كمتة

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ك م ت (k-m-t)

Etymology[edit]

Related to كُمَيْت (kumayt).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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