قمص

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Form 1قَمَصَ1 sense

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarقَمْصٌ

Core sense — he raised and put down his fore legs together; he leaped; he shiedgenerated

1.1figurative · مجازthis beast has a habit of raising and putting down her fore legs together, and beating the ground with her hind legs—هٰذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ فِيهَا قِمَاصٌ

Muḍāriʿ قَمُصَ and قَمِصَ; maṣdar قَمْصٌ and قِمَاصٌ (or this is a simple substantive) and قُمَاصٌ (or this last is not allowable).

Said of a horse or other animal, or of a camel: he raised his fore legs together and put them down together, on being mounted or ridden, and beat the ground with his hind feet; like اِسْتَنَّ, and also قمّص.

قُمَاصٌ, with damm, is the maṣdar when the meaning is that he did so usually.

With the maṣdar قِمَاصٌ and قُمَاصٌ: he pranced, leaped, sprang, or bounded.

With the maṣdar قِمَاصٌ: he became restless or unsteady, and took fright, and ran away at random, or shied.

With the maṣdar قُمَاصٌ: said of a bird of the kind called نُغَر, it did not stay steadily in a place, but leaped from its place impatiently.

With the: he took fright, and ran away at random, or shied, and turned aside.

You should not say قُمَاصٌ. You may also say قُمَاصٌ, and قَمَاصٌ, which is the most chaste of these.

there is no power in the ass of raising and putting down his fore legs together—مَا بِالعَيْرِ مِنْ قِمَاصٍ

This is a proverb; it is also related as قُمَاصٍ, and as قِمَاصٍ; that is, الحِمَار.

is there not, then, any power in the ass?—أَفَلَا قُمَاصَ بِالعَيْرِ

it leaped, or sprang, and took fright and ran away at random, or shied, with him, and threw him down—فَقَمَصَتْ بِهِ فَصَرَعَتْهُ

the she-camel went briskly with the rider on her hinder part—قَمَّصَتِ النَّاقَةُ بِالرَّدِيفِ

the sea put the ship in a state of commotion by its waves—قَمَصَ البَحْرُ بِالسَّفِينَةِ

Applied to one who has become low, or mean, after being high in rank or condition; and to a weak man in whom there is no activity.

So Sb relates the proverb.

Occurs in a tradition.

Also قَمَّصَ بِهَا.

the earth will be in a state of commotion with you—لَتَقْمِصَنَّ بِكُمُ الأَرْضُ قُمَاصَ النُّغَرِ

In a tradition, [like the commotion of the kind of bird called نغر ].

restlessness, or unsteadiness, seized him—أَخَذَهُ القِمَاصُ

apparently: his hind leg became twitched up, as in springhalt—قَمَصَتْ رِجْلُةُ

Said of a horse whose sciatic vein or nerve is contracted ( شَنِجَ, not شبح as in Freytag's Lexicon).

he has a twitching up of the hock—إِنَّهُ لَقَامِصُ العُرْقُوبِ

See also عُسَافٌ.

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, aor. قَمُصَ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and قَمِصَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. قَمْصٌ (S, Msb, K) and قِمَاصٌ , (S, M, A, K, or this is a simple subst., Msb,) and قُمَاصٌ , (M, K, or this last is not allowable, S,) He (a horse or other animal, S, A, K, or a camel, Msb) raised his fore legs together and put them down together, (S, A, Msb, K,) on being mounted or ridden, (Msb,) and beat the ground ( عَجَنَ ) with his hind feet; (S, K;) like اِسْتَنَّ ; (S;) as also قمّص : (A:) or قُمَاصٌ , with damm, is the inf. n. when it signifies he did so usually: (K:) and, inf. n. قِمَاصٌ and قُمَاصٌ , he pranced, leaped, sprang, or bounded: (M, K:) and, inf. n. قِمَاصٌ , he was, or became, restless, unquiet, or unsteady, (K, TA,) and took fright, and ran away at random, or shied: (TA:) and, inf. n. قُمَاصٌ , it (a bird of the kind called نُغَر ) remained not steadily in a place, but leaped from its place impatiently: and, inf. n. قَمْصٌ , he took fright, and ran away at random, or shied, and turned aside or away. (TA.) You say, هٰذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ فِيهَا قِمَاصٌ ; you should not say قُمَاصٌ ; (S;) or you say قُمَاصٌ also; (TA;) and قَمَاصٌ , which last is the most chaste; (L, TA;) This beast has in her a property of raising and putting down her fore legs together, and beating the ground with her hind legs. (S.) And it is said in a proverb, (S,) مَا بِالعَيْرِ مِنْ قِمَاصٍ , (S, A, K,) and قُمَاصٍ ; (Sgh, TA; and so, as well as قِمَاصٍ , in two copies of the S;) i. e. الحِمَار ; (S;) [There is not in the ass any power of raising and putting down his fore legs together, &c.;] applied to him who has become low, or mean, after being high, in rank, or condition; (S, A, K;) and to a weak man, in whom is no activity: (A, K:) or, as the proverb is related by Sb, أَفَلَا قُمَاصَ بِالعَيْرِ [Is there not, then, any power &c. in the ass?] (M, TA.) And in a trad., فَقَمَصَتْ بِهِ فَصَرَعَتْهُ And it leaped, or sprang, or bounded, and took fright, and ran away at random, or shied, with him, and threw him down. (TA.) You also say, قَمَّصَتِ النَّاقَةُ بِالرَّدِيفِ The she-camel went briskly with the rider upon the hinder part. (A.) And قَمَصَ البَحْرُ بِالسَّفِينَةِ , (S, K,) or قَمَّصَ بِهَا , (A,) The sea put the ship in a state of commotion (S, A, K) by the waves (S, A) thereof. (A.) And it is said in a trad., لَتَقْمِصَنَّ بِكُمُ الأَرْضُ قُمَاصَ النُّغَرِ Verily the earth shall be in a state of commotion with you [like the commotion of the kind of bird called نغر ]. (TA.) You say also, أَخَذَهُ القِمَاصُ Restlessness, or inquietude, or unsteadiness, seized him. (A, TA.) And, of a horse whose sciatic vein or nerve is contracted, ( شَنِجَ , [not شبح as in Freytag's Lexicon,]) قَمَصَتْ رِجْلُةُ [app. meaning, His hind leg became twitched up, as in springhalt]: in which case you also say of him, إِنَّهُ لَقَامِصُ العُرْقُوبِ [as though meaning, verily he has a twitching up of the hock]. (S, TA.) [See also عُسَافٌ .]

Form 2قَمَّصَ3 senses · 2 main

maṣdarتَقْمِيصٌ

Core sense — he clad him with a shirt; he cut out a shirt from clothgenerated

2.1

See 1, in three places.

2.2figurative · مجازhe clad him with a قميص [or shirt]—قمّصهُ قَمِيصًا

he clad him with a garment as a shirt—قمّصهُ ثَوْبًا

God invested him with the variegated robe of the office of Khaleefeh—قمّصهُ ٱللّٰهُ وَشْىَ الخِلَافَةِ

God will invest you with the apparel of the office of Khaleefeh, and will ennoble and adorn you as one is ennobled and adorned on whom a robe of honour is conferred—إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ سَيُقَمِّصُكَ قَمِيصًا

In a tradition, Moḥammad said this to 'Othmán.

2.2.1he cut out a قَمِيص [or shirt] from the piece of cloth—قمّص الثَّوْبَ

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see 1, in three places. قمّصهُ قَمِيصًا He clad him with a قميص [or shirt]: (S, Msb, K:) and قمّصهُ ثَوْبًا [he clad him with a garment as a shirt]. (A.) [Hence] you say, قمّصهُ ٱللّٰهُ وَشْىَ الخِلَافَةِ [God invested him with the variegated robe of the office of Khaleefeh]. (A.) And it is said in a trad., (K, TA,) that Mohammad said to 'Othmán, (TA,) إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ سَيُقَمِّصُكَ قَمِيصًا , meaning Verily God will invest thee with the apparel of the office of Khaleefeh, (K, TA,) and will ennoble and adorn thee like as he is ennobled and adorned who has a robe of honour conferred upon him. (TA.) قمّص الثَّوْبَ , (inf. n. تَقْمِيصٌ , TA,) He cut out a قَمِيص [or shirt] from the piece of cloth. (Lh, M, A, TA.)

Form 5تقمّص فِى النَّهْرِ2 senses

Core sense — he clad himself with a shirt; he became invested with office; he became immersedgenerated

5.1

He turned over, and became immersed, in the river.

5.2figurative · مجازhe clad himself with a قميص [or shirt]—تقمّص

Also تقمّص قَمِيصًا.

he became invested with the office of commander, prefect, or the like—تقمّص الإِمَارَةَ

Also الوِلَايَةَ.

he became invested with might, or nobility—تقمّص لِبَاسَ العِزِّ

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He turned over, and became immersed, in the river. (TA.) تقمّص , (K,) or تقمّص قَمِيصًا , (S, M, A, Msb,) He clad himself with a قميص [or shirt]. (S, M, A, Msb, K.) [Hence] you say, تقمّص الإِمَارَةَ and الوِلَايَةَ [He became invested with the office of commander, prefect, or the like]. (TA.) And تقمّص لِبَاسَ العِزِّ [He became invested with might, or nobility. (A, TA.)

Form 6تقامص الصِّبْيَانُ1 sense

Core sense — they contended with one another in leaping, springing, or boundinggenerated

6.1between them is a contending in leaping—بَيْنَهُمْ مُقَامَصَةٌ

Apparently: the boys contended in leaping, springing, or bounding, raising both legs together and putting them down together.

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[app., The boys contended in leaping, springing, or bounding, raising both the legs together and putting them down together]: and بَيْنَهُمْ مُقَامَصَةٌ [between them is a contending in leaping, &c.]. (A, TA.)

Derived nouns 7

Nounإِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ القِمْصَةِ1 sense

Core sense — he has a good way of putting on the shirtgenerated

He has a good way of attiring himself with the shirt.

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[Verily he has a good mode of attiring himself with the shirt]. (Lh, M.)

Nounقِمِصَّى1 sense

Core sense — a leaping, springing, or bounding; a quick rungenerated

Same as قُِمَاصٌ, that is, a leaping, springing, or bounding; or same as قِبِصَّى, that is, a quick run.

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i. q. قُِمَاصٌ , i. e. A leaping, springing, or bounding: (Kr, M:) or i. q. قِبِصَّى , (K,) i. e. a quick run. (Fr, TA.)

Nounقَمَاصٌ1 sense

Core sense — a leaping or springing; restlessness, unsteadinessgenerated

This, and قُمَاصٌ and قِمَاصٌ: see 1, in various places.

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and قُمَاصٌ and قِمَاصٌ : see 1, passim.

Nounقَمُوصٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a beast of carriage that leaps with its master; restless; the liongenerated

A beast of carriage that leaps, springs, or bounds with its master.

Also قَمِيصٌ, which likewise means a hackney that leaps much.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Restless; unquiet; that does not remain steadily in a place.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

The lion: because he goes about in search of his prey.

1.3figurative · مجازhe is a liar—إِنَّهُ لَقَمُوصُ الحَنْجَرَةِ

Also غموص.

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A beast of carriage that leaps, springs, or bounds, ( تَقْمِصُ , K, i. e. تَثِبُ , TA,) with its master; as also قَمِيصٌ ; (K;) likewise signifying a hackney ( بِرْذَوْن ) that leaps, &c., much. (TA.) Restless; unquiet; that does not remain steadily in a place. (K, * TA.) The lion: (IKh, L:) because he goes about in search of his prey. (TA.) إِنَّهُ لَقَمُوصُ الحَنْجَرَةِ Verily he is a liar; (Kr, M, A;) as also غموص . (TA.)

Nounقَمِيصٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a shirt; the pericardium; the membrane enclosing a child in the wombgenerated

See قَمُوصٌ.

A shirt; a shift; a certain well-known thing that is worn.

According to El-Keiyim Ibn-El-Jezeree and others, a sewed garment with two sleeves, not opened down the front, worn beneath the other clothes.

According to El-Hulwánee, the one whose slit is towards the shoulder-joint; it differs in this from a woman's دِرْع, whose opening for the head to pass through extends towards the bosom. Mtr says he does not find this in the lexicons.

Ibn-El-Hajar El-Mekkee: some copies of the K have "or" and others "and": only of cotton, or of linen, not of wool; or apparently what is meant is that such is generally the case.

According to some, it may be from the skin so called, which is the pericardium; but according to Z the reverse is the case; or it may be from تَقَيَّصَ, meaning "he turned himself over".

Sometimes feminine; or masculine, but when it means a coat of mail it is feminine.

Plural of paucity أَقْمِصَةٌ; of multitude قُمْصَانٌ and قُمُصٌ.

In the tradition mentioned above (see 2), it is used figuratively.

2.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

The membrane that encloses a child in the womb.

2.2figurative · مجازfear rent open his pericardium, or the fat of his heart—هَتَكَ الخَوْفُ قَمِيصَ قَلْبِهِ

Also, or قَمِيصُ القَلْبِ: the pericardium; or the latter means the fat of the heart, apparently as being likened to the garment mentioned above.

And, by a synecdoche, the heart itself with what belongs to it: see an example in a verse cited in art. سود, form 9.

Qur’ānic occurrences قَمِيص 4 shown of 6

12:26

قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true) self." And one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus):- "If it be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he is a liar!

12:27

وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

"But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar, and he is telling the truth!"

12:28

فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ ۖ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ

So when he saw his shirt,- that it was torn at the back,- (her husband) said: "Behold! It is a snare of you women! truly, mighty is your snare!

12:93

ٱذْهَبُوا۟ بِقَمِيصِى هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِى يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا وَأْتُونِى بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

"Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: he will come to see (clearly). Then come ye (here) to me together with all your family."

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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: see قَمُوصٌ . [A shirt; a shift;] a certain thing that is worn, (S,) well known; (M, K;) accord. to El-Keiyim Ibn-El-Jezeree, and others, a sewed garment with two sleeves, not opened [down the front], worn beneath the [other] clothes; (TA;) accord. to El-Hulwánee, that of which the slit is towards, or to, the shoulder-joint; thus differing from a woman's دِرْع , of which the opening for the head to pass through extends towards, or to, the bosom; but this [says Mtr] I find not in the lexicons: (Mgh, art. درع :) “ or, ” as in some copies of the K, but in others “ and, ” (TA,) only of cotton, (K,) or of linen; (TA;) not of wool: (Sgh, K:) or by this is app. meant that such is generally the case: (Ibn-El-Hajar El-Mekkee, TA:) accord. to some, it may be from the skin [so called] which is the pericardium; [but accord. to Z, the reverse is the case;] or from تَقَيَّصَ signifying “ he turned himself over: ” (TA:) sometimes fem.: (K:) or masc.; but sometimes meaning a coat of mail ( دِرْعٌ ), and then it is fem.: (M, TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَقْمِصَةٌ (S, M, K) and [of mult.] قُمْصَانٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and قُمُصٌ . (M, Msb, K.) In a trad. mentioned above, (see 2,) it is used tropically. (TA.) The membrane that encloses a child in the womb. (Sgh, K.) Also, (K,) or قَمِيصُ القَلْبِ , (A,) The pericardium: (IAar, K:) or the latter signifies the fat of the heart; app. as being likened to the garment above mentioned: (M:) [and, by a synecdoche, the heart itself, with its appertenances: see an ex. in a verse cited in art. سود , conj. 9.] You say, هَتَكَ الخَوْفُ قَمِيصَ قَلْبِهِ [Fear rent open his pericardium, or the fat of his heart]. (A, TA.)

Nounقَمَّاصٌ1 sense

Core sense — a seller of shirtsgenerated

A seller of قُمْصَان [or shirts].

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A seller of قُمْصَان [or shirts]. (TA.)

Nounقَامِصٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — leaping, springing; kicking, striking with the footgenerated

See 1, of which this is the ism fāʿil. And see an example under مَوْقُوصٌ.

1.1

Kicking; striking with the foot.

1.2

قَامِصُ العُرْقُوبِ: see 1, last meaning.

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: see 1, of which it is the act. part. n.: and see an ex. voce مَوْقُوصٌ . Kicking; striking with the foot. (TA.) قَامِصُ العُرْقُوبِ : see 1, last signification.