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ثعم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of pulling, dragging, and drawing something towards oneself. It can also describe a strong attraction or fascination that draws a person to a place or thing.

Derived headwords

ثَعِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull, to dragboth

    To exert force to move something towards oneself or in a particular direction; to haul or tow.

ثَعْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pulling, draggingboth

    The act of pulling or dragging something; the exertion of force to move an object.

تَثَعَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be attracted to, to be drawn toclassical

    To be fascinated by or strongly attracted to something, to the point of being drawn towards it.

ابن الثعامةname
  1. 1.
    son of a fornicatressclassical

    A derogatory epithet referring to the son of an adulterous or unchaste woman.

Parallel reading

الثعم: النزع والجر.
Al-tha'm: pulling and dragging.
ثعمه ثعما: جره ونزعه.
He pulled it, a pulling: he dragged it and pulled it.
وتثعمته الأرض: أعجبته فذعته إليها وجرته لها، على المثل، ونحو ذلك كذلك؛
And the land attracted him: it pleased him, so it drew him to it and pulled him towards it, by way of metaphor, and the like of that.
قال الأزهري: وما سمعت الثعم في شيء من كلامهم غير ما ذكره الليث؛
Al-Azhari said: And I have not heard 'al-tha'm' in anything of their speech except what Al-Layth mentioned;
ورواه أبو زيد بالنون.
And Abu Zayd narrated it with the letter 'nun'.
وابن الثعامة: ابن الفاجرة.
And Ibn al-Tha'amah: the son of a fornicatress.