قمل

Likely related to or from a metathesis of Classical Syriac ܩܠܡܐܿ (qlmʾ), itself from Aramaic כלמה, from Akkadian 𒄴 (kalmatu, “insect, bug”); cognate to ك ل م (k-l-m) in the sense of biting.

• IPA^(key): /qaml/

قَمْل • (qaml) m (collective, singulative قَمْلَة f (qamla))

1. lice, louse

قُمَّل • (qummal) m (collective)

1. lice, biting insects and vermin
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:133:

     فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ آيَاتٍ مُفَصَّلَاتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا مُجْرِمِينَ

     faʔarsalnā ʕalayhimu ṭ-ṭūfāna wal-jarāda wal-qummala waḍ-ḍafādiʕa wad-dama ʔāyātin mufaṣṣalātin fastakbarū wakānū qawman mujrimīna

     We caused to be sent upon them destruction abounding, locusts, lice, frogs, and the blood, as signs of proof discernibly clear, but they had considered themselves of greater importance and had been a people who caused wrongdoing to be encouraged.

2. ticks, mites, small ants
3. maggots, ringworm, weevils, parasites
4. rot, decay

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

From Arabic قَمْل (qaml).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.mil/, /ɡaml/

قمل • (gamil) m (collective, singulative قملة f (gamla), paucal قملات (gamlāt))

1. lice, louse

From Arabic قَمْل (qaml).

• IPA^(key): /qmal/

قمل • (qmal) m (collective, singulative قملة f (qamla), paucal قملات (qamlāt))

1. lice, louse

From Arabic قَمْل (qaml).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔaml/, [ˈʔa.m(ɪ)l]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaml/, [ˈɡa.m(ɪ)l]

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قمل • (ʔaml) m (collective, singulative قملة f (ʔamle), paucal قملات (ʔamlāt))

1. lice, louse