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حذلم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of fullness, completion, and speed. It describes filling containers, preparing or perfecting something, and moving quickly. It also encompasses refinement, politeness, and a rolling or tumbling motion.

Derived headwords

حَذْلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to fillboth

    To fill a waterskin or container completely.

  2. 2.
    to prepareboth

    To prepare or make ready a horse.

  3. 3.
    to carveboth

    To carve or shape a piece of wood, like a lute.

مِحْذَلَمadjective
  1. 1.
    filledboth

    An adjective describing a container, especially a waterskin, that is full.

حُذْلُومadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftboth

    Describing someone or something that is light and fast.

تَحَذْلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become refinedboth

    When a person becomes well-mannered and polite, losing their foolishness.

حُذْلُمname
  1. 1.
    nameboth

    A proper name, derived from the root.

حُذْلُمname
  1. 1.
    Tamim ibn Hudlumclassical

    A specific person, Tamim ibn Hudlum al-Dabbi, who was a Tabi'i (a successor to the companions of the Prophet Muhammad).

حَذْلَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    speedboth

    The act of moving quickly or swiftly; haste.

  2. 2.
    rollingclassical

    A rolling or tumbling motion.

يَتَحَذْلَمُverb
  1. 1.
    to move rollingclassical

    To move as if rolling or tumbling along.

حَذْلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to rollclassical

    To cause something to roll or tumble.

ذَحْلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downclassical

    To throw someone down or to fell them; to prostrate.

Parallel reading

حذلم سقاءه إذا ملأه
He filled his waterskin when he filled it.
بشابة فالقهب المزاد المحذلما
With a young woman, the full waterskins were poured out.
وحذلم فرسه: أصلحه
And he prepared his horse: he made it ready.
وحذلم العود: براه وأحده
And he shaped the lute: he carved and smoothed it.
وإناء محذلم: مملوء
And a filled container: it is full.
والحذلوم: الخفيف السريع
And the swift one: he is light and fast.
وتحذلم الرجل إذا تأدب وذهب فضول حمقه
And the man became refined when he was well-mannered and his foolishness departed.
والحذلمة: الهذلمة، وهو الإسراع
And al-Hadhlama: it is al-Hadhlama, which is speed.
يقال: مر يتحذلم إذا مر كأنه يتدحرج
It is said: he passed by rolling, if he passed as if he were tumbling.
وحذلمت: دحرجت
And I rolled: I made it roll.
وذحلمت، بتقديم الذال: صرعت
And I threw down, with the precedence of the Dhal: I prostrated.
الحذلمة السرعة
Al-Hadhlama is speed.