Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كلو كم كمأ


كَمْ

كَمْ: see its syn. كَأَىٍّ or كَأَيِّنْ voce أَىٌّ.

Root: كم - Entry: كَمْ Signification: A2

As an interrogative with the specification suppressed, What number? How many? and, as in an ex. voce سِقْىٌ, virtually meaning How much? and so in an ex. voce مَسَافَةٌ and voce شَبْرٌ. Also How long? as in the Ḳur, ii. 161, &c.; a noun signifying a period of time being understood: see also an ex. voce عَسَفَ, and voce فَرَشَ.


كَمٌّ

كَمٌّ and كَمٌ are both app. right: see قَدْ.


كِمٌّ

كِمٌّ The calyx of a flower. (Ḳ, &c.)

Root: كم - Entry: كِمٌّ Signification: A2

كِمٌّ The envelope [or spathe] of the طَلْع [or spadix of a palm-tree]: and the covering [or calyx] of flowers or blossoms; as alsoكِمَامَةٌ↓. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)


كُمَّةٌ

كُمَّةٌ A قَلَنْسُوَة: (TA in art. بطح:) or a round قلنسوة: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) pl. كِمَامٌ. (Ḳ,* TA in art. بطح.)


كِمَامَةٌ

كِمَامَةٌ: see كِمٌّ.


كَمِّيَّةٌ

كَمِّيَّةٌ Quantum, or quantity, as answering to “how many.”


مُكَمَّمٌ

مُكَمَّمٌ Covered over, or concealed (مَسْتُور). (Ṣ, art. خصب.) See بُرْأَة.


كَمْكَامٌ

كَمْكَامٌ The cancamum-tree: see بُطْمٌ and ضِرْوٌ.


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