Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

كَمَحَ الدَّابَّةَ, [aor. ـَ {يَكْمَحُ},] (inf. n. كَمْحٌ; M) andأَكْمَحَهَا↓; i. q. كَبَحَهَا (AʼObeyd, Ḳ) and أَكْبَحَهَا: (AʼObeyd:) or كَمَحَ الدَّابَّةَ بِالِلّجَامِ signifies He pulled in the horse, or the like, by the bridle and bit, in order that it might stop, and not run: (M:) andاكمحها↓, he pulled its bridle so that its head became upright, or erect. (Aṣ, Ṣ, M.)

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اكمح الكَرْمُ The grape-vine became in a state of commotion preparatory to its putting forth its leaves. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

اكمحت الزَّمَعَةُ The gem, or knot, in the place whence a bunch of grapes was about to grow forth became white, and what resembled cotton came forth upon it. (Az, on the authority of Et-Táïfee.)

See also اكمخ and أُقْمِحَ.

كَوْمَحٌ (and كُومَحٌ, L) A man (Ṣ) having large buttocks. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

Also كَوْمَحٌ, A man (TA) whose teeth fill his mouth so that his speech is thick: (Ḳ:) or a man whose teeth are crowded together, one upon another, so that his mouth seems to be straitened by them. (IDrd.)

فَمٌ كومح A mouth straitened by the great number of the teeth and by the swelling of the gums. (IDrd.)