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برعم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the bud or nascent stage of plants, including flowers and young fruits. It extends metaphorically to describe the early or initial stages of things, and also refers to specific geographical locations and mountain peaks.

Derived headwords

البُرْعُمnoun
  1. 1.
    budboth

    The bud of a tree or plant, specifically the flower or nascent fruit before it opens.

  2. 2.
    young shootclassical

    A young shoot or growth of a plant.

البُرْعُومnoun
  1. 1.
    budboth

    Synonymous with 'bur'um', referring to the bud of a tree or plant, including its flower or nascent fruit.

البُرْعَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    budboth

    A bud of a tree or plant, encompassing the flower and nascent fruit before opening.

  2. 2.
    small budclassical

    A diminutive form referring to a small bud.

البُرْعُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    budboth

    A bud of a tree or plant, including its flower and nascent fruit.

برعمتverb
  1. 1.
    to budboth

    The tree produced its buds.

مُبَرْعِمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    buddingboth

    A tree that has produced its buds.

تَبَرْعَمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to budboth

    The tree produced its buds.

بَرَاعِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    budsboth

    The buds of trees containing the fruit.

  2. 2.
    mountain peaksclassical

    The high peaks or summits of mountains.

  3. 3.
    clumps of vegetationclassical

    Patches of ground where vegetation grows, specifically referring to small plants or herbs.

  4. 4.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

كله: كم ثمر الشجر والنور
All of it: like the fruit of the tree and the blossom.
هو زهرة الشجرة ونور النبت قبل أن يتفتح
It is the flower of the tree and the light of the plant before it opens.
وبرعمت الشجرة، فهي مبرعمة وتبرعمت: أخرجت برعمتها
And the tree budded, so it was budding and it budded: it produced its buds.
الآكلين صريح محضهما، ... أكل الحبارى برعم الرطب
Eating their pure, unadulterated sustenance, ... eating the bustard's bud of the moist date.
وبراعيم الجبال: شماريخها
And the bra'im of the mountains: their peaks.
واحداتها برعومة
Its singular is bur'umah.
والبراعيم: أكمام الشجر فيها الثمرة
And the bra'im: the sheaths of the trees containing the fruit.
فيها الدهاب وحفتها البراعيم
In it are the sand dunes and surrounding it are the bra'im.
فقال: هي رمال فيها دارات تنبت البقل
And he said: They are sands with patches in them where herbs grow.
والبراعيم: اسم موضع
And al-Bara'im: a place name.
كأن قتودي فوق جأب مطرد، ... يريد نحوصا بالبراعيم حائلا
As if my riding beast were over a swift camel, ... he means a she-camel with young ones in al-Bara'im, pregnant.