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قعم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to illness, death, and physical deformities, particularly a bent or crooked nose.

Derived headwords

أَقْعَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to kill (with illness)classical

    To cause death due to a disease or ailment.

أَقْعَمَتْهُ الْحَيَّةُverb
  1. 1.
    the snake killed himclassical

    This is a specific instance of the verb 'aq'ama', indicating that a snake's venom or action led to the person's death.

وأقعمته الحية — and the snake killed him
الْقَعْمُnoun
  1. 1.
    bent noseclassical

    A deviation or crookedness in the nose, causing it to be bent or misshapen.

Parallel reading

أقعم الرجل، إذا أصابه داء فقتله.
A man is 'aq'ama' if a disease strikes him and kills him.
وأقعمته الحية.
And the snake killed him.
والقعم، بالتحريك: ميل في الانف.
And al-qa'm, when vocalized (with harakat), means a bend in the nose.