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Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of heaviness, burden, and completeness, possibly with a secondary meaning of neglect or abandonment. It describes a state of being weighty or overwhelming, and also the act of taking something in its entirety.

Derived headwords

الكَهْمَلnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy, burdensomeclassical

    A term describing something that is heavy, weighty, or burdensome, possibly in a metaphorical sense.

كَهْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be heavyclassical

    The basic verb form, indicating the state of being heavy or burdensome.

أَهْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to neglectboth

    To fail to do something, to leave something undone, or to disregard it.

  2. 2.
    to abandonboth

    To leave something or someone behind, to forsake them.

مُكْهَمَلadjective
  1. 1.
    complete, entireclassical

    Describing something taken or understood in its entirety, without omission.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن دريد: هو الثقيل الوخم
And Ibn Duraid said: it is the heavy, the oppressive.
يقال: أخذ الأمر مكهملا بالفتح
It is said: he took the matter 'mukhamalan' (with fatḥa).
أي بأجمعه
Meaning: in its entirety.
كذا في اللسان
Thus it is in Al-Lisan.