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قمز

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to gathering, collecting, and taking things in small quantities. It also extends to concepts of scarcity, low quality, and sparse growth.

Derived headwords

قَمَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together things.

  2. 2.
    to graspclassical

    To take something with the tips of the fingers.

قَمْزnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringboth

    The act of collecting or gathering.

  2. 2.
    taking by fingertipsclassical

    The act of grasping with the fingertips.

  3. 3.
    scarcityclassical

    Referring to wealth or possessions that are of low quality or scarce.

قُمَزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    handfulboth

    A small quantity of something, like dates, pebbles, or dirt, held in the hand.

  2. 2.
    budclassical

    The bud of a plant that contains the seed.

قَمَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to acquireclassical

    To acquire or possess something, particularly wealth.

قَزْمadjective
  1. 1.
    worthlessclassical

    Describing something, especially wealth, as worthless or of poor quality.

قَمَزٌadjective
  1. 1.
    sparseclassical

    Describing vegetation that is scattered and not dense.

Parallel reading

القمز: الجمع
Al-qamz: the gathering.
قمزت الشيء قمزا، أي جمعته
I gathered the thing, meaning I collected it.
القمز: الأخذ بأطراف الأصابع
Al-qamz: taking with the tips of the fingers.
وقد قمز قمزة
And he grasped with his fingertips.
القمز، بالتحريك: الرذال الذي لا خير فيه، أي من المال
Al-qamz, with vowel movement: the worthless, that which has no good in it, meaning from wealth.
كالقزم
Like al-qazm (the worthless).
وأقمز الرجل: اقتناه
And a man acquired (something): he possessed it.
والقمزة، بالضم: القبضة من التمر وغيره كالحصا والتراب
And al-qumzah, with dammah: a handful of dates or other things like pebbles and dirt.
مثل الجمزة
Like al-jumzah (a handful).
القمزة أيضا: برعوم النبت الذي تكون فيه الحبة
Al-qumzah also: the bud of a plant in which the seed is.
يقال: الكلأ هنا قمز وقمز، أي متقطع غير متراص
It is said: the herbage here is qamz and qamz, meaning scattered and not dense.
رأيت الكلأ في جؤجؤى قمزا قمزا
I saw the herbage on the high ground scattered, scattered.
أراد أنه لم يتصل، ولكنه نبت متفرقا لمعة ها هنا ولمعة ها هنا
He meant that it was not continuous, but rather it grew scattered, a patch here and a patch there.