Rizwan Zubair

Root ق م ح q-m-ḥ

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ق م حq-m-ḥ

— أَقْمَحَ يُقْمِحُ إِقْمَاحًاaqmaḥa yuqmiḥu iqmāḥan (verb form (bāb) ifʿāl): to raise the head and lift the chin, not letting the gaze lower; the original sense is a camel raising its mouth from the water.

مُقْمَحmuqmaḥ pl. مُقْمَحُوْنmuqmaḥūn (passive participle, ism mafʿūl): one whose head has been forced upward. Only once in the Quran, in the simile of shackles upon necks: ﴿إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِيْۤ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ أَغْلَالًا فَهِيَ إِلَي الْأَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُّقْمَحُوْنَ﴾ (Yā Sīn 36:8).

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