حرجم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of causing animals, particularly camels, to bunch up or gather together. It extends to concepts of crowding, congestion, and by extension, implies a state of being gathered or compressed, often due to hardship or scarcity.

Derived headwords

حَرجمَverb

1.
to cause to bunch upclassical
To make animals, especially camels, gather closely together by causing some to turn back onto others.

حِرْجَمnoun

1.
bunching upclassical
The act of animals bunching up or gathering together.

احْرَنْجَمَverb

1.
to bunch upclassical
Used for animals, especially camels, to gather and bunch up together.
2.
to crowd togetherclassical
Used for people to crowd or throng together.
3.
to gather and lie downclassical
Used for animals to gather, lie down, and bunch together.
4.
to intend and then retractclassical
A man intending to do something and then retracting from it or lying about it.

اِحْرِنْجَامnoun

1.
gatheringclassical
The act of gathering or crowding together.

مُحْرَنْجِمadjective

1.
bunched upclassical
Describing animals, especially camels, that are gathered and bunched up closely together.
2.
crowdedclassical
Describing a large number or multitude of people or things.
3.
compressedclassical
Describing something as compressed or gathered together, often due to hardship.

حَرَاجِمnoun

1.
manyclassical
A large number or multitude.

حَرَاجِمَةnoun

1.
thievesclassical
A term used to refer to thieves or robbers.

Parallel reading

حرجم الإبل: رد بعضها على بعض.

To cause camels to bunch up: to make some of them turn back onto others.

حرجمت الإبل فاحرنجمت إذا رددتها فارتد بعضها على بعض واجتمعت

You caused the camels to bunch up, and they bunched up, if you made them turn back so that some turned back onto others and they gathered.

عاين حيا كالحراج نعمه، ... يكون أقصى شله محرنجمه

He saw a tribe with abundant livestock like a multitude, ... the furthest extent of their herd being bunched up.

والذيخ محرنجما أي منقبضا مجتمعا كالحا من شدة الجدب

And the jackal is bunched up, meaning contracted and gathered, like a starved animal from the severity of drought.

المحرنجم المجتمع.

The bunched-up, gathered one.

حرجمت: الإبل إذا رددت بعضها على بعض

I caused to bunch up: camels when you make some of them turn back onto others.

يكون أقصى شله محرنجمه

The furthest extent of their herd being bunched up.

وأنشد البيت: يكون أقصى شله محرنجمه

And he recited the verse: The furthest extent of their herd being bunched up.

وأنشد: الدار أقوت بعد محرنجم، ... من معرب فيها ومن معجم

And he recited: The dwelling is desolate after a multitude, ... of those who speak Arabic and those who do not.

احرنجم الرجل: أراد الأمر ثم كذب عنه.

A man bunched up: he intended the matter then lied about it.

واحرنجم القوم: اجتمع بعضهم إلى بعض.

And the people bunched up: some of them gathered to each other.

واحرنجمت الإبل: اجتمعت وبركت، اعرنزم واقرنبع واحرنجم إذا اجتمع.

And the camels bunched up: they gathered and lay down; they bunched up, gathered, and lay down if they gathered.

إن في بلدنا حراجمة أي لصوصا

Indeed, in our land are thieves, meaning robbers.