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تنم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific desert plant known as 'al-tanūmah' and its properties. It also extends to the act of a camel consuming this plant.

Derived headwords

التَّنُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Desert plantclassical

    A type of desert plant, described as having dark or greenish leaves, bearing small fruits resembling castor beans, which split open to reveal black seeds. It is eaten by animals like ostriches and gazelles.

التَّنُومnoun
  1. 1.
    The plant 'tanūmah'classical

    The plant itself, referred to without the feminine ending.

  2. 2.
    Fruit of the plantclassical

    The fruit or seeds of the tanūmah plant.

تَنُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single plantclassical

    The singular form of the plant 'tanūmah'.

تَنَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To eat 'tanūmah'classical

    To consume the plant known as 'al-tanūmah', specifically referring to a camel eating it.

وتنم البعير، بتخفيف النون: أكل التنوم — And the camel ate the tanūmah, with a lightened nūn.

Parallel reading

أن الشمس كسفت على عهده فاسودت وآضت كأنها تنومة
That the sun was eclipsed during his time, and it became dark and shone as if it were a tanūmah.
التنومة نوع من نبات الأرض فيه سواد «2».
The tanūmah is a type of earth plant that has blackness in it.
وفي ثمره يأكله النعام.
And in its fruit, the ostriches eat it.
التنوم شجر له حمل صغار كمثل حب الخروع ويتفلق عن حب يأكله أهل البادية، وكيفما زالت الشمس تبعها بأعراض الورق، وواحدته تنومة.
The tanūm is a tree with small fruits like castor beans, which split open to reveal seeds eaten by the desert dwellers, and wherever the sun moved, it followed with the turning of its leaves, and its singular is tanūmah.
التنوم من الأغلاث، وهي شجرة غبراء يأكلها النعام والظباء، وهي مما تحتبل فيها الظباء، ولها حب إذا تفتحت أكمامه اسود، وله عرق، وربما اتخذ زندا، وأكثر منابتها شطآن الأودية؛
The tanūm is among the thorny plants, and it is a dusty tree eaten by ostriches and gazelles, and it is something in which gazelles get trapped. It has seeds that turn black when their sheaths open. It has a root, and sometimes a stem is made from it, and most of its habitats are the banks of valleys.
وله بالسي تنوم وآه
And for him, in the desert, are tanūm plants and thorns.
التنومة، بالهاء، شجرة من الجنبة عظيمة تنبت، فيها حب كالشهدانج يدهنون به ويأتدمونه، ثم تيبس عند دخول الشتاء وتذهب؛
The tanūmah, with the 'hā', is a great shrub that grows, containing seeds like شهدانج (shahdanj) which they use for oil and as a condiment, then it dries up and perishes upon the arrival of winter.
التنومة شجرة رأيتها في البادية يضرب لون ورقها إلى السواد، ولها حب كحب الشهدانج أو أكبر منها قليلا، ورأيت نساء البادية يدققن حبه ويعتصرن منه دهنا أزرق فيه لزوجة، ويدهن به إذا امتشطن.
The tanūmah is a tree I saw in the desert; the color of its leaves tends towards blackness. It has seeds like شهدانج (shahdanj) or slightly larger. I saw women of the desert grinding its seeds and pressing out of them a viscous blue oil, which they use for anointing when they comb their hair.
التنوم حبة دسمة غبراء.
The tanūm is a fatty, dusty seed.
التنومة تمهة الطعم لا يحمدها المال.
The tanūmah is bland in taste; livestock do not praise it.
وتنم البعير، بتخفيف النون: أكل التنوم.
And the camel ate the tanūmah, with a lightened nūn.