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ق ل ع م

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes old age and advanced years, applying to both humans and animals. It also extends to terms for large or ancient objects, and specific geographical locations or personal names.

Derived headwords

القَلْعَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Elderly manclassical

    An old man, advanced in age and decrepit.

  2. 2.
    Elderly womanclassical

    An old woman, advanced in age.

  3. 3.
    Large waterskinclassical

    A large waterskin or vessel.

  4. 4.
    Mountain nameclassical

    The name of a specific mountain.

  5. 5.
    Tall personclassical

    A tall person.

قَلْعَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Elderly womanclassical

    An old woman, similar to 'قلحم'.

قَلْعَمٌname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name, used by Sibawayh and explained by Al-Sirafi and Al-Jarmi.

القَلْعَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Elderly female camelclassical

    An old female camel, as reported by Al-Azharī.

اقْلَعَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To become oldclassical

    A man or a camel becoming old and advanced in age.

القِمْعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Large waterskinclassical

    A large waterskin or vessel, similar to 'القلعم'.

Parallel reading

الشيخ المسن الكبير الهرم
The old man, great and decrepit.
الحاء لغة فيه
The letter 'ح' is a variant pronunciation for it.
كإردب
Like 'irdabb' (a measure).
كجعفر
Like 'Ja'far' (a name).
مثل القلحم
Like 'al-qulham' (another term for old age).
كدرهم
Like 'dirham' (a coin).
علم مثل به سيبويه
A proper name, used by Sibawayh.
فسره السيرافي والجرمي
Explained by Al-Sirafi and Al-Jarmi.
المسنة من الإبل
The old female camel.
الحاء أصوب اللغتين
The 'ح' is the more correct of the two pronunciations.
اقلعم الرجل
The man became old.
أسن
He became old.
وكذلك البعير
And likewise the camel.
القدح الضخم
The large waterskin.
كالقمعل
Like 'al-qum'al'.
اسم جبل بعينه
The name of a specific mountain.
الطويل
The tall one.
عن أبي حيان
According to Abu Hayyan.