قمم

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of height, elevation, and reaching the peak of something. It extends to encompass the entirety of something, gathering, and cleaning, particularly refuse. It also denotes specific physical attributes and actions related to eating and climbing.

Derived headwords

القِمّةnoun

1.
a man's statureboth
a man's stature
2.
a group of peopleboth
a group of people
3.
the top of the head and the top of everythingboth
the top of the head and the top of everything

القَامةnoun

1.
statureboth
The stature of a man, similar in meaning to 'qimmah'.

القَومِيّةnoun

1.
statureclassical
Stature, used synonymously with 'qāmah' and 'qimmah'.

القُمَامةnoun

1.
sweepings, rubbishboth
sweepings, rubbish

المِقَمّةnoun

1.
lips (of an animal)classical
The lips of a bull or any cloven-hoofed animal.
2.
broomboth
A broom used for sweeping.

اقتَمَّverb

1.
to eat from the lipsclassical
To eat from the 'miqammah' (lips of an animal), specifically referring to a sheep eating from the ground.
2.
to eat all ofclassical
To eat everything on a platter, consuming it all.

قَمَّverb

1.
to sweepboth
To sweep a house.
2.
to consumeclassical
To eat everything, to consume completely.

قَمَمverb

1.
to gather, to collectclassical
God gathered or clenched his sinews.

تَقَمَّمَverb

1.
meaning, he gathered the rubbish in the sweepingsboth
meaning, he gathered the rubbish in the sweepings

تَسَنَّمَverb

1.
to climb overclassical
To climb over a stone, implying reaching its summit.

القَمقَمnoun

1.
containerclassical
A known type of container, possibly of Persian origin.
2.
seaclassical
The sea, a vast body of water.
3.
leader, chiefclassical
A leader or chief, one who is prominent.
4.
large numberclassical
A large quantity or number of things.

القَمقَامnoun

1.
seaclassical
The sea, a large expanse of water.
2.
leader, chiefclassical
A leader or chief.
3.
large numberclassical
A large number or quantity.
4.
small ticksclassical
Small ticks that cling tenaciously to hair roots.

القَمقَمَانnoun

1.
large numberclassical
A large number or quantity, similar to 'qamqam'.

سَيِّد قَمَاقِمnoun phrase

1.
generous leaderclassical
A leader characterized by abundance of goodness or generosity.

مُقَمَّadjective

1.
one who eats allclassical
A man who has eaten everything on a platter.

القَمَامnoun

1.
swept refuseboth
The collected refuse or sweepings from a house.

القَمِيمadjective

1.
related to refuseclassical
Describing the clothing worn for gathering herbs or vegetables, implying it's for collecting such things.

أَقَمَّverb

1.
to cover allclassical
When a stallion covers all the camels, meaning it mates with them all.

تَقَمَّمَهاverb

1.
to climb over itclassical
The horse climbed over the stone, reaching its summit.

القَمقَمَةnoun

1.
well-known (a type of pot or vessel)both
well-known (a type of pot or vessel)

القَمقَمَةُnoun

1.
well-known (a type of pot or vessel)both
well-known (a type of pot or vessel)

Parallel reading

القمة بالكسر: قامة الرجل.

The qimmah (with kasra) is the stature of a man.

يقال: ألقى عليه قمته، أي بدنه.

It is said: 'He cast his qimmah upon him,' meaning his body.

وفلان حسن القمة، والقامة والقومية، بمعنى.

And so-and-so is good in stature, and qāmah and qawmiyyah, meaning the same.

والقمة والقمامة أيضا: جماعة الناس.

And al-qimmah and al-qumāmah also mean a group of people.

والقمة: أعلى الرأس، وأعلى كل شئ.

And al-qimmah is the top of the head, and the highest point of anything.

والمقمة: مقمة الثور وكل ذات ظلف، يعني شفتيه، وفتحها لغة.

And al-miqammah is the lips of a bull and every cloven-hoofed animal, meaning its lips, and opening it (with fatha) is a dialectal variant.

وقمت الشاة من الأرض واقتمت، إذا أكلت من المقمة، ثم يستعار فيقال: اقتم الرجل ما على الخوان، إذا أكله كله وقمه، فهو رجل مقم.

And a sheep ate from the ground and iqtamm, if it ate from the miqammah (lips), then it is used metaphorically, and it is said: 'The man iqtamm what was on the platter,' if he ate it all and qammah, then he is a muqamm man.

والمقمة: المكنسة.

And al-miqammah is the broom.

وقممت البيت: كنسته.

And I swept the house: I cleaned it.

والقمامة: الكناسة، والجمع قمام.

And al-qumāmah is the swept refuse, and its plural is qumām.

يقال ليبيس البقل القميم.

It is said about the one who gathers herbs: al-qumīm.

أقم الفحل الإبل: ضربها كلها حتى قمت.

The stallion aqamma the camels: he covered them all until they were covered.

يقال شد الفرس على الحجر فتقممها، أي تسنمها.

It is said the horse strained over the rock and taqammamahā, meaning it climbed over it.

وتقمم، أي تتبع القمام في الكناسات.

And taqammama, meaning to follow the refuse in the heaps of rubbish.

وقمقم الله عصبه، أي جمعه وقبضه.

And Allah qamqama his sinews, meaning He gathered them and clenched them.

والقمقمة معروفة.

And al-qumqumah is known.

قال الأصمعي: هو رومي وفي المثل: " على هذا دار القمقم " أي إلى هذا صار معنى الخبر، يضرب للرجل إذا كان خبيرا بالأمر.

Al-Asma'i said: It is Roman, and in the proverb: 'Upon this the qumqum turned,' meaning to this the meaning of the news has come, used for a man if he is knowledgeable about the matter.

ويقال سيد قماقم بالضم، لكثرة خيره.

And it is said: a sayyid qamāqim (with dammah), for the abundance of his goodness.

والقمقام بالفتح: البحر.

And al-qumqām (with fatha) is the sea.

ويقال: وقع في قمقام من الأمر.

And it is said: He fell into a qumqām of a matter.

والقمقام: السيد.

And al-qumqām is the leader.

والقمقام: العدد الكثير.

And al-qumqām is the large number.

والقمقمان بالضم مثله.

And al-qumqamān (with dammah) is similar.

والقمقام، بالفتح: صغار القردان، وضرب من القمل شديد التشبث بأصول الشعر، الواحدة قمقامة.

And al-qumqām, with fatha, refers to small ticks, and a type of louse very tenacious to the roots of hair, the singular is qumqāmah.