ثمثم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of stopping, halting, or pausing, often in the context of animals or movement. It also extends to meanings of breaking, crushing, or overcoming, particularly in relation to objects like swords or opponents.

Derived headwords

الثمثمnoun

1.
dogboth
A dog, specifically mentioned as a hunting dog.

ثمثمverb

1.
to stop, to haltboth
To stop or halt, used for animals like bulls and donkeys, and by extension for people.
2.
to pauseclassical
To pause or hesitate briefly.

تثمثمverb

1.
to stop, to haltboth
To stop or halt, used for animals and people.
2.
to falter, to stammerclassical
To speak without fluency, to stammer or falter in speech.

وثمثمverb

1.
to stop, to haltclassical
To stop or halt.

تعتمverb

1.
to hesitate, to falterclassical
To hesitate or falter in speech, similar to 'tal'athama'.

تعتمواverb

1.
to make hesitate, to cause to falterclassical
To cause someone to hesitate or falter.

غطىverb

1.
to coverclassical
To cover the head of an ewer or container.

مثمواverb

1.
to rest, to pauseclassical
To rest or pause for a short while.

روحواverb

1.
to rest, to pauseclassical
To rest or pause for a short while, used synonymously with 'mathamoo'.

الثمثامnoun

1.
breakerclassical
One who breaks things when taking them.

يثمثمverb

1.
to not bend, to not breakclassical
Describing a sword whose blade does not bend or break when struck.
2.
to not be crushedclassical
Describing a hump that is not crushed or damaged by a load.

ينثنيverb

1.
to bend, to foldclassical
To bend or fold, used in the context of a sword blade not bending.

ينكسرverb

1.
to breakclassical
To break or shatter, used in the context of a sword blade or a hump.

ينفطرverb

1.
to be crushed, to be smashedclassical
To be crushed or smashed, used for a hump that is not damaged.

يُقْهَرverb

1.
to be overcome, to be subduedclassical
To be overcome or subdued, used in the context of defeating an opponent.

Parallel reading

الثمثم: الكلب، وقيل: الثمثم كلب الصيد.

Al-thumthum: the dog, and it was said: al-thumthum is the hunting dog.

والعربج والثمثم كلب الصيد.

And al-'arabaj and al-thumthum are the hunting dog.

وثمثم الرجل عن الشيء وتثمثم: توقف، وكذلك الثور والحمار؛

And a man stopped from a thing and he stopped, and likewise a bull and a donkey;

فمر نضي السهم تحت لبانه، ... وجال على وحشيه لم يثمثم

So the arrow's shaft passed under its chest, ... and it moved on its flanks without stopping

وتكلم فما تثمثم ولا تلعثم بمعنى.

And he spoke, but he did not falter or stammer.

وثمثموا الرجل: تعتعوه؛ عن ابن الأعرابي.

And they made the man hesitate: they caused him to falter; according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

وثمثم الرجل إذا غطى رأس إنائه.

And a man stopped when he covered the mouth of his vessel.

ويقال: مثموا بنا ساعة أي روحوا بنا قليلا.

And it is said: 'Rest with us for a while,' meaning 'Give us a little respite.'

الثمثام: الذي إذا أخذ الشيء كسره.

Al-thumtham: one who, when he takes something, breaks it.

هذا سيف لا يثمثم نصله أي لا يثنى إذا ضرب به ولا يرتد؛

This is a sword whose blade does not bend, meaning it does not fold when struck with it, nor does it recoil;

فورك لينا لا يثمثم نصله، ... إذا صاب أوساط العظام صميم

And its bone was soft, its blade not bending, ... when it struck the middle of the bones, piercing.

حشا طويل الفرع لم يثمثم أي لم يكسر ولم يشدخ بالحمل، يعني سنامه، ولم يصبه عمد فينهشم؛

The long part of the branch was filled, not broken or crushed by the load, meaning its hump, and it was not intentionally struck so as to be crushed;

العمد: أن ينشدخ فينغمر.

Al-'amd: to be crushed and flattened.

وثمثم قرنه إذا قهره؛

And he subdued his rival when he defeated him;

فهو لحولان القلاص ثمثام

He is a subduer for the she-camels in their first year.