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ردم

Root entry · 33 derived lemmas

The root ردم (rdm) primarily denotes the act of blocking, filling, or sealing an opening. It extends to concepts of patching, mending, and accumulating things. Figuratively, it can refer to persistent illness, a lasting sound, or even a place name.

Derived headwords

رَدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to block, to sealboth

    To fill in or close off an opening, such as a door, gap, or entrance.

  2. 2.
    to patch, to mendboth

    To repair something, especially a garment, by sewing patches onto it.

  3. 3.
    to accumulateclassical

    To pile things up or gather them together.

  4. 4.
    to make a soundclassical

    To produce a sound, specifically the sound of a bowstring being drawn or released.

  5. 5.
    to pass windboth

    To emit flatulence.

  6. 6.
    to flowclassical

    To move or stream, said of a substance.

رَدْمnoun
  1. 1.
    a blockage, a sealboth

    That which is used to block or seal an opening; a dam or barrier.

  2. 2.
    a pileclassical

    Something built up by piling one thing upon another.

  3. 3.
    debrisclassical

    What falls from a wall when it collapses.

  4. 4.
    a soundclassical

    A sound, particularly the sound of a bowstring.

  5. 5.
    flatulenceclassical

    The act or sound of passing wind.

رَدَمَ البابَverb
  1. 1.
    to block the doorboth

    To seal or close off a door.

رَدَمَ الثُّلْمَةَverb
  1. 1.
    to block the gapboth

    To fill in or seal a gap or breach.

رَدَمَ ونَحْوَهُماverb
  1. 1.
    to block and the likeboth

    To block or seal something similar to a gap or entrance.

رَدَمَ البابَ والثُّلْمَةَ ونَحْوَهُما يَرْدُمُهُ، بالكَسْرِ، رَدْماًverb
  1. 1.
    to block the door, gap, etc.both

    To seal a door, gap, or similar opening, with the masdar being 'radman'.

رَدُومnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'radm'classical

    The plural form of 'radm', referring to blockages or barriers.

رَدَمْتُ الثُّلْمَةَ رَدْماًverb
  1. 1.
    I blocked the gapboth

    The act of blocking a gap, with the masdar being 'radman'.

تَرَدَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become worn outboth

    To become old, worn out, and patched.

  2. 2.
    to patch one's garmentboth

    To mend or patch one's clothing.

  3. 3.
    to be persistentclassical

    Said of illness or fever that continues without leaving.

  4. 4.
    to graze repeatedlyclassical

    Said of animals grazing an area of pasture repeatedly.

  5. 5.
    to be compassionateclassical

    Said of a female camel showing affection towards her young.

رَدِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    worn out, oldboth

    Describing a garment that is old, worn out, and patched.

  2. 2.
    patchedboth

    Describing something that has been mended or patched.

رَدِيمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    two garments sewn togetherclassical

    Two pieces of cloth sewn together, similar to patching.

رَدِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    worn-out garmentclassical

    An old and worn-out piece of clothing.

رَدِيمname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A nickname given to a man of great stature, who would fill any space he stood in.

مُتَرَدِّمadjective
  1. 1.
    patched, mendedboth

    Describing a garment that is old, worn out, and patched.

  2. 2.
    repaired, improvedclassical

    Describing speech that is coherent and well-put-together.

مُتَرَدِّمnoun
  1. 1.
    a place of patchingclassical

    The place where something is patched or mended.

مَرْدُومadjective
  1. 1.
    patched, worn outboth

    Describing a garment that is old, worn out, and patched.

مُلْدَمadjective
  1. 1.
    patched, worn outclassical

    Describing a garment that is old, worn out, and patched.

أَرْدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to persistclassical

    Said of fever or illness that continues and does not leave.

أَرْدَمَ عَلَيْهِ الحُمَّىverb
  1. 1.
    fever persisted on himclassical

    Fever continued to affect him without abating.

أَرْدَمَ عَلَيْهِ المَرَضُverb
  1. 1.
    illness adhered to himclassical

    Illness clung to him and did not leave.

أَرْدَمُونnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'ardam'classical

    The plural form of 'ardam', referring to sailors or strong men.

رَدَّامadjective
  1. 1.
    worthless, good-for-nothingclassical

    A man who is of no good or value.

رَدَّامnoun
  1. 1.
    flatulenceclassical

    The act or sound of passing wind.

رَدْمَانname
  1. 1.
    a tribe nameclassical

    A name of an Arab tribe from Yemen.

رَدَمَ القَوْسَverb
  1. 1.
    the bow made a soundclassical

    The sound produced by a bowstring when drawn or released.

رَدَمَ الشَّيءَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing flowedclassical

    Said of a substance that flows or streams.

رَدَمَ بِهاverb
  1. 1.
    he passed wind with itboth

    To emit flatulence.

رَدَمَ يَرْدُمُ رَدْماًverb
  1. 1.
    to pass windboth

    To emit flatulence.

رَدَمَ يَرْدُمُ، بالضَّمِّ، رَدَاماًverb
  1. 1.
    to pass windboth

    To emit flatulence.

رَدَمَnoun
  1. 1.
    a soundclassical

    A sound, specifically the sound of a bowstring.

رَجُلٌ رَدِمٌ ورَدَّامٌadjective
  1. 1.
    a worthless manclassical

    A man who is of no good or value.

رَدَمَname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place in Tihamah.

رَدَمَانname
  1. 1.
    a tribe nameclassical

    A tribe from Yemen.

Parallel reading

الردم: سدك بابا كله أو ثلمة أو مدخلا أو نحو ذلك.
Al-radm: blocking a whole door, or a gap, or an entrance, or the like.
يقال: ردم الباب والثلمة ونحوهما يردمه، بالكسر، ردما سده
It is said: 'He blocked the door, the gap, and the like, he blocks it (with kasr), a blocking,' meaning he sealed it.
وقيل: الردم أكثر من السد، لأن الردم ما جعل بعضه على بعض
And it is said: 'Al-radm' is more than 'al-sadd' (a blockage), because 'al-radm' is what is made by piling some of it upon others.
والاسم الردم وجمعه ردوم.
And the noun is 'al-radm', and its plural is 'rudum'.
والردم: السد الذي بيننا وبين يأجوج ومأجوج.
And 'al-radm': the barrier between us and Gog and Magog.
وفي التنزيل العزيز: أجعل بينكم وبينهم ردما .
And in the Noble Quran: 'Shall I make between you and them a barrier?'
وفي الحديث: فتح اليوم من ردم يأجوج ومأجوج مثل هذه، وعقد بيده تسعين
And in the Hadith: 'Today a gap like this has opened in the barrier of Gog and Magog,' and he made ninety with his hand.
وتردم الثوب أي أخلق واسترقع فهو متردم.
And 'taraddama the garment' means it became old and patched, so it is 'mutarddim'.
ابن سيده: ثوب مردم ومرتدم ومتردم وملدم خلق مرقع؛
Ibn Sidah said: A garment is 'mardum', 'murtadam', 'mutarddim', and 'muldamm' if it is old and patched.
أم هل عرفت الدار بعد توهم؟
Or have you recognized the dwelling after imagining?
ويقال: صرت بعد الوشي والخز في ردم، وهي الخلقان، بالدال غير معجمة.
And it is said: 'I became, after brocade and silk, in 'radm', meaning old worn-out clothes, with a 'd' not dotted.'
ابن الأعرابي: الأردم الملاح، والجمع الأردمون؛
Ibn Al-A'rabi said: 'Al-ardam' are sailors, and the plural is 'al-ardamun'.
وتردمت الناقة: عطفت على ولدها.
And 'taraddamat the she-camel': she showed affection to her young.
وأردمت عليه الحمى، وهي مردم: دامت ولم تفارقه.
And 'ardamat upon him the fever', and it is 'mardam': it persisted and did not leave him.
وأردم عليه المرض: لزمه.
And 'ardama upon him the illness': it clung to him.
وردم البعير والحمار يردم ردما: ضرط، والاسم الردام، بالضم، وقيل: الردم الضراط عامة.
And 'the camel and the donkey passed wind, they pass wind, 'radman': they farted, and the noun is 'al-raddam', with damma, and it is said: 'al-radm' is farting in general.
والردم: الصوت، وخص به بعضهم صوت القوس.
And 'al-radm': the sound, and some specified it as the sound of the bow.
كأن أزبيها إذا ردمت، ... هزم بغاة في إثر ما فقدوا
As if its two ends, when they made a sound, ... were fleeing rebels in pursuit of what they lost.
ورجل ردم وردام: لا خير فيه.
And a man 'radim' and 'raddam': there is no good in him.
والردم: موضع بتهامة؛
And 'al-radm': a place in Tihamah.
فلا وربي لا تعودي لمثله، ... عشية لاقته المنية بالردم
By my Lord, you will not return to its like, ... on the evening when death met it at Al-Radm.
ورديمان: قبيلة من العرب باليمن.
And Radman: a tribe of Arabs in Yemen.