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برطم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a large or protruding lip, often associated with a sullen, puffed-up expression of anger or displeasure. It extends to the act of pouting or becoming angry, and metaphorically to darkness.

Derived headwords

البُرْطَامnoun
  1. 1.
    man with thick lipsboth

    A man characterized by having large or thick lips.

البَرَاطِمnoun
  1. 1.
    thick lipsboth

    Lips that are large, thick, or protruding.

بُرْطَامadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-lippedboth

    Describing a lip that is large and thick.

بُرْطَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    poutingboth

    An expression of sullenness, puffing out the lips in anger or displeasure.

  2. 2.
    swelling from angerclassical

    The physical manifestation of anger, characterized by a puffed-up appearance.

بَرَّطَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to poutboth

    To make a sullen or angry face, often by puffing out the lips.

  2. 2.
    to become angryboth

    To exhibit anger, often with a visible expression of displeasure.

  3. 3.
    to darken (night)classical

    To become intensely dark, referring to the night.

مُبَرْطِمadjective
  1. 1.
    poutingboth

    Having a sullen or angry expression, with puffed-out lips.

  2. 2.
    arrogantclassical

    Displaying haughtiness or arrogance.

  3. 3.
    scowlingboth

    Having a frowning or angry facial expression.

تَبَرْطَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to pout in angerboth

    To become angry and express it by pouting or puffing out one's lips.

  2. 2.
    to pout from wordsclassical

    To react with anger or displeasure to something said.

مُتَبَرْطِمadjective
  1. 1.
    pouting angrilyboth

    In a state of anger, characterized by a pouting expression.

بُرْهَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pouting expressionclassical

    Similar to 'برطمة', an expression of sullenness or anger with puffed lips.

بُرْهَمadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-lippedclassical

    Having large or thick lips.

بُرْهَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    poutingclassical

    An expression of sullenness or anger, similar to 'برطمة'.

Parallel reading

البرطام والبراطم: الرجل الضخم الشفة.
Al-burtam and al-barātim: the man with the thick lip.
وشفة برطام: ضخمة، والاسم البرطمة
And a thick lip: large, and the noun is al-burtamah.
والبرطمة: عبوس في انتفاخ وغيظ
And al-burtamah: a frown with puffiness and anger.
مبرطم برطمة الغضبان
Pouting with the pout of the angry one.
بشفة ليست على أسنان
With a lip that is not over the teeth.
رأيته مبرطما، وما أدري ما الذي برطمه.
I saw him pouting, and I don't know what made him pout.
والبرطمة: الانتفاخ من الغضب.
And al-burtamah: the puffiness from anger.
ويقال للرجل: قد برطم برطمة إذا غضب
And it is said of a man: he has pouted a pout if he became angry.
وجاء فلان مبرنطما إذا جاء متغضبا.
And so-and-so came pouting angrily when he came displeased.
وبرطم الليل إذا اسود.
And the night became dark if it grew black.
الكسائي: البرطمة والبرهمة كهيئة التخاوص.
Al-Kisa'i: Al-burtamah and al-burhamah are like the appearance of al-takhāwuṣ.
وتبرطم الرجل أي تغضب من كلام.
And the man pouted, meaning he became angry from words.
وبرطم الرجل إذا أدلى شفتيه من الغضب.
And the man pouted if he let his lips hang out from anger.
هي البرطمة وهو الانتفاخ من الغضب.
It is al-burtamah, and it is the puffiness from anger.
ورجل مبرطم: متكبر، وقيل: مقطب متغضب
And a pouting man: arrogant, and it is said: scowling and angry.