كَمْءٌ
Root: كمأ
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كَمْءٌ
A well-known vegetable, [the truffle,] which comes forth from the earth like the
فُطْر: or what is called
شَحْمُ الأَرْضِ [the fat of the earth]; and the Arabs also call it جُدَرِىُّ الأَرْضِ [the small-pox of the earth]: it is also said that the name of كَمْأَةٌ is given to those [truffles] that incline to dust-colour and
black; and جبأة to those that incline to red: كُحْل and تُوتِيَا are compounded with the juice of this vegetable [to apply to the eye]: Th also mentions كَمَاةٌ [as used for كَمْأَةٌ]. The dual of كَمْءٌ is كَمْآنِ; the pl. أَكْمُؤٌ; and [pl. of mult.] كَمْأَةٌ: this last is not a pl. of كمء, but a quasi-pl. n.: [or كَمْأَةٌ is rather a coll. gen. n. of which the n. un. is without the ة, contr. to analogy: (see جَبْءٌ:)] in speaking of many, you say كَمْأَةٌ, contr. to analogy: or كَمْأَةٌ is the sing., and كَمْءٌ pl.: or [accord. to some,] كَمْأَةٌ is both sing. and pl.: AHn mentions كَمْأَةٌ as sing., and كَمْأَتَانِ as dual, and كَمْآتٌ as pl.: but the right opinion is that of Sb. [كَمْأَةٌ also signifies Any kind of fungus, such as the mushroom, and toadstool. See فُطْرٌ.]
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