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بقم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to wool fibers, specifically remnants or unusable parts. It also extends to a type of tree used for dyeing, which is considered a loanword. Additionally, it encompasses terms for weakness and a specific place name.

Derived headwords

البقامةnoun
  1. 1.
    Wool remnantclassical

    The usable part of wool that is spun, with the rest remaining.

  2. 2.
    Wool wasteclassical

    What falls from wool during carding and cannot be spun.

  3. 3.
    Wool debrisclassical

    What is blown away by the carder.

  4. 4.
    Weak personclassical

    A term used to describe someone weak in intellect or body, likened to unusable wool.

بقامnoun
  1. 1.
    Wool remnantsclassical

    Possibly a plural of 'buqamah', referring to wool remnants.

  2. 2.
    Woolclassical

    A variant or linguistic form of 'buqamah'.

البقمnoun
  1. 1.
    Dye treeclassical

    A tree used for dyeing, considered a loanword from other languages.

  2. 2.
    Dyeclassical

    A known dye, also referred to as 'andum'.

  3. 3.
    Tribeclassical

    A name for a tribe.

بَقَمname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly of non-Arabic origin.

Parallel reading

إذا اغتزلت من بقام الفرير، ... فيا حسن شملتها شملتا ويا طيب أرواحها بالضحى ... إذا الشملتان لها ابتلتا
If it is spun from the wool of the 'farir', ... Oh, how beautiful its covering is, and how pleasant its scent in the morning ... when the two coverings get wet.
وما كان فلان إلا بقامة من قلة عقله وضعفه شبه بالبقامة من الصوف.
So-and-so was nothing but a 'buqamah' due to his lack of intellect and weakness, likened to the unusable part of wool.
يقال للرجل الضعيف: ما أنت إلا بقامة
It is said to a weak man: 'You are nothing but a buqamah'.
البقامة ما تطاير من قوس النداف من الصوف.
Al-buqamah is what flies off the carder's bow of wool.
بكأس وإبريق كأن شرابها، ... إذا صب في المسحاة، خالط بقما
With a cup and a pitcher, as if its drink, when poured on the shovel, mixed with 'buqam' (dye).
بطعنة نجلاء فيها ألمه، ... يجيش ما بين تراقيه دمه، كمرجل الصباغ جاش بقمه
With a deep stab, its pain, his blood churned between his collarbones, like the dye-maker's cauldron, his 'buqam' (dye) churned.
أعطوا البعيث جفة ومنسجا، ... وافتحلوه بقرا بتوجا
They gave Al-Ba'ith a carcass and a weaving, and they opened it up with 'buqran' in Tuwaja.
وأعين العين بأعلى خودا
And the eyes of the eye in the heights of Khawd.