# Kaf-Mim-Ayn — قمع (qmE)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/qmE

- **Meaning:** to beat on the head, subdue, tame, goad (an elephant) on the head, persecute, overpower, apply a mace or whip or grips, curb, restrain, hold in subjection, bring to submission. miqma'ah - mace, red whip.
- **Derived forms:** مَّقَٰمِع (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** مَّقَـٰمِعُ — maqāmiʿu · "(are) hooked rods"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلَهُمْ مَقَامِعُ مِنْ حَد۪يدٍ

Walahum maqamiAAu min hadeed

And for them are restraints of iron.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-21.md_

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