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كوم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of gathering, accumulating, or piling things up. It extends to descriptions of large or accumulated entities, such as a heap, a collection of camels, or a large camel's hump. It also includes a specific verb for animal mating.

Derived headwords

كَامَverb
  1. 1.
    to mate (animal)classical

    The verb describes a male animal, specifically a horse, mounting a female for mating.

يَكُومُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to mount her (for mating)classical

    This is the present tense form of the verb 'to mate', referring to the act of a male animal mounting a female.

كَوْمnoun
  1. 1.
    he piled up a heap (with damma), when he gathered a piece of earth and raised its headboth

    he piled up a heap (with damma), when he gathered a piece of earth and raised its head

كُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heap, moundboth

    A raised mass or heap, often of dirt or similar material, formed by gathering.

الكَوْمَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    large-humped (camel)classical

    Describes a female camel that has a large or prominent hump.

الكِيمْيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    known, like 'as-sīmiyā'' (alchemy)both

    known, like 'as-sīmiyā'' (alchemy)

  2. 2.
    Like al-sīmiyāʾ: the name of a craft, and it is Arabic.both

    Like al-sīmiyāʾ: the name of a craft, and it is Arabic.

السِّيمْيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    magic, sorceryclassical

    A term referring to magic, sorcery, or occult arts, mentioned in comparison to alchemy.

Parallel reading

كَامَ الفَرَسُ أُنْثَاهُ يَكُومُهَا كَوْمًا، إِذَا نَزَا عَلَيْهَا.
The stallion mounted its female, mounting her with a mounting, if it leaped upon her.
وَكُوِّمَتْ كُومَةً بِالضَّمِّ، إِذَا جُمِعَتْ قِطْعَةٌ مِنْ تُرَابٍ وَرُفِعَتْ رَأْسُهَا.
And a heap was piled up, if a piece of dirt was gathered and its head was raised.
وَهُوَ فِي الْكَلَامِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ قَوْلِكَ: صَبْرَةٌ مِنْ طَعَامٍ.
And it (a heap) in speech is equivalent to your saying: a pile of food.
وَالْكَوْمَاءُ: النَّاقَةُ الْعَظِيمَةُ السَّنَامِ.
And Al-Kawma' is: the she-camel with a large hump.
وَالْكَوْمُ: الْقِطْعَةُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ.
And Al-Kawm is: the group of camels.
وَالْكِيمْيَاءُ مَعْرُوفٌ، مِثْلُ السِّيمْيَاءِ.
And alchemy is known, like Sīmiyā.