قمحة

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Formed as a singulative noun from قَمْح (qamḥ, “wheat”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

قَمْحَة • (qamḥa) f (plural قَمْحَات (qamḥāt))

  1. grain of wheat
  2. grain (weight)
  3. bud
  4. piece of medicine swallowed
Declension
Declension of noun قَمْحَة (qamḥa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَمْحَة
qamḥa 		الْقَمْحَة
al-qamḥa 		قَمْحَة
qamḥat
Nominative قَمْحَةٌ
qamḥatun 		الْقَمْحَةُ
al-qamḥatu 		قَمْحَةُ
qamḥatu
Accusative قَمْحَةً
qamḥatan 		الْقَمْحَةَ
al-qamḥata 		قَمْحَةَ
qamḥata
Genitive قَمْحَةٍ
qamḥatin 		الْقَمْحَةِ
al-qamḥati 		قَمْحَةِ
qamḥati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَمْحَتَيْن
qamḥatayn 		الْقَمْحَتَيْن
al-qamḥatayn 		قَمْحَتَيْ
qamḥatay
Nominative قَمْحَتَانِ
qamḥatāni 		الْقَمْحَتَانِ
al-qamḥatāni 		قَمْحَتَا
qamḥatā
Accusative قَمْحَتَيْنِ
qamḥatayni 		الْقَمْحَتَيْنِ
al-qamḥatayni 		قَمْحَتَيْ
qamḥatay
Genitive قَمْحَتَيْنِ
qamḥatayni 		الْقَمْحَتَيْنِ
al-qamḥatayni 		قَمْحَتَيْ
qamḥatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَمْحَات
qamḥāt 		الْقَمْحَات
al-qamḥāt 		قَمْحَات
qamḥāt
Nominative قَمْحَاتٌ
qamḥātun 		الْقَمْحَاتُ
al-qamḥātu 		قَمْحَاتُ
qamḥātu
Accusative قَمْحَاتٍ
qamḥātin 		الْقَمْحَاتِ
al-qamḥāti 		قَمْحَاتِ
qamḥāti
Genitive قَمْحَاتٍ
qamḥātin 		الْقَمْحَاتِ
al-qamḥāti 		قَمْحَاتِ
qamḥāti

Etymology 2

From قَمَحَ (qamaḥa), اِقْتَمَحَ (iqtamaḥa, “to swallow”) related to قَمْحَة (qamḥa, “a grain; a piece of medicine”) owing to the use of the plant in electuaries.

Alternative forms

Noun

قُمْحَة • (qumḥa) f

  1. (obsolete) sweet flag, Acorus calamus; its stalks; its stalks brayed for perfume
    Synonyms: وَجّ (wajj), ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra)
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح , edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 856 (fol. 72v,2–3), page 991:
      قُمْحة هي قصب الذريرة منه، قال المؤلّف: في كتاب العين: القُمَّحان الذريرة ويقال الورس.
      Qumḥa: From the same author, it is the stalks of sweet flag. The compilator: In the Book of the Eye: The qummaḥān is the sweet flag and nicknamed wars.
Declension
Declension of noun قُمْحَة (qumḥa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قُمْحَة
qumḥa 		الْقُمْحَة
al-qumḥa 		قُمْحَة
qumḥat
Nominative قُمْحَةٌ
qumḥatun 		الْقُمْحَةُ
al-qumḥatu 		قُمْحَةُ
qumḥatu
Accusative قُمْحَةً
qumḥatan 		الْقُمْحَةَ
al-qumḥata 		قُمْحَةَ
qumḥata
Genitive قُمْحَةٍ
qumḥatin 		الْقُمْحَةِ
al-qumḥati 		قُمْحَةِ
qumḥati

References

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قمحة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 810a
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قمحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 855b
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