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قطم

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of biting, tasting, and strong desire, particularly for meat or sexual intercourse. It also extends to geographical locations and personal names.

Derived headwords

قَطَمَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, desirous of meatboth

    meaning, desirous of meat

  2. 2.
    the male animal became excited and desired matingboth

    the male animal became excited and desired mating

قَطْمnoun
  1. 1.
    meaning, desirous of meatboth

    meaning, desirous of meat

  2. 2.
    the male animal became excited and desired matingboth

    the male animal became excited and desired mating

قَطِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning, desirous of meatboth

    meaning, desirous of meat

  2. 2.
    the male animal became excited and desired matingboth

    the male animal became excited and desired mating

قَطِمَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, desirous of meatboth

    meaning, desirous of meat

  2. 2.
    the male animal became excited and desired matingboth

    the male animal became excited and desired mating

قَطَمَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, desirous of meatboth

    meaning, desirous of meat

  2. 2.
    the male animal became excited and desired matingboth

    the male animal became excited and desired mating

القُطَامِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Qutamiclassical

    A nickname for a poet from the Taghlib tribe, whose name was 'Umayr ibn Shaiyim.

القُطَامِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    falconboth

    A name for a falcon or bird of prey. It can be pronounced with either a damma or a fatha on the first syllable.

المُقَطَّمname
  1. 1.
    a mountain in Egyptboth

    a mountain in Egypt

قَطَامname
  1. 1.
    a woman's nameboth

    a woman's name

Parallel reading

وإذا قطمتهم قطمت علاقما وقواضي الذيفان فيما تقطم
And if you bite them, you bite their connections and the consequences of their falsehood in what you bite.
والقطم بالتحريك: شهوة الضراب وشهوة اللحم.
And al-Qatm (with harakah) is the desire for mating and the desire for meat.
يقال رجل قطم: شهوان للحم.
It is said a man is Qatim: desirous of meat.
وقطم الفحل بالكسر، أي اهتاج وأراد الضراب.
And the stallion Qatima (with kasr), meaning he became aroused and desired mating.
وقطم الصقر إلى اللحم: اشتهاه.
And the falcon Qatama to the meat: it craved it.
والقطامى بالضم: لقب شاعر من تغلب، واسمه عمير بن شييم.
And Al-Qutami (with damma) is the title of a poet from Taghlib, and his name is 'Umayr ibn Shaiyim.
والقطامى: الصقر، يضم ويفتح.
And Al-Qutami: the falcon, it is pronounced with damma or fatha.
والمقطم بالتشديد: جبل بمصر.
And Al-Muqattam (with shaddah) is a mountain in Egypt.
وقطام: اسم امرأة، وأهل الحجاز يبنونه على الكسر في كل حال، وأهل نجد يجرونه مجرى ما لا ينصرف.
And Qatama: is the name of a woman, and the people of Hijaz construct it to be indeclinable (mabni 'ala al-kasr) in all cases, and the people of Najd treat it as a diptote (mamnu' min al-sarf).