Arabic

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Root
ك م ت (k-m-t)

Etymology

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Related to كُمَيْت (kumayt).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كُمْتَة (kumtaf

  1. bay (color)
    • a. 625, اَلأَعْشَى (al-ʔaʕšā), أَجَدَّ بَتِيّاً هَجرُها وَشَتاتُها (first half line)[1]:
      .كُمَيْتٍ عَلَيْهَا حُمْرَةٌ فَوْقَ كُمْتَةٍ يَكَادُ يُفَرِّي ٱلْمَسْكَ مِنْهَا حَمَاتُهَا
      .kumaytin ʕalayhā ḥumratun fawqa kumtatin yakādu yufarrī l-maska minhā ḥamātuhā
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