qumāma

rubbish

قُمامَة

Word

Noun · pattern فُعالَة

Root

ق م م

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فَالصُّنْبُورُ الَّذِي يُتْرَكُ مَفْتُوحًا، وَالْخُبْزُ الَّذِي يُرْمَى فِي الْقُمَامَةِ، وَالْمُكَيِّفُ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ فِي غُرْفَةٍ فَارِغَةٍ، كُلُّهَا تُضَافُ فِي النِّهَايَةِ إِلَى الْحِسَابِ.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries

قَمَّهُ Form I Open entry

: see 4; and ثَمَّهُ, in two places.
4 Form IV Open entry

↓ قَمَّتِ: see أَشْمَلَ.
تَقَمْقَمْتُهُ I took it, or devoured it, altogether

I took it, or devoured it, altogether. (TA in art. عب.)
قُمَامَةٌ Sweepings

Sweepings. (S, K.)
مِقَمٌّ who eats all that is upon the table

A man who eats all that is upon the table. (S, K. *) ― -b2- مِقَمٌّ and مِقَمَّةٌ: see مِثَمٌّ.
قُمْقُمٌ A certain well-known vessel

A certain well-known vessel; arabicized from كُمْكُمْ; (K, TA;) a vessel of copper, in which water is heated; also called مَحَمُّ; and called by the people of Syria غَلَّايَةٌ; as also قُمْقُمَةٌ: (Msb:) or a well-known vessel of copper, &c., in which water is heated, narrow in the head: and hence, (tropical:) a small vessel of copper or silver or china-ware, in which rose-water is put [for sprinkling, having a long and narrow neck, with a cover pierced with a hole or with several holes]; (TA;) the vessel of the perfumer: and, with ة, a vessel of brass, having two loop-shaped handles, which the traveller takes with him: pl. قَمَاقِمُ. (Msb.)
قَمْقَامَةٌ Open entry

: see حَلَمَةٌ and حَمْنَانٌ and طَبُّوعٌ.

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