خثعم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific mountain and a tribe named after it, originating from Yemen. It also encompasses a ritualistic act of blood-smearing and covenant-making, possibly linked to the tribe's origin story.

Derived headwords

خَثْعَمname

1.
Name of a mountainboth
A proper noun referring to a specific mountain.
2.
Name of a tribeboth
A proper noun referring to a tribe, specifically Khath'am ibn Anmar from Yemen, or possibly from Ma'add.
3.
Name of a camelclassical
A proper noun that was the name of a camel, after which the tribe might have been named.

خَثْعَمِيُّونname

1.
Inhabitants of Khath'amboth
People who reside on or inhabit the mountain named Khath'am.

الخَثْعَمَةnoun

1.
Smearing with bloodboth
The act of smearing the body with blood.
2.
Covenant ritualclassical
A ritual where two men, upon making a pact, insert a finger into the nostril of a slaughtered camel and make their agreement.
3.
Communal blood ritualclassical
A practice where people gather, slaughter, eat, collect the blood, mix it with saffron and perfume, dip their hands in it, and pledge not to betray each other.

تَخَثْعَمَverb

1.
To be smeared with bloodclassical
The passive form indicating that a group of people became smeared with blood.

خَثْعَمُوهُverb

1.
To smear with bloodclassical
An active verb form meaning to smear someone with blood, implying they were left in that state.

Parallel reading

فمن نزله فهم خثعميون.

And whoever descends upon it, they are Khath'amites.

وخثعم: اسم قبيلة أيضا، وهو خثعم بن أنمار من اليمن

And Khath'am is also the name of a tribe, and it is Khath'am ibn Anmar from Yemen.

ويقال: هم من معد صاروا باليمن

And it is said: they are from Ma'add who became located in Yemen.

وقيل: خثعم اسم جمل، سمي به خثعم.

And it is said: Khath'am is the name of a camel, after which Khath'am was named.

والخثعمة: تلطخ الجسد بالدم

And Al-Khath'amah: is the smearing of the body with blood.

وقيل: به سميت هذه القبيلة لأنهم نحروا بعيرا فتلطخوا بدمه وتحالفوا.

And it is said: this tribe was named after it because they slaughtered a camel, smeared themselves with its blood, and formed an alliance.

والخثعمة: أن يدخل الرجلان إذا تعاقدا كل واحد منهما إصبعا في منخر الجزور المنحور، يتعاقدان على هذه الحالة

And Al-Khath'amah: is when two men, if they make a pact, each inserts a finger into the nostril of the slaughtered camel, making their pact in this state.

قال قطرب: الخثعمة التلطخ بالدم؛

Qutrub said: Al-Khath'amah is the smearing with blood;

يقال: خثعموه فتركوه أي رملوه بدمه.

It is said: they Khath'am-ed him, and left him, meaning they covered him with his blood.

وتخثعم القوم بالدم: تلطخوا به

And the people became Khath'am-ed with blood: they smeared themselves with it.

وقيل: الخثعمة أن يجتمع الناس فيذبحوا ويأكلوا ثم يجمعوا الدم ثم يخلطوا فيه الزعفران والطيب، ثم يغمسوا أيديهم ويتعاقدوا أن لا يتخاذلوا.

And it is said: Al-Khath'amah is when people gather, slaughter, and eat, then collect the blood, then mix saffron and perfume into it, then dip their hands and make a pact not to fail each other.