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كمهل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concepts of gathering, collecting, and consolidating things, whether physical objects like possessions or abstract concepts like information. It also extends to meanings related to withholding, concealing, and contracting or becoming compact.

Derived headwords

كَمْهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather possessionsclassical

    To gather one's belongings and pack them for travel.

  2. 2.
    to withhold rightsclassical

    To deny someone their rightful due or حقهم.

  3. 3.
    to conceal informationclassical

    To hide or obscure information or a matter.

  4. 4.
    to gather and consolidateclassical

    To gather scattered possessions or property and bring them together.

  5. 5.
    to contract/shrinkclassical

    To become contracted or withdrawn.

أَهْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to neglectboth

    To fail to do something, to overlook or disregard.

اِكْمَهَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To become contracted or withdrawn in oneself.

  2. 2.
    to sitclassical

    To sit down.

  3. 3.
    to crouchclassical

    To crouch or sit in a hunched position.

تَكَمْهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather togetherclassical

    To come together or assemble.

المُكَمْهَلnoun
  1. 1.
    cotton with seedsclassical

    Cotton while it still contains its seeds.

الكَمْهَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    injusticeclassical

    An act of injustice or oppression.

Parallel reading

كمهل أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: أي جمع ثيابه وحزمها للسفر.
And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: It means to gather one's clothes and pack them for travel.
كمهل فلان علينا: منعنا حقنا.
So-and-so withheld our rights from us.
قال أبو زيد: كمهل الحديث: أخفاه وعماه
Abu Zayd said: To conceal the information: to hide it and obscure it.
في النوادر: كمهل المال وحبكره، ودبكله، وكركره: جمعه ورد أطراف ما انتشر منه.
In Al-Nawadir: To gather wealth and hoard it, to pile it up, and to collect it: to gather it and bring back its scattered parts.
واكمهل الرجل: انقبض.
And the man contracted (withdrew).
أيضا: قعد.
Also: he sat.
أيضا: اقرنبع.
Also: he crouched.
وتكمهل: اجتمع.
And it gathered together.
والمكمهل، بالفتح أي على صيغة المفعول: القطن ما دام فيه الحب.
And Al-Mukammal, with a fatha, meaning in the passive participle form: Cotton while it still contains the seeds.
ومما يستدرك عليه: الكمهلة: الظلم، نقله ابن القطاع.
And among what is to be added to it: Al-Kamhala: Injustice, as narrated by Ibn Al-Qatta'.