خوم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of something being tender, fresh, and pliable, often used to describe vegetation. It can also extend to describe a land that is difficult or harsh, possibly due to its unyielding nature.

Derived headwords

خامَةnoun

1.
Tender, fresh plantboth
Refers to a young, tender, and moist shoot or growth of a plant.
2.
Harsh landclassical
Described as a land that is difficult, harsh, or unwelcoming.

مثل المؤمن مثل الخامة من الزرع تميلها الريح مرة هكذا ومرة هكذا — The believer is like a tender shoot of a crop, the wind blows it this way and that.

أرض خامة أي وخيمة — A harsh land, meaning difficult.

خامَverb

1.
To be tender/freshclassical
Used to describe plants that are tender and fresh.
2.
To be harsh/difficultclassical
Used to describe land as being harsh or difficult.

خيماناًnoun

1.
Tenderness/freshnessclassical
The state or quality of being tender and fresh, particularly referring to plants.

وقد خامت تخيم خيمانا — And it became tender, it becomes tender, a tenderness.

تخيمverb

1.
To be tender/freshclassical
The present tense form of the verb indicating the state of being tender and fresh.

وقد خامت تخيم خيمانا — And it became tender, it becomes tender, a tenderness.

خوماناًnoun

1.
Harshness/difficultyclassical
The state or quality of being harsh or difficult, referring to land.

حكم مثل هذا خامت تخوم خومانا — The ruling for such a thing is that it became harsh, it becomes harsh, a harshness.

تخومverb

1.
To be harsh/difficultclassical
The present tense form of the verb indicating the state of being harsh and difficult.

حكم مثل هذا خامت تخوم خومانا — The ruling for such a thing is that it became harsh, it becomes harsh, a harshness.

الطاقةnoun

1.
Tender shootclassical
A tender, pliable shoot or stalk of a plant.

وهي الطاقة اللينة — And it is the tender shoot.

Parallel reading

أرض خامة أي وخيمة

A land that is khāmah, meaning harsh.

وقد خامت تخيم خيمانا

And it became tender, it becomes tender, a tenderness.

قال الفراء لا أعرف ذلك

Al-Farra' said: I do not know that.

وهذا الذي قاله الفراء من أنه لا يعرفه صحيح

And this which Al-Farra' said, that he does not know it, is correct.

إذ حكم مثل هذا خامت تخوم خومانا

For the ruling of such a thing is that it became harsh, it becomes harsh, a harshness.

والخامة: الغضة الرطبة من النبات

And the khāmah: the tender, moist part of the plant.

مثل المؤمن مثل الخامة من الزرع تميلها الريح مرة هكذا ومرة هكذا

The believer is like a tender shoot of a crop, the wind blows it this way and that.

إنما نحن مثل خامة زرع

We are only like a tender shoot of a crop,

فمتى يأن يأت محتصده

and when its time comes, its harvester will come.

قال ابن الأثير: وهي الطاقة اللينة

Ibn al-Athir said: And it is the tender shoot.

وألفها منقلبة عن واو

And its alif is a conversion from a waw.