Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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قمس قمش قمص


1. ⇒ قمش

قَمَشَ, aor. ـِ {يَقْمِشُ}, (M, TA,) inf. n. قَمْشٌ, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) He collected (Ṣ, M, Ḳ) a thing, (Ṣ,) or قُمَاش, (M, Ḳ,) meaning small rubbish, or broken particles of things, on the surface of the ground, (Ḳ,) hence and thence; (Ṣ, TA:) as alsoقمّش↓, inf. n. تَقْمِيشٌ. (Ṣ, TA.) Hence, قَمْشُ الرِّيحِ التُّرَابَ [The wind's collecting the dust]. (TA.)


2. ⇒ قمّش


5. ⇒ تقمّش

تقمّش, (Ḳ,) or تقمّش القُمَاشَ, andاقتمشهُ↓, (M, TA,) He ate what he found, (Ḳ, TA,) hence and thence, (TA,) even though it might be vile: (Ḳ, TA:) or he ate what is termed قماش, hence and thence. (M.)


8. ⇒ اقتمش


قَمْشٌ

قَمْشٌ The bad [or refuse] of anything: pl. قُمَاشٌ; like as عُرَاقٌ is pl. of عَرْقٌ; (Yaạḳoob, ISk, M;) andقُمَاشَةٌ↓ is like it: (TA:) andقَمْاشٌ↓ is also a sing., like قَمْشٌ. (M, TA.) قُمَاشٌ also signifies What is collected hence and thence: (Ṣ:) or small particles, or fragments, of anything; as alsoقُمَاشَةٌ↓; (M, IḲṭṭ;) and so قُشَامَةٌ: (IḲṭṭ, TA:) or small rubbish, or broken particles of things, on the surface of the ground. (Ḳ.) You say, مَا أَعْطَانِى إِلَّا قُمَاشًا He gave me not aught save the worst of what he found. (Ḳ.) [Hence,] قُمَاشٌ البَيْتِ Household goods, or utensils and furniture. (Ṣ.) [Hence also,] قُمَاشُ النَّاسِ The refuse, or meanest sort, of the people, or of mankind. (Ḳ,* TA.) [The application of قُمَاشٌ to Any kind of woven stuff, whether linen, cotton, or silk,, &c., is post-classical. Its pl. is أَقْمِشَةٌ.]


قُمَاشٌ

قُمَاشٌ: see قَمْشٌ, throughout.


قُمَاشَةٌ

قُمَاشَةٌ: see قَمْشٌ, in two places.


قَمَّاشٌ

قَمَّاشٌ One who sells household goods, or furniture and utensils. (TA.)


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