qimaṭr

satchel

قِمَطْر

Word

Noun

Root

ق م ط ر

Forms

Plural
قَماطِر

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • إِقْمَطَرَّ was, or became, distressful, or calamitous
    It (a day, S) was, or became, distressful, or calamitous. (S, K.)
  • قَمْطَرٌ Open entry
    : see قَمْطَرِيرٌ.
  • قِمَطْرٌ A repository for books or writings
    and قِمَطْرَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and with tesh-deed, [i. e. قِمَّطْرٌ and قِمَّطْرَةٌ,] but this pronunciation is extr., (K,) or, accord. to Yaakoob, (S,) or ISk, (TA,) not allowable, (S, TA,) A repository for books or writings, (S, Msb, K, TA,) resembling a سَفَط, [q. v., (in the TA, سقط, which is evidently a mistake,)] made of reeds woven together: (TA:) the first word is fem., like the second, as well as masc.: (Msb:) pl. قَمَاطِرُ. (S, Msb.)
  • يَوْمٌ قَمْطَرِيرٌ A distressful, or calamitous, day
    , and ↓ قُمَاطِرٌ, (S, K,) and ↓ مُقْمَطِرٌّ, (TA,) A distressful, or calamitous, day: (S, K:) or a day that makes one knit the brow, or contract the skin between the eyes: so the first is explained by some as occurring in the Kur lxxvi. 10. (TA.) ― -b2- شَرٌّ قَمْطَرِيرٌ, (TA,) and ↓ قُمَاطِرٌ, and ↓ قَمْطَرٌ, (Lth, TA,) and ↓ مُقْمَطِرٌّ, (TA,) Intense evil. (Lth, TA.)
  • قُمَاطِرٌ Open entry
    : see قَمْطَرِيرٌ, in two places.
  • مُقْمَطِرٌّ Open entry
    : see قَمْطَرِيرٌ, in two places.

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