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كمه

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with blindness, both congenital and acquired. It also extends to a sense of disorientation or being lost, unable to find one's way.

Derived headwords

الأَكْمَهُadjective
  1. 1.
    one who is born blindboth

    one who is born blind

كَمِهَverb
  1. 1.
    plural of 'al-kumm'both

    plural of 'al-kumm'

  2. 2.
    he became blind (from the verb pattern of 'ṭariba')both

    he became blind (from the verb pattern of 'ṭariba')

كَمَهاًnoun
  1. 1.
    blindnessclassical

    The state or condition of being blind.

الكامِهُnoun
  1. 1.
    disoriented personclassical

    One who is disoriented, whose head is being ridden (metaphorically), and thus does not know which way to turn.

يَتَكَمَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to wander aimlesslyclassical

    To wander or roam about the land without direction or purpose.

Parallel reading

الأكمه: الذي يولد أعمى.
Al-akmah: One who is born blind.
وقد كمه بالكسر كمها.
And he became blind (with kasra) with blindness.
هرجت فارتد ارتداد الأكمه
I became agitated, and I recoiled like the one born blind.
كمهت عيناه حتى ابيضتا
His eyes became blind until they turned white.
الكامه: الذي يركب رأسه فلا يدري أين يتوجه.
Al-kameh: One whose head is being ridden (metaphorically), so he does not know where to go.
يقال: خرج يتكمه في الارض.
It is said: He went out wandering aimlessly in the land.