ثغم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific type of plant, often white or pale when dry, resembling white hair or snow. It also extends to describe a person with white hair and, metaphorically, a fierce dog. Additionally, it encompasses the act of embracing or caressing a wife.

Derived headwords

الثغامnoun

1.
Plant resembling jewelryclassical
A plant resembling jewelry, but thicker and with a sturdier stem, found in mountains. It grows green and turns white when dry, possessing a thick hump. It is also called 'darmanah-i-sefid' in Persian.
2.
White plantclassical
A white plant, whose fruit and flowers are white, resembling the whiteness of old age.
3.
Mountain jewelryclassical
A plant found in mountains, described as being whiter than jewelry.

الثغامةnoun

1.
Plant with a strong stemclassical
A plant with a strong, upright stem, likened to the head of an old man.
2.
White plant (singular)classical
A singular instance of the white plant described under 'al-thugham'.

أثغماءnoun

1.
Collection of white plantsclassical
A collective noun for the 'thughamah' plant, possibly with the 'alif' as a substitute for the 'ha' in 'athghamah'.

رأس ثاغمadjective

1.
Completely white-haired headclassical
A head that has become entirely white, referring to hair color.

المثاغمةnoun

1.
Embracing a wifeclassical
The act of a man embracing or caressing his wife.

المفاغمةnoun

1.
Embracing a wifeclassical
Synonymous with 'al-muthaghamah', referring to a man embracing or caressing his wife.

الثغمnoun

1.
Fierce dogclassical
A fierce or predatory dog.

Parallel reading

الثغام، بالفتح: نبت على شكل الحلي وهو أغلظ منه وأجل عودا، يكون في الجبل ينبت أخضر ثم يبيض إذا يبس وله سنمة غليظة، ويقال له بالفارسية درمنه إسبيذ «1».

Al-thugham, with fatha: a plant shaped like jewelry, but thicker and with a sturdier stem, found in the mountain. It grows green then turns white when dry and has a thick hump, and it is called 'darmanah-i-sefid' in Persian.

ولا ينبت إلا في قنة سوداء، وهو ينبت بنجد وتهامة.

It only grows on a black peak, and it grows in Najd and Tihamah.

التهذيب: الثغامة نبات ذو ساق جماحته مثل هامة الشيخ.

Al-Tahdhib: Al-thughamah is a plant with a strong stem, like the head of an old man.

أنه أتي بأبي قحافة يوم الفتح وكأن رأسه ثغامة فأمرهم أن يغيروه ؛

That Abu Quhafah was brought on the day of the Conquest, and his head was like a thughamah, so he ordered them to change it.

هو نبت أبيض الثمر والزهر يشبه بياض الشيب به؛

It is a plant with white fruit and flowers, resembling the whiteness of old age.

إما تري رأسي تغير لونه ... شمطا، فأصبح كالثغام الممحل

If you see my head has changed its color... streaked with grey, it has become like the barren thugham.

الثغام حلي الجبل يكون أبيض.

Al-thugham is mountain jewelry that is white.

الثغام أرق من الحلي وأدق وأضعف، وهو يشبهه، ونبته نبت النصي ما دام رطبا، فإذا يبس ابيض ابيضاضا شديدا فشبه الشيب به،

Al-thugham is thinner than jewelry, more delicate, and weaker, and it resembles it. Its growth is like the 'nasi' plant as long as it is moist, but when it dries, it becomes intensely white, thus resembling old age.

واحدته ثغامة، وأثغماء اسم للجمع، وكأن ألفيه بدل من هاء أثغمة.

Its singular is 'thughamah', and 'athghama'' is a name for the plural, and it is as if its two 'alifs' are a substitute for the 'ha' of 'athghamah'.

ورأس ثاغم إذا ابيض كله؛

And a 'ra's thaghim' if it has become entirely white.

أعلاقة أم الوليد، بعد ما ... أفنان رأسك كالثغام المخلس؟

Is it because of Umm al-Walid, after... the branches of your head are like the stripped thugham?

الثغامة شجرة تبيض كأنها الثلج؛

Al-thughamah is a tree that turns white as if it were snow.

إذا رأيت صلعا في الهامه، ... وحدبا بعد اعتدال القامه وصار رأس الشيخ كالثغامه، ... فايأس من الصحة والسلامه

If you see baldness on the crown, and a hunch after a straight posture, and the old man's head becomes like the thughamah, then despair of health and well-being.

المثاغمة والمفاغمة: ملاثمة الرجل امرأته.

Al-muthaghamah and al-mufaghamah: a man's embracing of his wife.

والثغم: الضاري من الكلاب.

And al-thughm: the fierce one among dogs.