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شرمح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes tallness and strength, particularly in men, and also tallness and lightness of body in women. It is used to denote a strong, tall man and a tall, slender woman.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْمَحnoun
  1. 1.
    tall, strong manboth

    A man who is both strong and tall.

الشَّرْمَحِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and strongboth

    Describing a man who is tall and strong.

الشَّرْمَحnoun
  1. 1.
    tall womanboth

    A woman who is tall and light of body.

الشَّرْمَحةnoun
  1. 1.
    tallness and lightness of body (woman)both

    The quality of being tall and light of body, specifically referring to a woman.

الشَّرَّامِحnoun
  1. 1.
    tall, strong menboth

    Plural form referring to men who are tall and strong.

شَرَامِحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tall womenboth

    Plural form referring to women who are tall and light of body.

Parallel reading

الشرمح والشرمحي من الرجال: القوي الطويل
The sharimḥ and the sharmiḥī from men: the strong, the tall.
ولا تذهبن عيناك في كل شرمح طوال
And let not your eyes wander to every tall sharimḥ.
وهم الشرامح
And they are the sharāmiḥ.
ويقال: شرامحة
And it is said: sharāmiḥah.
والشرمحة من النساء: الطويلة الخفيفة الجسم
And the sharmiḥah from women: the tall, light of body.
هي الطويلة الجسم
She is tall of body.
والشرمحات عندها قعود
And the tall women are sitting with her.
يقول: هي طويلة حتى إن النساء الشرامح ليصرن قعودا عندها بالإضافة إليها، وإن كن قائمات
He says: she is so tall that the tall women become seated beside her in comparison, even if they are standing.
والشرمح: كالشرمح
And the sharimḥ: is like the sharimḥ.
أشم طويل الساعدين شرمح
Lofty, long of forearms, tall.