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كمر

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the male genitalia, specifically the glans or the entire organ, and related concepts like size and sexual intercourse. It also extends to describe shortness, a type of unripe date, and architectural structures.

Derived headwords

الكَمَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    glans penisclassical

    The glans of the male organ.

  2. 2.
    penisclassical

    The male organ.

  3. 3.
    large glans penisclassical

    The male organ that is large in its glans.

كَمَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to have a large glansclassical

    To possess a large glans penis.

المَكْمُورadjective
  1. 1.
    circumcisedclassical

    A man whose foreskin was cut by the circumciser, touching his glans.

  2. 2.
    large glansclassical

    Possessing a large glans penis.

المَكْمُورَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    men with large glansclassical

    Men who have large glans penis.

تَكَامَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to compete in size of glansclassical

    Two men looking at each other to see who has a larger glans penis.

كَامَرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to surpass in glans sizeclassical

    To compete with someone in the size of the glans and surpass them.

الكَمَرnoun
  1. 1.
    unripe datesclassical

    Dates that have become somewhat ripe while still on the tree but did not fully ripen.

  2. 2.
    penisclassical

    The male organ.

  3. 3.
    large penisclassical

    A large male organ.

نَخْلَةٌ مِكْمَارadjective
  1. 1.
    date palm producing unripe datesclassical

    A date palm that produces dates which ripen on the ground rather than on the tree.

الكَمْرَىadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    A short person.

الكَمْرَىnoun
  1. 1.
    large glansclassical

    A person with a large and thick glans penis.

المَكْمُورَةadjective
  1. 1.
    sexually penetratedclassical

    A woman who has been sexually penetrated.

كَمَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sexually penetratedclassical

    To be sexually penetrated (referring to a woman).

كِيمَرname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, specifically a nickname for Ghaleb, the grandfather of the poet Al-Farazdaq.

كَمَرَانname
  1. 1.
    island nameclassical

    A name of an island in Yemen, near Al-Salif.

التَّكْمِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    compressingclassical

    Applying a compress or poultice.

الكَمَرnoun
  1. 1.
    arched structureclassical

    Any building that contains arches, such as bridges and aqueducts.

Parallel reading

رأس الذكر، ج كمر
The glans of the male organ, plural 'kamr'.
وفي المثل: الكمر أشباه الكمر.
And in the proverb: 'Al-kamr are like Al-kamr'.
يضرب في تشبيه الشيء بالشيء.
It is used to liken one thing to another.
والمكمور من الرجال: من أصاب الخاتن طرف كمرته.
And Al-makmur from men: one whose circumciser touched the tip of his glans.
وكمر الخاتن: أخطأ موضع الختان.
And the circumciser's 'kamara': he missed the spot of circumcision.
المكمور: العظيم الكمرة أيضا
Al-makmur: also one with a large glans.
وهم المكموراء: العظام الكمرة
And they are Al-makmurā': those with large glans.
الرجلان تكامرا، إذا نظرا أيهما أعظم كمرة
The two men competed (takāmarā), if they looked at each other to see which one had a larger glans.
وقد كامره فكمره: غالبه في ذلك، أي عظم الكمرة فغلبه
And he competed with him (kāmarahu) and surpassed him (fakamarahu): he defeated him in that, meaning he had a larger glans and defeated him.
تالله لولا شيخنا عباد ... لكامرونا اليوم أو لكادوا
By God, if it weren't for our elder 'Abbad... they would have competed with us in glans size today or almost did.
والكمر، بالكسر: بسر أرطب في الأرض ولم يرطب على نخلة.
And Al-kamr, with kasra: dates that ripened on the ground and did not ripen on the palm tree.
قال ابن سيده: وأظنهم قالوا نخلة مكمار.
Ibn Sidah said: And I think they said a 'mikmār' palm tree.
والكمرى، كزمكى: القصير
And Al-kamrī, like 'zamkī': the short one.
والكمرى: العظيم الكمرة الضخمها.
And Al-kamrī: the one with a large and thick glans.
والكمرة: الذكر، كالكمر، كعتل فيهما.
And Al-kamrah: the penis, like Al-kamr, both like 'atala.
والكمرة أيضا: الذكر العظيم الكمرة
And Al-kamrah also: the penis with a large glans.
والمكمورة من النساء: المنكوحة
And Al-makmūrah from women: the sexually penetrated one.
وقد كمرت كمرا كفرح
And she was sexually penetrated (kamarat) with a penetration (kamaran) like 'faraha'.
وكيمر، كحيدر: لقب غالب جد الفرزدق الشاعر
And Kaimar, like Haidar: the nickname of Ghaleb, the grandfather of the poet Al-Farazdaq.
كمران، محركة: جزيرة باليمن بالقرب من الصليف.
Kamrān, with haraka: an island in Yemen near Al-Salif.
والتكمير: التكميد، مولدة.
And Al-takmīr: applying a compress, a neologism.
والكمر، محركة: اسم لكل بناء فيه العقد، كبناء الجسور والقناطر، هكذا استعمله الخواص والعوام، وهي لفظة فارسية.
And Al-kamr, with haraka: the name for every structure containing arches, like the building of bridges and aqueducts; thus it was used by the elite and the common people, and it is a Persian word.