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quḥma

peril, hazardous enterprise

قُحْمَة

Word

Noun · pattern فُعْلَة

Root

ق ح م

Forms

Plural
قُحَم

In the library

وليس بالأرض من يماثلهم في ذلك إلا الشيخ بدر الدين النقاش الساكن ببلدة القحمة، فله مثل ذلك من المآثر والإيثار.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • 1 Form I He entered into affairs without consideration
    ↓ تقحمّ and ↓ اقتحم He entered into affairs without consideration. (A.)
  • تَقَحَّمَ Form V He experienced dearth, drought, or sterility
    He experienced dearth, drought, or sterility. See an ex. voce تَبِعَةٌ. ― -b2- تَقَحَّمَ فِى الأَمْرِ بِلاَ رَوِيَّةٍ [He plunged, or rushed, into the affair without consideration]. (K, * TA in art. علط.) See 1. ― -b3- تَقَحَّمَ: see تَدَلَّثَ.
  • إِقْتَحَمَ Form VIII Open entry
    . See 1. ― -b2- Said of a young camel: see voce بُلَعٌ. ― -b3- اِقْتَحَمَ الغَمَراَتِ: see 1 in art. خوض. And اقتحم العَقَبَةَ: see عَقَبَةٌ.
  • قَحْمَةٌ An old woman
    , like قَحْبَةٌ, An old woman. See قَحْبٌ.
  • مُقْحَمٌ Redundant; pleonastic; foisted in
    Redundant; pleonastic; foisted in: applied to a word and to a letter. ― -b2- حَرْفٌ مَقْحَمَةٌ A letter inserted without reason. مُقْحَمَةٌ is also applied in like manner to a word. [In a copy of the S, in art. بهت, I find it written مُقْحِمَةٌ]: i. q. زَايأِدَةٌ. (TA in art. بهت.)

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