قميحة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ق م ح (q-m-ḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qa.miː.ħa/
Noun
قَمِيحَة • (qamīḥa) f (plural قَمَائِح (qamāʾiḥ))
- (archaic) anything that one swallows with a medicine, the pill it is contained in or an electuary
- 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, 882 (fol. 74v,10–12), page 1015:
- القمائح اسم واقع على جميع السفوفات، قال المؤلّف: في اللغة يقال اقتمحتَ الشيء إذا بلّغتَه من راحتك إلى فيك، والاسم القميحة.
- Al-qamāʾiḥ is a name that applies for medicinal powders in genere. The author: From the lexicographers: One can say iqtamaḥta al-šayʾ (“you ate something”) if you swallow it from the palm of your hand to your mouth. The noun is al-qamīḥa.
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Declension
Declension of noun قَمِيحَة (qamīḥa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَمِيحَة qamīḥa | الْقَمِيحَة al-qamīḥa | قَمِيحَة qamīḥat |
| Nominative | قَمِيحَةٌ qamīḥatun | الْقَمِيحَةُ al-qamīḥatu | قَمِيحَةُ qamīḥatu |
| Accusative | قَمِيحَةً qamīḥatan | الْقَمِيحَةَ al-qamīḥata | قَمِيحَةَ qamīḥata |
| Genitive | قَمِيحَةٍ qamīḥatin | الْقَمِيحَةِ al-qamīḥati | قَمِيحَةِ qamīḥati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | قَمِيحَتَيْن qamīḥatayn | الْقَمِيحَتَيْن al-qamīḥatayn | قَمِيحَتَيْ qamīḥatay |
| Nominative | قَمِيحَتَانِ qamīḥatāni | الْقَمِيحَتَانِ al-qamīḥatāni | قَمِيحَتَا qamīḥatā |
| Accusative | قَمِيحَتَيْنِ qamīḥatayni | الْقَمِيحَتَيْنِ al-qamīḥatayni | قَمِيحَتَيْ qamīḥatay |
| Genitive | قَمِيحَتَيْنِ qamīḥatayni | الْقَمِيحَتَيْنِ al-qamīḥatayni | قَمِيحَتَيْ qamīḥatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَمَائِح qamāʾiḥ | الْقَمَائِح al-qamāʾiḥ | قَمَائِح qamāʾiḥ |
| Nominative | قَمَائِحُ qamāʾiḥu | الْقَمَائِحُ al-qamāʾiḥu | قَمَائِحُ qamāʾiḥu |
| Accusative | قَمَائِحَ qamāʾiḥa | الْقَمَائِحَ al-qamāʾiḥa | قَمَائِحَ qamāʾiḥa |
| Genitive | قَمَائِحَ qamāʾiḥa | الْقَمَائِحِ al-qamāʾiḥi | قَمَائِحِ qamāʾiḥi |