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طمر

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

The root طمر (ṭamara) primarily relates to the concept of burying, hiding, or concealing something. It extends to meanings of covering, engulfing, and also encompasses actions like leaping, running, and disappearing. The root also denotes elevated or low places, and can refer to a swift or well-built horse.

Derived headwords

طَمَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to buryboth

    To cover something completely, especially by digging and filling it in.

  2. 2.
    to hide, concealboth

    To hide something or oneself in a place where one cannot be found.

  3. 3.
    to engulfclassical

    Used for a horse to fully immerse its bridle in the bit.

  4. 4.
    to leap, jumpboth

    To jump or leap, sometimes specifically downwards or upwards.

  5. 5.
    to go, disappearboth

    To go away, vanish, or disappear.

  6. 6.
    to rise, ascendboth

    To rise or ascend.

  7. 7.
    to descend, sinkboth

    To descend or sink.

  8. 8.
    to swellclassical

    Used for a hand to become swollen.

طَمْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    buryingboth

    The act of burying or concealing.

  2. 2.
    leapingboth

    The act of leaping or jumping.

طَمُورnoun
  1. 1.
    leapingclassical

    A type of leaping or jumping.

  2. 2.
    origin, rootboth

    The origin or fundamental basis of something.

طُمُورnoun
  1. 1.
    leapingclassical

    A type of leaping or jumping.

  2. 2.
    origin, rootboth

    The origin or fundamental basis of something.

طِمْرَانnoun
  1. 1.
    leapingclassical

    The act of leaping or jumping.

أَطْمَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to immerseclassical

    To cause something to be fully immersed or engulfed.

مَطْمُورَةnoun
  1. 1.
    underground pitboth

    A hole dug underground or a prepared underground place for hiding food or money.

  2. 2.
    prisonclassical

    A place of confinement or imprisonment.

مَطَامِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    pits for grainclassical

    Holes dug in the ground, widened at the bottom, for storing grain.

طَامِرnoun
  1. 1.
    fleaclassical

    A flea.

  2. 2.
    unknown personclassical

    Someone whose identity and parentage are unknown.

طَوَامِرnoun
  1. 1.
    fleasclassical

    Plural of طامر, meaning fleas.

مَطْمُورadjective
  1. 1.
    elevatedboth

    High or elevated.

  2. 2.
    loweredboth

    Low or sunken.

  3. 3.
    hiddenboth

    Concealed or hidden.

  4. 4.
    destroyedclassical

    Ruined or destroyed.

طِمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    high placeclassical

    A high place or elevated location.

  2. 2.
    path, courseclassical

    A path or course, whether clear or not.

طِمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    high placeclassical

    A high place or elevated location.

  2. 2.
    path, courseclassical

    A path or course, whether clear or not.

مِطْمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    building lineclassical

    A string or line used by builders to measure or guide construction.

  2. 2.
    father's exampleclassical

    Following in the footsteps or example of one's father.

مُطَمِّرَاتadjective
  1. 1.
    hidden sinsclassical

    Sins or matters that are hidden or concealed.

  2. 2.
    destructiveclassical

    Causing destruction or ruin.

طَمَرَتْ يَدُهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    his hand swelledclassical

    The hand became swollen.

طَمِرadjective
  1. 1.
    swift horseboth

    A fast-running horse, well-built for speed.

  2. 2.
    agileboth

    Nimble and ready for action.

  3. 3.
    tall-leggedclassical

    Having long and light legs.

طَمِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    swift mareboth

    A fast-running female horse (mare).

  2. 2.
    agile mareboth

    A nimble and ready mare.

طَمْرِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    swift horseclassical

    A fast-running horse.

  2. 2.
    one who owns nothingclassical

    Someone who possesses nothing.

طَمْرُورnoun
  1. 1.
    swift horseclassical

    A fast-running horse.

  2. 2.
    one who owns nothingclassical

    Someone who possesses nothing.

  3. 3.
    roller birdclassical

    A type of bird, possibly a roller bird.

أَطْمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    worn-out clothesboth

    Old, worn-out garments, especially cloaks not made of wool.

مِطْمَرnoun
  1. 1.
    building lineclassical

    A string or line used by builders to measure or guide construction.

طُومَارnoun
  1. 1.
    scroll, sheetboth

    A scroll or a sheet of writing.

طَامُورnoun
  1. 1.
    scroll, sheetboth

    A scroll or a sheet of writing.

مَطَامِيرname
  1. 1.
    name of a horseclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Al-Qa'qa' ibn Zur.

Parallel reading

طمر البئر طمرا: دفنها.
He buried the well, a complete burial.
وطمر نفسه وطمر الشيء: خبأه حيث لا يدرى.
And he hid himself and hid the thing, concealing it where it would not be known.
وأطمر الفرس غرموله في الحجر: أوعبه.
And the horse immersed its bridle in the bit, meaning it took it in fully.
قد طمرها، وإنه لكثير الطمور
He has covered her, and indeed he is abundant in intercourse.
والمطمورة: حفيرة تحت الأرض أو مكان تحت الأرض قد هيئ خفيا يطمر فيها الطعام والمال أي يخبأ
And the matmura is a pit under the ground or an underground place prepared secretly where food and money are hidden.
والمطامير حفر تحفر في الأرض توسع أسافلها تخبأ فيها الحبوب.
And the matamir are pits dug in the earth, widened at their bottoms, in which grains are hidden.
وطمر يطمر طمرا وطمورا وطمرانا: وثب؛
And he leaped, he leaps, a leaping, a leaping, and a leaping: he jumped;
هو الوثوب إلى أسفل، وقيل: الطمور شبه الوثوب في السماء
It is leaping downwards, and it is said: Al-tumoor is like leaping in the sky.
وإذا قذفت له الحصاة رأيته، ... ينزو، لوقعتها، طمور الأخيل
And when a pebble was thrown for him, you saw him, ... leaping, for its fall, the leap of Al-Akhyal.
وطمر في الأرض طمورا: ذهب.
And he went away in the land, disappearing: he went.
وطمر إذا تغيب واستخفى؛
And he disappeared when he was absent and hidden;
وطمر الفرس والأخيل يطمر في طيرانه.
And the horse and Al-Akhyal leaped in their flight.
هو طامر بن طامر للبعيد، وقيل: هو الذي لا يعرف ولا يعرف أبوه ولم يدر من هو.
He is Tamir bin Tamir for the distant one, and it is said: he is one who is unknown, and his father is unknown, and it is not known who he is.
ويقال للبرغوث: طامر بن طامر؛
And the flea is called: Tamir bin Tamir;
والطامر: البرغوث، والطوامر: البراغيث.
And Al-Tamar is the flea, and Al-Tawamir are the fleas.
وطمر إذا علا، وطمر إذا سفل.
And he rose when he ascended, and he sank when he descended.
والمطمور: العالي والمطمور: الأسفل.
And Al-Matmur is the high, and Al-Matmur is the low.
انصب عليهم فلان من طمار مثال قطام، وهو المكان العالي
So-and-so descended upon them from a Tammar, like Qattām, which is the high place.
وآخر، يهوي من طمار، قتيل
And another, falling from a high place, killed.
من نام تحت صدف مائل وهو ينوي التوكل فليرم نفسه من طمار ؛ هو الموضع العالي
Whoever sleeps under a leaning rock intending reliance on God, let him throw himself from a high place; it is the elevated position.
لأردنه إلى طمره أي إلى أصله.
I will return him to his origin, meaning to his root.
جاء فلان على مطمار أبيه أي جاء يشبهه في خلقه وخلقه
So-and-so came following his father's example, meaning he came resembling him in his nature and character.
أقم المطمر أي قوم الحديث ونقح ألفاظه واصدق فيه
Establish the Matmar, meaning correct the speech, refine its words, and be truthful in it.
وقع فلان في بنات طمار مبنية أي في داهية
So-and-so fell into the daughters of Tammar, meaning into a predicament.
عندي العظائم المطمرات ؛ أي المخبآت من الذنوب والأمور المطمرات، بالكسر: المهلكات
With me are the great hidden sins; meaning the hidden sins and matters, and Al-Mutamirat (with kasra): the destructive ones.
وطمرت يده: ورمت.
And his hand swelled: it became swollen.
والطمر والطمرير والطمرور: الفرس الجواد
And Al-Tamr, Al-Tamrir, and Al-Tamrur are the excellent horse.
كأن الأتان الطمرة ذات الطماح ... منها، لضبرته، في عقال
It is as if the swift mare, the one with high spirits... from her, when he mounted her, was tied with a rope.
والطمر: الثوب الخلق، وخص ابن الأعرابي به الكساء البالي من غير الصوف، والجمع أطمار
And Al-Tamr is the worn-out garment, and Ibn Al-A'rabi specified it as a worn-out cloak not made of wool, and the plural is Atmar.
رب ذي طمرين لا يؤبه له، لو أقسم على الله لأبره
Perhaps the one with two worn-out garments is not cared for, but if he swore by God, He would fulfill it.
والمطمر: الزيج الذي يكون مع البنائين.
And Al-Mitmar is the plumb line that is with the builders.
والمطمر والمطمار: الخيط الذي يقدر به البناء البناء، يقال له الترقال بالفارسية.
And Al-Mitmar and Al-Mitmar are the string by which the building is measured, called Al-Tirqal in Persian.
والطومار: واحد المطامير
And Al-Tumar is one of the Matamir.
الطامور والطومار الصحيفة
Al-Tāmur and Al-Tūmār are the scroll/sheet.
مطامير: فرس القعقاع ابن شور.
Matamir: The horse of Al-Qa'qa' ibn Shur.