ثكم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the middle or core of something, particularly a road or path. It also extends to meanings of adhering to, clarifying, or establishing something firmly, akin to staying on the right path.

Derived headwords

ثَكَمnoun

1.
middle of the roadclassical
The central part or middle of a road or path.

ثُكْمَةnoun

1.
main roadclassical
A clear, well-trodden, or main road; a highway.

ثَكَمَverb

1.
to clarifyclassical
To make something clear, evident, and obvious, like a well-defined path.
2.
to adhere toclassical
To stick to or follow a path or principle firmly.
3.
to stay in placeclassical
To remain or stay in a particular place.

ثَكْمnoun

1.
clarificationclassical
The act of making something clear and evident.
2.
adherenceclassical
The act of adhering to or following something firmly.

ثَكَمَverb

1.
to follow the middleclassical
To take the middle course or path.

ثَكَمَverb

1.
to stayclassical
To remain or stay in a place.

ثَكِمَverb

1.
to stayclassical
To remain or stay in a place.

ثُكُمَverb

1.
to stayclassical
To remain or stay in a place.

ثَكَمَةnoun

1.
middleclassical
The middle or central part of something.

ثَكَمَةname

1.
Thakamahclassical
A proper name for a place.

Parallel reading

ثكم الطريق، بالتحريك: وسطه

Thakama the road, with harakat: its middle.

لما خشيت بسحرة إلحاحها، ... ألزمتها ثكم النقيل اللاحب

When I feared at dawn its insistence, ... I made it adhere to the middle of the dusty road.

والنقيل: الطريق

And al-naqeel: the road.

الثكمة المحجة

Al-thukmah: the main road.

توخ حيث توخى صاحباك فإنهما ثكما لك الحق ثكما أي بيناه وأوضحاه حتى تبين كأنه محجة ظاهرة

Follow where your two companions followed, for they clarified the truth for you, they made it clear and evident until it became like an apparent main road.

أنهما لزما الحق ولم يظلما ولا خرجا عن المحجة يمينا ولا شمالا

That they adhered to the truth and did not deviate, nor did they stray from the main road to the right or left.

أن أبا بكر وعمر ثكما الأمر فلم يظلماه

That Abu Bakr and Umar clarified the matter and did not deviate from it.

أراد ركبا ثكم الطريق وهو قصده

He meant they rode and followed the road, meaning its intended path.

وثكم بالمكان، بالكسر، يثكم إذا أقام به

And he stayed in the place, with kasr, yathkumu if he remained there.

وثكمت الطريق إذا لزمته

And he followed the road if he adhered to it.