ق م ش

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of gathering, collecting, or picking up scattered or miscellaneous items, often implying a low quality or humble origin. It extends to concepts of remnants, refuse, and even the lowest class of people. It also encompasses related ideas like food made from remnants and the belongings within a house.

Derived headwords

القَمْشnoun

1.
gatheringboth
The act of collecting scattered things from here and there.
2.
remnantsboth
What is on the face of the earth from fragments of things.
3.
refuseclassical
The lowest class of people.
4.
inferiorityboth
The worst of anything.

قَمَشَverb

1.
to gatherboth
To gather scattered things from here and there.
2.
to sweep upboth
Used to describe the wind sweeping up dust.

قمشه يقمشه قمشا — He gathered it, gathering it.

قمش الريح التراب — The wind swept up the dust.

قَمْشاًnoun

1.
gatheringboth
The act of gathering things from here and there.

قُمَاشnoun

1.
remnantsboth
Fragments of things found on the ground.
2.
inferior goodsboth
The worst of what is found.
3.
belongingsclassical
The belongings of a house.
4.
fabricmodern
Cloth or textiles.

قُمَاشَةnoun

1.
remnantsboth
The fragments or remnants of something.
2.
inferiorityboth
The worst of anything.

قَامِشَةnoun

1.
foodclassical
A type of food made from milk, colocynth seeds, and similar ingredients.

تَقَمَّشَverb

1.
to eatboth
To eat what is found here and there, even if it is of poor quality.

تقمش القماش — He ate what he found scattered.

اِقْتَمَشَverb

1.
to eatboth
To eat what is found here and there, even if it is of poor quality.

اقتمشه — He ate what he found scattered.

التَّقْمِيشnoun

1.
gatheringboth
The act of collecting things from here and there.

قَامِشَة بن وائلةname

1.
a nameclassical
A genealogical name, specifically of a grandfather of a genealogist.

ابن أبي قُمَاشname

1.
a nameclassical
A kunya (sobriquet) of a hadith narrator, Muhammad ibn Isa.

مُتَقَمِّشadjective

1.
wearing fine clothesclassical
Wearing fine garments, though the term originally referred to collected or miscellaneous items.

قَشَامَةnoun

1.
remnantsboth
The fragments or remnants of things.

Parallel reading

القَمْش: جَمْعُ القُمَاشِ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَهَا هُنَا

Al-qamsh: the gathering of scattered things from here and there.

وَهُوَ: مَا كَانَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ فُتَاتِ الأَشْيَاءِ

And it is: what is on the face of the earth from fragments of things.

وَقَدْ قَمَشَهُ يَقْمِشُهُ قَمْشاً

And he gathered it, gathering it.

وَمِنْهُ قَمَشَ الرِّيحُ التُّرَابَ

And from this is the wind sweeping up the dust.

حَتَّى يُقَالَ لِرَذَالَةِ النَّاسِ قُمَاشٌ

Until the lowest class of people are called qumash.

وَقُمَاشُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَوْ قُمَاشَتُهُ: فُتَاتُهُ

And the remnants of everything or its remnants: its fragments.

وَمَا أَعْطَانِي إِلَّا قُمَاشاً، أَيْ أَرْدَأَ مَا وَجَدْتُهُ

And he did not give me except the worst, meaning the worst I found.

وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ: القُمَيْشَةُ: طَعَامٌ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ وَحَبِّ الحَنْظَلِ وَنَحْوِهِ

And Al-Layth said: Al-qumayisha: a food made from milk, colocynth seeds, and the like.

وَتَقَمَّشَ القُمَاشَ، وَاقْتَمَشَهُ: أَكَلَ مَا وَجَدَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَهَا هُنَا وَإِنْ كَانَ دُوناً

And he ate the scattered things, and ate them: he ate what he found here and there, even if it was inferior.

التَّقْمِيشُ: جَمْعُ الشَّيْءِ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَهَا هُنَا

Al-taqmeesh: gathering things from here and there.

وَقُمَاشُ البَيْتِ: مَتَاعُهُ

And the belongings of the house: its furnishings.

وَالقَمْشُ: الرَّدِيءُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَالجَمْعُ قُمَاشٌ

And al-qamsh: the inferior of everything, and the plural is qumash.

وَالقُمَاشَةُ مِثْلُهُ، وَالقِمَاشُ كَالقَمْشِ

And al-qumashah is like it, and al-qimash is like al-qamsh.

وَهُوَ مُتَقَمِّشٌ: لَابِسٌ مِنْ فَاخِرِ القُمَاشِ

And he is mutaqammish: wearing fine fabric.