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كَمَأَ

Root: كمأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

كَمَأَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun كَمْءٌ; and اكمأ ; He fed people with [the truffles called] كَمْء.

def.2 كَمِئَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun كَمَأٌ, He walked barefoot, and had no shoes, or sandals; حَفِىَ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ نَعْلٌ: (accord. to some copies of the S, on the authority of Ks, and so in the L: or, accord. to the K, and an excellent copy of the S, حَفِىَ وَعَلَيْهِ نَعْلٌ, which may signify He became thin in the feet, from much walking, though wearing shoes, or sandals:]) كَمَأٌ in the foot is the same as قَسَطٌ; [i. e., the being naturally stiff in the tendons].

def.3 كَمِئَتْ It became much cracked by reason of cold. Also written in a copy of the A كمأت; app. by a mistake of the transcriber.

def.4 كَمِئَ عَنِ الأَخْبَارِ Verbal.Noun كَمْءٌ, He was ignorant of, and understood not, or minded not, the news.
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