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طمث

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 طَمَثَتْ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. طَمُثَ , (S, K,) or طَمِثَ , (Msb,) inf. n. طَمْثٌ; (Msb, TA;) and طَمِثَتْ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. طَمَثَ ; (Msb, K; [accord. to the former of which, the inf. n. of the latter verb seems to be طَمَثٌ; but accord. to the K, it seems to be طَمْثٌ;]) She menstruated; said of a woman: (S, Msb, K:) the primary signification, accord. to Th; that of “ devirgination, ” i. e. “ coition with the causing to bleed, ” being one subsequently given to طَمْثٌ: (TA:) or, as some say, for the first time: (Msb, TA:) and accord. to Lh, used peculiarly in relation to a girl, or young woman. (TA.) -A2- طَمَثَهَا, aor. طَمِثَ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and طَمُثَ , (S, Msb, K,) the former accord. to most of the readers in the Kur [lv. 56 and 74], (TA,) inf. n. طَمْثٌ, (S, Msb,) He devirginated her, (Fr, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) namely, a woman, (Mgh,) or his wife, (Msb,) causing her to bleed; (Fr, Mgh, Msb;) not otherwise: (Msb:) or, accord. to some, i. q. جَامَعَهَا, in a general sense: (TA:) in this sense the verb is used in the Kur; (Msb;) or, as some say, in the sense expl. in the next sentence: (TA:) and طُمِثَتْ, aor. تُطْمَثُ, she was caused to bleed by devirgination. (AHeyth, TA.) ― -b2- طَمَثَ, (AA, S, TA,) inf. n. طَمْثٌ, (AA, S, K, TA,) signifies also (tropical:) He, or it, touched a thing: (AA, S, K, * TA:) said in relation to anything that is touched: one says, مَا طَمَثَ ذَا المَرْتَعَ قَبْلَنَا أَحَدٌ (tropical:) No one touched this place of pasturing, or this pasture, before us: and مَا طَمَثَ هٰذِهِ النَّاقَةَ حَبْلٌ قَطُّ (tropical:) A rope such as is called عِقَال never touched this she-camel: (AA, S, TA:) and هٰذَا جَمَلٌ مَا طَمَثَهُ حَبْلٌ قَطُّ (tropical:) This is a camel which a rope has never touched. (TA.) ― -b3- And طَمَثَ البَعِيرَ, inf. n. طَمْثٌ (assumed tropical:) He bound the camel's fore shank to his (the camel's) arm. (TA.)

Derived headwords

طَمَثَتْverb
  1. 1.
مَا طَمَثَ ذَا المَرْتَعَ قَبْلَنَا أَحَدٌ
مَا طَمَثَ هٰذِهِ النَّاقَةَ حَبْلٌ
جَمَلٌ مَا طَمَثَهُ حَبْلٌ قَطُّ