Quranic root
قطمر
q · ṭ · m · r
The supplied lexical evidence centers on a minute feature of a date stone and its figurative value as an emblem of utter insignificance.
Concrete date-stone referents such as a trace, membrane, cleft, or germ-point are extended figuratively to the idea of possessing only a negligible amount, or nothing of consequence.
- Lane · entry 8621
- Mufradāt · row 1195
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
قِطْمِير
qiṭmīr
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The slight trace or thin membrane on the back of a date stone.
In 35:13, this minute date-stone remnant is invoked as the least conceivable possession.
- Lane · entry 8621
- Mufradāt · row 1195
Selected Quran examples
Quran 35:13word 28
“(as much as) the membrane of a date-seed”
A negligible amount or paltry possession; anything of no appreciable consequence.
In the Quranic construction concerning what others possess besides God, it denotes not even the smallest share, by reference to the minute date-stone membrane.
- Lane · entry 8621
- Mufradāt · row 1195
Selected Quran examples
Quran 35:13word 28
“(as much as) the membrane of a date-seed”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 35:13قِطْمِيرٍ(as much as) the membrane of a date-seed
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 4 Classical meanings
قِطْمِير
A cleft or split in a date stone.
A concrete date-stone sense distinct from the thin outer membrane and the germ-point.
- Lane · entry 8621
قِطْمِير
The thin integument or skin on a date stone, between the stone and the date flesh; the part called فُوفَة.
A concrete botanical or anatomical referent of the date stone.
- Lane · entry 8621
قِطْمِير
The white point or germ in the back of a date stone, from which the palm grows when planted.
A concrete germinal feature of the date stone.
- Lane · entry 8621
قِطْمِير
In the expression مَا أَصَبْتُ مِنْهُ قِطْمِيرًا, to obtain nothing from someone or something.
A conventional negated expression using the sense of a paltry or negligible amount.
- Lane · entry 8621
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
Lane records قِطْمَارٌ as a variant alongside قِطْمِيرٌ; the Quran-attested form and public headword are قِطْمِير.
Lane's printed Quran citation in this entry uses historical notation and is not treated as an independently derived modern verse location; the supplied QAC occurrence is 35:13.