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كَوْمَة
pile /ˈkaw.ma/
nounB2#3314 most common
Also: heap, mound, stack
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ كَوْمَةُ كُتُبٍ.
This is a pile of books.
تَحْتَ السَّرِيرِ كَوْمَةٌ مِنَ الْمَلَابِسِ.
Under the bed there is a pile of clothes.
جَمَعَ الْفَلَّاحُ كَوْمَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ التِّبْنِ بِجَانِبِ الْحَظِيرَةِ.
The farmer gathered a big pile of hay next to the barn.
انْهَارَتْ كَوْمَةُ الْحَطَبِ فَجْأَةً أَثْنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ.
The woodpile suddenly collapsed during the night.
تَحَوَّلَتْ كَوْمَةُ النُّفَايَاتِ الْمُهْمَلَةُ إِلَى مَأْوًى لِلْقَوَارِضِ فِي الْحَيِّ.
The neglected garbage pile turned into a shelter for rodents in the neighborhood.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الْجُهُودِ الْمَبْذُولَةِ لِتَنْظِيمِ الْمَكَبِّ، ظَلَّتْ كَوْمَاتُ الْقُمَامَةِ تَتَرَاكَمُ يَوْمًا بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ دُونَ حَلٍّ جَذْرِيٍّ.
Despite the efforts made to organize the dump, the garbage piles kept accumulating day after day without a fundamental solution.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَوْمَةٌ | أَكْوَامٌ |
| Genitive | كَوْمَةٍ | أَكْوَامٍ |
| Accusative | كَوْمَةً | أَكْوَامًا |
| Vocative | يَا كَوْمَةُ | يَا أَكْوَامُ |
Word family
كَوْمheap, mound (mass noun)
كَوَّمَto pile up, heap up
تَكَوَّمَto be piled up, to accumulate
مُتَكَوِّمpiled up, heaped
أَكْوَامheaps, piles
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root k-w-m (ك و م), which carries the sense of heaping or piling things up. Kawma is the singulative noun built on the pattern fa'la, meaning one distinct heap, as opposed to the plain mass noun kawm. The same root gives the verb kawwama, to pile something up, and the plural akwam, piles.
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