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ثرمل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to eating and food preparation, often with connotations of haste, messiness, or poor quality. It also extends to meanings related to excretion, animal names, and specific anatomical or residual parts.

Derived headwords

ثَرْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat heartilyboth

    The people ate and drank from the food as much as they wished.

  2. 2.
    to prepare food poorlyclassical

    The food was not prepared well, nor was it cooked properly, nor was it cleaned of ash when it was served.

  3. 3.
    to not refine or perfectclassical

    He apologized to the guest, saying, 'We did not refine the work for you, meaning we did not make it choice or good for you due to haste.'

  4. 4.
    to not cook meat properlyclassical

    The meat was not cooked.

  5. 5.
    to not cook food due to hasteclassical

    A man did not cook his food properly, hastening to offer hospitality.

الثَّرْمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    messy eatingclassical

    Poor eating habits where one does not care how they eat, with food scattering on their beard and mouth, and hands getting dirty.

  2. 2.
    poor food preparationclassical

    The poor preparation of food, not cooking it well or cleaning it from ash.

  3. 3.
    female foxclassical

    The female of the foxes.

  4. 4.
    philtrumclassical

    The groove in the middle of the upper lip.

  5. 5.
    remnantboth

    A small remaining portion of dates or other food items.

ثرملverb
  1. 1.
    to urinateclassical

    To urinate, similar to 'dharmal'.

ذرملverb
  1. 1.
    to urinateclassical

    To urinate.

ثرملnoun
  1. 1.
    animalclassical

    A type of animal, mentioned by Tha'lab but not elaborated upon.

ثرملةnoun
  1. 1.
    name of a foxclassical

    One of the names for foxes.

ثرملةname
  1. 1.
    male nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

Parallel reading

ثرمل القوم من الطعام والشراب ما شاؤوا أي أكلوا.
The people ate and drank from the food as much as they wished.
والثرملة: سوء الأكل وأن لا يبالي الإنسان كيف كان أكله ويرى الطعام يتناثر على لحيته وفمه ويلطخ يديه.
And 'al-tharmalah' is poor eating, where a person does not care how they eat, seeing food scatter on their beard and mouth and dirtying their hands.
ثرمل الطعام: لم يحسن صناعته ولم ينضجه صانعه ولم ينفضه من الرماد حين يمله
Food was poorly prepared: its maker did not make it well, nor cook it, nor clean it from ash when serving it.
ويعتذر إلى الضيف فيقال قد ثرملنا لك العمل أي لم نتنوق فيه ولم نطيبه لك لمكان العجلة.
And one apologizes to the guest, saying, 'We have poorly prepared the work for you,' meaning, 'We did not refine it or make it good for you due to haste.'
ثرمل اللحم: لم ينضجه.
Meat was poorly cooked: it was not cooked.
ثرمل الرجل إذا لم ينضج طعامه تعجيلا للقرى.
A man poorly prepared his food when he did not cook it properly, hastening to offer hospitality.
ثرمل عمله: لم يتنوق فيه.
He poorly prepared his work: he did not refine it.
وإن حطأت كتفيه ثرملا، ... وخر يكبو خرعا وهوذلا
And if his shoulders were struck, he would urinate, ... and fall stumbling and urinating.
ثرمل وذرمل: سلح.
Tharmala and dharmala: to urinate.
والثرمل: دابة؛ عن ثعلب ولم يحلها.
And 'al-tharmal': an animal; from Tha'lab, but he did not define it.
والثرملة، بالضم: من أسماء الثعالب، الأصمعي: الأنثى من الثعالب ثرملة، بالضم.
And 'al-tharmalah', with dammah: from the names of foxes. Al-Asma'i said: The female of the foxes is 'tharmalah', with dammah.
والثرملة: الفرق الذي وسط ظاهر الشفة العليا.
And 'al-tharmalah': the groove in the middle of the upper lip.
والثرملة: البقية من التمر وغيره.
And 'al-tharmalah': the remnant of dates and other things.
وبقيت ثرملة في الإناء أي بقية من بر أو شعير أو تمر.
And a remnant remained in the vessel, meaning a remainder of wheat, barley, or dates.
ذهب لما أن رآها ثرمله
He went when he saw him, Tharmalah.