Quranic root
قمع
q · m · ʿ
The root has three principal lexical axes: a funnel or receptacle that admits liquid, coercive subjugation or forcible restraint, and a term for a large blue fly. The Quranic form belongs to the coercive instrument branch.
The lexical evidence relates funneling and subjugation through the idea of something being forced inward or brought under control, while several specialized nouns arise through resemblance or conventional naming.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مِقْمَع
miqmaʿ
- 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.
A mace, club, or other implement used to strike and subdue.
The Quranic occurrence is the broken plural مَقَامِعُ in the expression مَقَامِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ, referring to iron instruments of punishment and subjugation.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 22:21word 2
“(are) hooked rods”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 22:21مَّقَـٰمِعُ(are) hooked rods
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 12 Classical meanings
قِمَع، قِمْع
A funnel or receptacle through which liquid is poured.
Variant vocalizations قَمْع and قَمَع are also reported. In the expression أَقْمَاعُ القول, ears are figuratively likened to funnels when people hear speech without retaining or understanding it.
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اقْتَمَعَ
To consume all of the liquid contained in a vessel or waterskin.
A specialized verb based on the image of liquid entering a funnel; the cited construction is اقتَمَعْتُ ما في السقاء.
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قَمَعَ
To humble, overpower, or forcibly restrain; also, to strike someone with a mace.
The verb may describe subjugation directly or an action performed with a مِقْمَع.
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أَقْمَعَ
To drive a person back or repel him.
Used with a person as the object of the act of rejection or forced withdrawal.
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القَمَع
A large blue fly.
A specialized animal name; the lexical explanation connects the name with being driven or beaten away.
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تَقَمَّعَ
To ward flies off oneself.
Used especially of a donkey driving away the blue flies that settle on it.
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القَمَع
The uppermost part of a camel’s hump, above the spinal projections.
A specialized anatomical term for the top of the camel’s hump.
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القَمَع
A thickening in one of a horse’s knees.
A specialized term for an abnormal or pronounced thickening of the knee.
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القَمَع
A fleshy bump or excrescence at the eye-corner.
An anatomical term for excess flesh forming in the موق, the corner of the eye.
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قَمِعُ البُسْر
The basal part of a date, the material adhering around its stalk.
A specialized term used of the date fruit.
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قِمَعُ الأُذُون
The meatus or canal of the ear.
A specialized anatomical expression referring to the ear passage.
- Lane · entry 21127
قَمْعَةُ مالِ القوم
The choice portion or best selection of a people’s wealth.
An idiomatic expression for the finest part of a group’s property or possessions.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The supplied Quran occurrence is the plural مَقَامِعُ; the public headword is normalized to the singular citation form مِقْمَع on the basis of the explicit lexical evidence.
The contextual rendering “hooked rods” illustrates the supplied occurrence, while the lexical definition is the independently supported function of striking and subduing.