قمحة
Arabic
Etymology 1
Formed as a singulative noun from قَمْح (qamḥ, “wheat”) + ـَة (-a).
Noun
قَمْحَة • (qamḥa) f (plural قَمْحَات (qamḥāt))
Declension
| 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
- قُمَّحَان (qummaḥān), قَمَّحَان (qammaḥān)
Noun
قُمْحَة • (qumḥa) f
- (obsolete) sweet flag, Acorus calamus; its stalks; its stalks brayed for perfume
- a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, , →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
| 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[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 810a
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قمحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 855b