كمثر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of things being clustered together, intertwined, or overlapping. It is most famously associated with the fruit known as a pear, which is characterized by its shape and dense flesh.

Derived headwords

الكُمَّثْرَىnoun

1.
pearboth
The well-known fruit, commonly called 'ijjas' by the general populace, characterized by its shape and dense, intertwined flesh.

كَمْثَرَىnoun

1.
pearboth
The fruit, referred to singularly.

كُمَّثْرَاةnoun

1.
a single pearboth
The singular form of the fruit, 'pear'.

كُمَّثْرِيَّاتnoun

1.
pearsboth
The plural form of the fruit, 'pear'.

كُمَيْمِثْرَةnoun

1.
a small pearboth
The diminutive form of the fruit, 'pear'.

كُمَيْمِثْرِيَّةnoun

1.
small pearsclassical
A diminutive plural form, referring to small pears.

كُمَيْمِثْرَاةnoun

1.
a small pearclassical
An alternative diminutive form, possibly with added suffixes.

كَمَاثِرnoun

1.
intertwined thingsclassical
Refers to things being clustered or intertwined, possibly a short form or variant related to the root's core meaning.

Parallel reading

وهو: اجتماع الشيء وتداخل بعضه في بعض

And it is: the coming together of a thing and the intertwining of some of it with some of the others.

إن يكن الكمثرى عربيا فإنه منه اشتقاقه

If the pear is Arabic, then its derivation is from it.

سألت جماعة من الأعراب عن الكمثرى فلم يعرفوها

I asked a group of the Bedouins about the pear, and they did not recognize it.

وهو هذا المعروف من الفواكه الذي تسميه العامة الإجاص

And it is this known fruit which the common people call 'ijjas'.

أكمثرى يزيد الحلق ضيقا أحب إليك أم تين نضيج

Is a pear that constricts the throat more beloved to you, or a ripe fig?

والواحدة كمثراة، ج كمثريات

And the single one is 'kummathrah', and the plural is 'kummathriyat'.

وهو مؤنث لا ينصرف، وقد يذكر

And it is feminine and indeclinable, and it may be masculine.

ويقال: هذه كمثرى واحدة وهذه كمثرى كثيرة

And it is said: 'This is one pear, and this is many pears'.

ويصغر كميمثرة

And the diminutive is 'kumaymithrah'.

وهو الأقيس

And it is the most analogical.

ومن جمعها على كمثريات قال: كميمثرية

And whoever pluralizes it as 'kummathriyat' says: 'kumaymithriyyah'.

أجود ما فيها كميثرة، تلقى إحدى الميمين والألف

The best of what is in it is 'kumaytharah', where one of the two 'meems' and the 'alif' are found.

ربما جعلت العرب الألف والهاء زائدتين فقالوا: كميمثراة

Perhaps the Arabs made the 'alif' and the 'ha' as extra letters, so they said: 'kumaymithrah'.

كما قالوا: حلباة ركباة ثم قالوا: حليباة ركيباة

Just as they said: 'halbaah' and 'rakbaah', then they said: 'haliibah' and 'rakiibah'.

والكماثر، بالضم القصير، لتداخل بعضه في بعض

And 'al-kamathir', with the 'dammah', is short, referring to the intertwining of some of it with some of the others.

وليس تصحيفا عن كماتر بالمثناة الفوقية

And it is not a misspelling of 'kamaatir' with the upper 'ta'.