قمحة
Arabic
Etymology 1
Formed as a singulative noun from قَمْح (qamḥ, “wheat”) + ـَة (-a).
Noun
قَمْحَة • (qamḥa) f (plural قَمْحَات (qamḥāt))
- grain of wheat
- grain (weight)
- bud
- 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
- قُمَّحَان (qummaḥān), قَمَّحَان (qammaḥān)
Noun
قُمْحَة • (qumḥa) f
- (obsolete) sweet flag, Acorus calamus; its stalks; its stalks brayed for perfume
- Synonyms: وَجّ (wajj), ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra)
- a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, editors, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [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