كمع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to lying down with someone, specifically in a close, intimate manner, often implying companionship or sexual intimacy. It can also extend to describing something as being smooth or unbroken.

Derived headwords

الكُمَيْعnoun

1.
bedfellowclassical
One who lies down with another, a companion in bed.

الكَمْعnoun

1.
lying togetherclassical
The act of lying down with someone, similar to being a bedfellow.

كَمِيعadjective

1.
unbrokenclassical
Describing something that is not cracked, split, or fractured; smooth and intact.

كَامَعَverb

1.
like 'ḍājaʿahu' (he lay with him)both
like 'ḍājaʿahu' (he lay with him)

المُكَامَعَةnoun

1.
lying together intimatelyclassical
The act of lying down with another person, especially a man with a man, without any covering between them; this is the act that was forbidden in the hadith.

Parallel reading

الكميع: الضجيع

Al-kumay': the bedfellow.

وكذلك الكمع بالكسر.

And likewise al-kam' with kasra.

وسيفي كالعقيقة فهو كمعي سلاحي لا أفل ولا فطارا

And my sword is like al-'aqiqah, it is my bedfellow, my weapon; it does not break nor split.

أي ليس فيه تشقق.

Meaning it has no cracking.

وكامعه، مثل ضاجعه.

And kaama'ahu, like daaja'ahu (he lay with him).

والمكامعة التي نهي عنها في الحديث: أن يضاجع الرجل الرجل لا ستر بينهما.

And al-mukaama'ah, which was forbidden in the hadith, is for a man to lie with another man with no covering between them.