بهم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of plant called 'buhamā', known for its nutritional value and specific growth characteristics. It also extends to geographical names and abstract concepts like 'vague' or 'unspecified' terms.

Derived headwords

البُهْمَىnoun

1.
a type of plantboth
A specific type of herb or grass, highly valued by livestock when green, but thorny and difficult to handle when dry. It is considered excellent fodder.
2.
fertile landclassical
Used metaphorically to describe fertile land or excellent pasture, implying abundance and good grazing.

رعت بارض البهمى جميما وبسرة — She grazed on the land of buhamā, plentiful and lush...

بُهْمَىةnoun

1.
a single plantboth
The singular form of 'buhamā', referring to one plant of this species.

أَبْهَمَتْverb

1.
to grow buhamāclassical
The land has become fertile and has produced the plant 'buhamā' in abundance.

وأبهمت الأرض، فهي مبهمة: أنبتت البهمى وكثر بهماها — And the land produced buhamā, so it is described as having produced buhamā and its buhamā became abundant.

مُبْهَمَةadjective

1.
land that grew buhamāclassical
Describing land that has produced the plant 'buhamā' and where it has become plentiful.

بَهُمَverb

1.
to stay in a placeclassical
To reside or remain in a particular location without moving away.

وبهم فلان بموضع كذا إذا أقام به ولم يبرحه — And so-and-so stayed in such-and-such a place if he remained there and did not leave it.

البَهَائِمname

1.
a place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location, possibly a mountainous region.

والبهائم: اسم أرض — And Al-Bahā'im: a name of a land

المُبْهَمَةadjective

1.
vague, unspecifiedclassical
Used in grammar to refer to demonstrative pronouns or words whose meaning is not inherently specific without context.

والأسماء المبهمة عند النحويين: أسماء الإشارات — And the vague names according to the grammarians: are demonstrative pronouns

المُبْهَمَةadjective

1.
un-derived, fundamentalclassical
Referring to words or letters that have no discernible etymological root or derivation, considered fundamental.

الحروف المبهمة التي لا اشتقاق لها ولا يعرف لها أصول — The un-derived letters which have no derivation and whose origins are unknown

Parallel reading

وبهمى نبت

And buhamā is a plant.

هي خير أحرار البقول رطبا ويابسا

It is the best of the free legumes, whether fresh or dry.

وهي تنبت أول شيء بارضا

And it sprouts first when the ground is cold.

وحين تخرج من الأرض تنبت كما ينبت الحب

And when it emerges from the earth, it sprouts like grain.

ثم يبلغ بها النبت إلى أن تصير مثل الحب

Then the plant grows with it until it becomes like grain.

ويخرج لها إذا يبست شوك مثل شوك السنبل

And when it dries, thorns like the thorns of an ear of grain emerge from it.

وإذا وقع في أنوف الغنم والإبل أنفت عنه حتى ينزعه الناس من أفواهها وأنوفها

And if it falls into the noses of sheep and camels, they shy away from it until people remove it from their mouths and noses.

فإذا عظمت البهمى ويبست كانت كلأ يرعاه الناس حتى يصيبه المطر من عام مقبل

And when the buhamā grows large and dries, it becomes fodder that people graze until the rain of the following year reaches it.

وينبت من تحته حبه الذي سقط من سنبله

And beneath it sprouts its seed which fell from its ear.

البهمى نبت تجد به الغنم وجدا شديدا ما دام أخضر، فإذا يبس هر شوكه وامتنع

Buhamā is a plant that sheep find intensely desirable as long as it is green; but when it dries, its thorns emerge and it becomes repellent.

والعرب تقول: البهمى عقر الدار وعقار الدار؛ يريدون أنه من خيار المرتع في جناب الدار

And the Arabs say: 'Buhamā is the hearth of the home and the property of the home'; they mean it is among the best pastures near the home.

والأسماء المبهمة عند النحويين: أسماء الإشارات نحو قولك هذا وهؤلاء وذاك وأولئك

And the vague names according to the grammarians: are demonstrative pronouns like your saying 'this', 'these', 'that', and 'those'.

الحروف المبهمة التي لا اشتقاق لها ولا يعرف لها أصول مثل الذي والذين وما ومن وعن

The un-derived letters which have no derivation and whose origins are unknown, such as 'alladhī', 'alladhīna', 'mā', 'man', and 'ʿan'.