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ثرطم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of being silent, often due to anger or arrogance. It also extends to describe extreme corpulence in animals and other things.

Derived headwords

الطرثمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Silence from anger/arroganceclassical

    The act of being silent, often stemming from anger or haughtiness.

الثرطمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Silence from anger/arroganceclassical

    The act of being silent, often stemming from anger or haughtiness.

ثرطمverb
  1. 1.
    To be silent (from anger/arrogance)classical

    He was silent, exhibiting anger or arrogance.

  2. 2.
    To be extremely fatclassical

    He became extremely corpulent, especially referring to animals.

المثرطمadjective
  1. 1.
    Extremely fat (animals)classical

    Describing an animal that has reached extreme corpulence.

  2. 2.
    Extremely fat (anything)classical

    Describing anything that has reached extreme corpulence.

Parallel reading

الطرثمة والثرطمة: الإطراق من غضب أو تكبر
Al-tarthamah and al-tharthamah: The silence from anger or arrogance.
وقد ثرطم
And he was silent (from anger or arrogance).
والمثرطم: المتناهي السمن من الدواب
And al-mathrathim: The one who has reached extreme fatness among animals.
وقيل: هو المنتهي سمنا من كل شيء
And it was said: He is the one who has reached the extreme of fatness from everything.
وقد ثرطم
And he became extremely fat.