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قُمامَة
garbage /quˈmaː.ma/
nounB1#1701 most common
Also: trash, rubbish, refuse
Example sentences
ضَع القُمامَة في السَّلَّة.
Put the garbage in the bin.
رائِحَة القُمامَة كَريهَة.
The smell of the garbage is foul.
يَجمَع عُمّال النَّظافَة القُمامَة كُلَّ صَباح.
The cleaners collect the garbage every morning.
تَتَراكَم القُمامَة في الشَّوارِع بِسَبَب الإِضراب.
The garbage piles up in the streets because of the strike.
أَصبَحَت القُمامَة المُكَدَّسَة مَصدَراً لِلأَمراض في الأَحياء الفَقيرَة.
The piled-up garbage became a source of disease in the poor neighborhoods.
لا تُعامِل آراء الآخَرين كَأَنَّها قُمامَة تُرمى دونَ تَفكير.
Do not treat the opinions of others as garbage to be thrown away without thought.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قُمامَةٌ | قُماماتٌ |
| Genitive | قُمامَةٍ | قُماماتٍ |
| Accusative | قُمامَةً | قُماماتٍ |
| Vocative | يا قُمامَةُ | يا قُماماتُ |
Word family
قَمَّto sweep, to gather up
مِقَمَّةbroom
قُمامِيّgarbage collector
قُمّsweepings, rubbish heap
Etymology
The word derives from the triliteral root ق م م (q-m-m), which carries the sense of sweeping up and gathering. The verb قَمَّ means to sweep or to collect sweepings. قُمامَة follows the فُعالة pattern often used for residue or waste, naming what the broom gathers.
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