قمحة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Formed as a singulative noun from قَمْح (qamḥ, “wheat”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

قَمْحَة • (qamḥa) f (plural قَمْحَات (qamḥāt))

1. grain of wheat
2. grain (weight)
3. bud
4. piece of medicine swallowed

Declension

Declension of noun قَمْحَة (qamḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَمْحَة qamḥa	الْقَمْحَة al-qamḥa	قَمْحَة qamḥat
Nominative	قَمْحَةٌ qamḥatun	الْقَمْحَةُ al-qamḥatu	قَمْحَةُ qamḥatu
Accusative	قَمْحَةً qamḥatan	الْقَمْحَةَ al-qamḥata	قَمْحَةَ qamḥata
Genitive	قَمْحَةٍ qamḥatin	الْقَمْحَةِ al-qamḥati	قَمْحَةِ qamḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَمْحَتَيْن qamḥatayn	الْقَمْحَتَيْن al-qamḥatayn	قَمْحَتَيْ qamḥatay
Nominative	قَمْحَتَانِ qamḥatāni	الْقَمْحَتَانِ al-qamḥatāni	قَمْحَتَا qamḥatā
Accusative	قَمْحَتَيْنِ qamḥatayni	الْقَمْحَتَيْنِ al-qamḥatayni	قَمْحَتَيْ qamḥatay
Genitive	قَمْحَتَيْنِ qamḥatayni	الْقَمْحَتَيْنِ al-qamḥatayni	قَمْحَتَيْ qamḥatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَمْحَات qamḥāt	الْقَمْحَات al-qamḥāt	قَمْحَات qamḥāt
Nominative	قَمْحَاتٌ qamḥātun	الْقَمْحَاتُ al-qamḥātu	قَمْحَاتُ qamḥātu
Accusative	قَمْحَاتٍ qamḥātin	الْقَمْحَاتِ al-qamḥāti	قَمْحَاتِ qamḥāti
Genitive	قَمْحَاتٍ qamḥātin	الْقَمْحَاتِ al-qamḥāti	قَمْحَاتِ qamḥāti

Etymology 2

From قَمَحَ (qamaḥa), اِقْتَمَحَ (iqtamaḥa, “to swallow”) related to قَمْحَة (qamḥa, “a grain; a piece of medicine”) owing to the use of the plant in electuaries.

Alternative forms

• قُمَّحَان (qummaḥān), قَمَّحَان (qammaḥān)

Noun

قُمْحَة • (qumḥa) f

1. (obsolete) sweet flag, Acorus calamus; its stalks; its stalks brayed for perfume

   Synonyms: وَجّ (wajj), ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra)

   • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 856 (fol. 72v,2–3), page 991:

     قُمْحة هي قصب الذريرة منه، قال المؤلّف: في كتاب العين: القُمَّحان الذريرة ويقال الورس.

     Qumḥa: From the same author, it is the stalks of sweet flag. The compilator: In the Book of the Eye: The qummaḥān is the sweet flag and nicknamed wars.

Declension

Declension of noun قُمْحَة (qumḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُمْحَة qumḥa	الْقُمْحَة al-qumḥa	قُمْحَة qumḥat
Nominative	قُمْحَةٌ qumḥatun	الْقُمْحَةُ al-qumḥatu	قُمْحَةُ qumḥatu
Accusative	قُمْحَةً qumḥatan	الْقُمْحَةَ al-qumḥata	قُمْحَةَ qumḥata
Genitive	قُمْحَةٍ qumḥatin	الْقُمْحَةِ al-qumḥati	قُمْحَةِ qumḥati

References

• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قمحة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 810a
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قمحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 855b