قميحة

Arabic

Root
ق م ح (q m ḥ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.miː.ħa/

Noun

قَمِيحَة • (qamīḥa) f (plural قَمَائِح (qamāʔiḥ))

1. (archaic) anything that one swallows with a medicine, the pill it is contained in or an electuary
   • 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, 882 (fol. 74v,10–12), page 1015:

     القمائح اسم واقع على جميع السفوفات، قال المؤلّف: في اللغة يقال اقتمحتَ الشيء إذا بلّغتَه من راحتك إلى فيك، والاسم القميحة.

     Al-qamāʾiḥ is a name that applies for medicinal powders in genere. The author: From the lexicographers: One can say iqtamaḥta al-šayʾ (“you ate something”) if you swallow it from the palm of your hand to your mouth. The noun is al-qamīḥa.

Declension

Declension of noun قَمِيحَة (qamīḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَمِيحَة qamīḥa	الْقَمِيحَة al-qamīḥa	قَمِيحَة qamīḥat
Nominative	قَمِيحَةٌ qamīḥatun	الْقَمِيحَةُ al-qamīḥatu	قَمِيحَةُ qamīḥatu
Accusative	قَمِيحَةً qamīḥatan	الْقَمِيحَةَ al-qamīḥata	قَمِيحَةَ qamīḥata
Genitive	قَمِيحَةٍ qamīḥatin	الْقَمِيحَةِ al-qamīḥati	قَمِيحَةِ qamīḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَمِيحَتَيْن qamīḥatayn	الْقَمِيحَتَيْن al-qamīḥatayn	قَمِيحَتَيْ qamīḥatay
Nominative	قَمِيحَتَانِ qamīḥatāni	الْقَمِيحَتَانِ al-qamīḥatāni	قَمِيحَتَا qamīḥatā
Accusative	قَمِيحَتَيْنِ qamīḥatayni	الْقَمِيحَتَيْنِ al-qamīḥatayni	قَمِيحَتَيْ qamīḥatay
Genitive	قَمِيحَتَيْنِ qamīḥatayni	الْقَمِيحَتَيْنِ al-qamīḥatayni	قَمِيحَتَيْ qamīḥatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَمَائِح qamāʔiḥ	الْقَمَائِح al-qamāʔiḥ	قَمَائِح qamāʔiḥ
Nominative	قَمَائِحُ qamāʔiḥu	الْقَمَائِحُ al-qamāʔiḥu	قَمَائِحُ qamāʔiḥu
Accusative	قَمَائِحَ qamāʔiḥa	الْقَمَائِحَ al-qamāʔiḥa	قَمَائِحَ qamāʔiḥa
Genitive	قَمَائِحَ qamāʔiḥa	الْقَمَائِحِ al-qamāʔiḥi	قَمَائِحِ qamāʔiḥi