قمطر

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic קמטר / ܩܡܛܪ, from Ancient Greek κάμπτρα (kámptra), and denominal verb.

Noun

قِمْطَر or قِمَطْر or قَمْطَر (qimṭar or qimaṭr or qamṭarm (plural قَمَاطِر (qamāṭir))

  1. any container to store books, repository, capsa

Declension

Verb

قَمْطَرَ (qamṭara) Iq (non-past يُقَمْطِرُ (yuqamṭiru), verbal noun قَمْطَرَة (qamṭara))

  1. to colligate, to bring together, to gather, to mass together

Conjugation

References

  • qmṭrwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • qmṭry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • qmṭryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 252
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قمطر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 498
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 302
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قمطر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1057–1058