قَمِيصٌ
Root: قمص
Full Definition
def.2 [A shirt; a shift;] a certain thing that is worn, well known; 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; 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, ” only of cotton, or of linen; not of wool: or by this is app. meant that such is generally the case: 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: ” sometimes fem.: or masc.; but sometimes meaning a coat of mail (دِرْعٌ), and then it is fem.: pl. [of pauc.] أَقْمِصَةٌ and [of mult.] قُمْصَانٌ and قُمُصٌ. In a trad. mentioned above, it is used tropically.
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3 Also, or قَمِيصُ القَلْبِ,
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