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قصم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, fracturing, or shattering something, often with a sense of completeness or distinctness. It extends to describe physical breaks in objects, bones, or even horns, and metaphorically to things that are easily broken or brittle.

Derived headwords

قَصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he broke the thing until it separatedboth

    he broke the thing until it separated

قَصْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    breakingboth

    The act or instance of breaking something completely.

اِنْقَصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing brokeboth

    the thing broke

تَقَصَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    like infaṣamaboth

    like infaṣama

  2. 2.
    it brokeboth

    it broke

أَقْصَمُadjective
  1. 1.
    broken in the middleclassical

    Describing a tooth (ثنية) whose break is in the middle, indicating a distinct fracture.

الثَّنِيَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the incisorsboth

    one of the incisors

  2. 2.
    a mountain passboth

    a mountain pass

القَصْمَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    she-goat with a broken hornclassical

    A female goat whose outer horn is broken.

المِشَاشُnoun
  1. 1.
    inner hornclassical

    The inner part of the horn, contrasted with the outer part that might be broken.

القِصْمَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    the break, the piece broken offboth

    the break, the piece broken off

القَصْفَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    stepclassical

    A step or rung of a ladder, similar to a 'qasfah'.

قَصِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    he broke the thing until it separatedboth

    he broke the thing until it separated

قَصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he broke the thing until it separatedboth

    he broke the thing until it separated

القُصَيْمَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    small sand duneclassical

    A small sand dune that grows ghada plants.

قُصَيْمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dunesclassical

    Plural of 'qusaymah', referring to sand dunes.

القَيْصُومُnoun
  1. 1.
    a plantboth

    a plant

Parallel reading

قصمت الشئ قصما، إذا كسرته حتى يبين.
You break something with a breaking, if you break it until it is evident.
قصمه فانقصم وتقصم.
He broke it, so it became broken and it broke.
ورجل أقصم الثنية، إذا كان منكسرها من النصف، بين القصم.
And a man with a broken incisor, if its break is in the middle, a clear fracture.
يقال: جاءتكم القصماء، يذهب به إلى تأنيث الثنية.
It is said: The القصماء has come to you, referring to the feminine form of the incisor.
قال ابن دريد: القصماء من المعز المكسورة القرن الخارج، والعضباء: المكسورة القرن الداخل، وهو المشاش.
Ibn Duraid said: The القصماء is a goat with the outer horn broken, and the عضباء: is one with the inner horn broken, which is the المشاش.
والقصمة بكسر القاف الكسرة.
And the قصمة (with a kasra on the qaf) is the break.
استغنوا ولو عن قصمة السواك.
Be self-sufficient, even if it's just a piece of miswak.
والقصمة بالفتح: مرقاة الدرجة، مثل القصفة.
And the قصمة (with a fatha) is the rung of the ladder, like the قصفة.
ورجل قصم: سريع الانكسار.
And a man is قصم: easily broken.
وقصم مثال قثم: يحطم ما لقي.
And he breaks (قصم) like قثم: he crushes whatever he encounters.
والقصيمة: رملة تنبت الغضى، والجمع قصيم.
And the قصيمة: is a sand dune that grows ghada plants, and the plural is قصيم.
حيث استفاض دكادك وقصيم
Where dunes and sand dunes were widespread.
بلاد بها القيصوم والشيخ والغصى
Lands with the القيصوم plant, the Sheikh plant, and the Ghassa plant.