a horse whose leg has become stiff and it rears up.

Parallel reading

قمص الفرس وغيره يقمص ويقمص قمصا وقماصا، أي استن، وهو أن يرفع يديه ويطرحهما معا ويعجن برجليه.
The horse and others rear up, lifting their forelegs and then throwing them down together while churning with their hind legs.
يقال هذه دابة فيها قماص.
It is said, 'This is an animal with restlessness.'
ما بالعير من قماص.
'The donkey has no restlessness.'
يضرب لمن ذل بعد العز.
It is used metaphorically for one who was humbled after glory.
ويقال للفرس: إنه لقامص العرقوب، وذلك إذا شنح نساه فقمصت رجله.
And it is said of a horse: 'It is one that rears up from the hip,' which is when its sinew tightens and its leg rears up.
قمص البحر بالسفينة، إذا حركها بالموج.
The sea churned the ship, if it moved it with the waves.
والقميص: الذي يلبس.
And the shirt: it is what is worn.
والجمع القمصان والأقمصة.
And the plural is al-qumṣān and al-aqmiṣah.
قمصه قميصا فتقمصه، أي لبسه.
He clothed him with a shirt, and he wore it, meaning he put it on.