ثرم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the breaking or chipping of teeth, particularly the incisors. It extends to the concept of being toothless or having a broken tooth, and by extension, can refer to defects or incompleteness. Metaphorically, it can describe things that are broken, incomplete, or defective, and also has specific applications in prosody and names of things.

Derived headwords

الثَّرْمnoun

1.
chipped toothboth
The breaking of a tooth from its root, or specifically the breaking of one of the front teeth like incisors or canines.
2.
broken incisorclassical
Specifically, the breaking of an incisor tooth.
3.
defectclassical
A general term for a break or defect, used metaphorically.

ثَرِمَverb

1.
to be chippedboth
The tooth became chipped or broken.

ثَرِمٌadjective

1.
chippedboth
Having a chipped or broken tooth.

أَثْرَمُadjective

1.
toothlessboth
Having a broken or missing front tooth, especially an incisor.
2.
defectiveclassical
Describing something incomplete or defective, used in prosody.

ثَرْمَاءadjective

1.
female with a chipped toothclassical
A female animal, particularly a sacrificial animal, with a chipped or broken tooth.

ثَرَمَهُverb

1.
to chip his toothboth
To strike someone on the mouth causing their tooth to become chipped.

يَثْرِمُهُverb

1.
he chips itboth
He strikes him on the mouth, causing his tooth to become chipped.

أَثْرَمَهُverb

1.
to make him chippedboth
To cause someone to become chipped (having a broken tooth).

انْثَرَمَverb

1.
to be chippedboth
To become chipped or broken (referring to a tooth).

انْثَرَمَتْverb

1.
it became chippedboth
It (a tooth) became chipped or broken.

إِثْرَامًاnoun

1.
chippingclassical
The act of causing a tooth to become chipped.

الأَثْرَمَانnoun

1.
night and dayclassical
A dual noun referring to the alternation of night and day.
2.
time and deathclassical
A dual noun referring to the passage of time and the inevitability of death.

الأَعْمَيَانnoun

1.
flood and fireclassical
A dual noun referring to two destructive forces: a flood and fire.

الثَّرْمَانnoun

1.
a plantclassical
A plant described as leafless, growing like the haradh plant, juicy, sour, astringent, and grazed by camels and sheep.

ثَرْمname

1.
a place nameclassical
The name of a specific incisor tooth's position, corresponding to a place called Al-Wasm.

Parallel reading

الثرم، بالتحريك: انكسار السن من أصلها

Al-tharm, with vowel movement, is the breaking of a tooth from its root.

وقيل: هو انكسار سن من الأسنان المقدمة مثل الثنايا والرباعيات

And it is said: it is the breaking of a front tooth like the incisors and canines.

ثرم، بالكسر، ثرما وهو أثرم والأنثى ثرماء

Tharim, with kasra, tharmā, and he is athram, and the female is tharmā.

وثرمه، بالفتح، يثرمه ثرما إذا ضربه على فيه فثرم

And tharimahu, with fatha, yathrimuhu tharmā, if you strike him on his mouth so his tooth breaks.

وأثرمه الله أي جعله أثرم

And Allah made him athram, meaning He made him toothless.

أبو زيد: أثرمت الرجل إثراما حتى ثرم إذا كسرت بعض ثنيته

Abu Zayd said: I made the man athram, ithrāman, until he became tharim, if you break some of his incisor.

وثرمت ثنيته فانثرمت

And his incisor broke, and it became broken.

وكل كسر ثرم ورثم ورتم

And every break is tharm, rathm, and ratm.

أنه نهى أن يضحى بالثرماء

That he prohibited sacrificing the tharmā (animal with a chipped tooth).

الثرم: سقوط الثنية من الأسنان

Al-tharm: the falling out of an incisor tooth.

والأثرم من أجزاء العروض: ما اجتمع فيه القبض والخرم

And al-athram from the parts of prosody: is what combines the qabḍ and the kharm.

والأثرمان: الليل والنهار

And al-athramān: the night and the day.

والأثرمان: الدهر والموت

And al-athramān: time and death.

والأعميان: السيل والنار

And al-a'mayān: the flood and the fire.

والخلة الحاجة

And al-khullah is need.

والثرمان: نبت، وهو فيما ذكر أبو حنيفة عن بعض الأعراب شجر لا ورق له

And al-tharmān: a plant, and according to Abu Hanifa from some of the Arabs, it is a tree without leaves.

وهو كثير الماء وهو حامض عفص ترعاه الإبل والغنم وهو أخضر

It is juicy, sour, astringent, grazed by camels and sheep, and it is green.

والثرماء: ماء لكندة معروف

And al-tharmā: a known water source of Kindah.

وثرم: اسم ثنية تقابل موضعا يقال له الوشم

And Tharm: the name of an incisor opposite a place called Al-Wasm.