تحم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns textiles, specifically types of fine cloth or garments, often described as striped or colored. It extends to describing colors of horses that resemble these textiles and the act of weaving or embroidering them. It also includes a term for a weaver.

Derived headwords

الأَتَحَمِّيnoun

1.
Type of fine clothclassical
A kind of fine, possibly striped, cloth or garment, often mentioned in poetry.

أمسى كسحق الأتحمي أرسمه — His traces became like the dust of the Atahammī.

وعليه أتحمي، ... نسجه من نسج هورم «1». غزلته أم حلمي، ... كل يوم وزن درهم — And upon him is Atahammī, ... its weaving from the weaving of Hurm. Um Hulmi spun it, ... weighing a dirham every day.

أَتَحَمَّهُverb

1.
To make like Atahammīclassical
To make something resemble the Atahammī cloth, implying a certain color or pattern.

أصبح مثل الأتحمي أتحمه أراد أصبح أتحميه كالثوب الأتحمي — It became like the Atahammī, he made it like it, meaning he made it resemble the Atahammī garment.

المُتَحَمَّةnoun

1.
Fine cloth (fem.)classical
Feminine form referring to the fine cloth or garment, similar to 'Atahammī'.

المُتَحَمَّةnoun

1.
Fine cloth (fem.)classical
Feminine form referring to the fine cloth or garment, similar to 'Atahammī'.

أَتْحَمَتْverb

1.
To weave/embroider clothclassical
The act of weaving or embroidering fine garments, specifically 'Atahammī'.

وقد أتحمت البرود إتحاما، فهي متحمة — And she wove the garments with 'itḥāman', so they are 'mutahammah'.

إِتْحَامًاnoun

1.
Weaving/embroideringclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) for the act of weaving or embroidering fine cloth.

وقد أتحمت البرود إتحاما، فهي متحمة — And she wove the garments with 'itḥāman', so they are 'mutahammah'.

مُتَحَمَّةadjective

1.
Woven/embroideredclassical
Passive participle describing cloth that has been woven or embroidered, specifically in the style of 'Atahammī'.

صفراء متحمة حيكت نمانمها ... من الدمقسي، أو من فاخر الطوط — Yellow, embroidered, its patterns were woven ... from damask, or from fine cotton.

المُتَحَمَّadjective

1.
Striped with yellowclassical
Describing fine cloth striped with yellow, as mentioned by Al-Farra'.

كأن الملاء المحض، خلف ذراعه، ... صراحيه والآخني المتحم — Like pure garments, behind his arm, ... his clear ones and the yellow-striped ones.

تَحَمَّتْverb

1.
To embroiderclassical
To embroider a garment, to add decorative patterns.

ويقال: تحمت الثوب إذا وشيته — And it is said: 'taḥamta' the garment if you embroidered it.

مُتَحَمّadjective

1.
Yellowishclassical
Describing the color of a horse that is tending towards reddish-yellow, resembling the 'Atahammī' cloth.

وفرس متحم اللون إلى الشقرة: كأنه شبه بالأتحمي من البرود، وهو الأحمر — And a horse of a color tending towards reddish-yellow: as if it were likened to the 'Atahammī' of garments, which is red.

أَتَحْمِيّadjective

1.
Yellowish (horse color)classical
Describing a horse with a color similar to the 'Atahammī' cloth, tending towards reddish-yellow.

وفرس أتحمي اللون — And a horse of 'Atahammī' color.

التَّحْمَةnoun

1.
Striped clothclassical
Fine garments striped with yellow, as defined by Al-Farra'.

قال: التحمة البرود المخططة بالصفرة — He said: 'Al-Taḥmah' are garments striped with yellowness.

التَّاحِمnoun

1.
Weaverclassical
A person who weaves cloth, specifically fine garments.

أبو عمرو: التاحم الحائك — Abu Amr: 'Al-Tāḥim' is the weaver.

Parallel reading

أمسى كسحق الأتحمي أرسمه

His traces became like the dust of the Atahammī.

وعليه أتحمي، ... نسجه من نسج هورم «1». غزلته أم حلمي، ... كل يوم وزن درهم

And upon him is Atahammī, ... its weaving from the weaving of Hurm. Um Hulmi spun it, ... weighing a dirham every day.

وصهوته من أتحمي مشرعب

And its canopy was of Atahammī, wide-spreading.

أصبح مثل الأتحمي أتحمه أراد أصبح أتحميه كالثوب الأتحمي

It became like the Atahammī, he made it like it, meaning he made it resemble the Atahammī garment.

وقد أتحمت البرود إتحاما، فهي متحمة

And she wove the garments with 'itḥāman', so they are 'mutahammah'.

صفراء متحمة حيكت نمانمها ... من الدمقسي، أو من فاخر الطوط

Yellow, embroidered, its patterns were woven ... from damask, or from fine cotton.

كأن الملاء المحض، خلف ذراعه، ... صراحيه والآخني المتحم

Like pure garments, behind his arm, ... his clear ones and the yellow-striped ones.

ويقال: تحمت الثوب إذا وشيته

And it is said: 'taḥamta' the garment if you embroidered it.

وفرس متحم اللون إلى الشقرة: كأنه شبه بالأتحمي من البرود، وهو الأحمر

And a horse of a color tending towards reddish-yellow: as if it were likened to the 'Atahammī' of garments, which is red.

وفرس أتحمي اللون

And a horse of 'Atahammī' color.

قال: التحمة البرود المخططة بالصفرة

He said: 'Al-Taḥmah' are garments striped with yellowness.

أبو عمرو: التاحم الحائك

Abu Amr: 'Al-Tāḥim' is the weaver.