كم
Root: كم
5 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
كم kam (interrogative and exclamatory particle with foll. noun in acc.) how much? how many! how much! │ كم ولد لك (waladan) how many sons do you have? كم مرة (marratan) or كم من مرة how many times? how often? how often! كم بالحري (ḥarīy) how much more ...! how much rather ...! بكم for how much? how much (is it)?
Entry 2
كم kamm amount, quantity │ نظرية الكم naẓariyat al-k. quantum theory (phys.)
Entry 3
كم kamma u (kamm) to cover, cover up, conceal, hide, cloak (هـ s.th.); to plug up, stop up (هـ s.th.); to muzzle (هـ s.o.) │ كم فمه (famahū) to stop s.o.’s mouth, silence s.o. II to muzzle (هـ s.o.); to muffle s.o.’s (ه) mouth; O to spike (هـ a cannon); to provide with sleeves (هـ a garment) IV to provide with sleeves (هـ a garment)
Entry 4
كم kumm pl. اكمام akmām, كممة kimama sleeve
Entry 5
كم kimm pl. اكمام akmām, اكمة akimma, كمام kimām, اكاميم akāmīm2 calyx (bot.); perianth (bot.)
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