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صرم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

صَيْرَمٌ ذ A calamity (K, TA) that extirpates everything. (TA. [See also صُرَامٌ, last sentence.]) -A2- Also Firm, or sound, of judgment. (K.) -A3- And i. q. وَجْبَةٌ, (S, M, K,) like صَيْلَمٌ, (TA,) i. e. An eating once in the day: (M, K, * TA: *) or, accord. to Yaakoob, an eating at the time [ of morning ] called الضُّحَى (M, TA) [ and not again ] to the like time of the morrow: (TA:) one says, فُلَانٌ يَأْكُلُ الصَّيْرَمَ (S, M, * K *) i. e. [ Such a one eats ] once (K, TA) in the day: but AHát says, I asked El-Asma'ee respecting the بَزْمَة and the صَيْرَم, and he said, I know it not: this is the language of the devil. (TA.)

Derived headwords

صَيْرَمٌ
  1. 1.
فُلَانٌ يَأْكُلُ الصَّيْرَمَ