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ق ر ع م

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to something large, complete, or substantial. It is primarily used to describe a large and fully developed palm tree, and by extension, a date.

Derived headwords

القُرعَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large, complete thingclassical

    A large and fully developed specimen, particularly of a palm tree, but potentially applicable to other things.

القُرعُمnoun
  1. 1.
    dateclassical

    A date fruit.

Parallel reading

القرعامة، بالكسر
Al-qur'amah, with a kasrah.
أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وهي الضخمة التامة من النخيل وغيرها
And it is the large, complete one of palm trees and others.
وقال ابن بري: القرعم، بالكسر: التمر
And Ibn Barrī said: Al-qur'am, with a kasrah: the date.