رضم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root رضم primarily relates to the concept of piling, stacking, or pressing things together, often with a sense of heaviness or slowness. This extends to physical actions like building with stones, crushing objects, and also metaphorical states of being slow, heavy, or stuck.

Derived headwords

رَضَمَverb

1.
to be heavy/slowclassical
Said of an enemy or a beast, meaning they are slow or heavy in their movement.
2.
to pile upboth
To place stones or objects one on top of another, especially in construction.
3.
to crushboth
To break something by pressing or crushing it.
4.
to settle/stayclassical
To remain or stay in a place.
5.
to strike/smashclassical
To strike something against the ground or another surface.

رضم الشيخ عدوه يرضم رضما — The enemy of the old man was heavy/slow.

رضم فلان بيته بالحجارة — So-and-so built his house with stones.

رضمت الشيء فارتضم — I crushed the thing and it broke.

رضم الرجل بالمكان — The man stayed in the place.

رضم به الأرض — He struck him against the ground.

رِضَامnoun

1.
large stonesboth
Large stones, often piled one on top of another, used in building.
2.
piled stonesboth
A collection of stones that have been piled up.

والرضام: حجارة تجمع، واحدها رضمة ورضم — And ar-ridham: stones collected, their singular is ar-radhmah and ar-radhm.

ينصاح من جبلة رضم مدهق — Emerging from a mound of piled stones, overflowing.

رَضْمًاnoun

1.
pilingboth
The act of piling stones or objects one on top of another.
2.
crushingboth
The act of crushing or breaking something.
3.
slownessclassical
Slowness or heaviness in movement.

ثقل عدوه، وكذلك الدابة. والرضمان: تقارب عدو الشيخ — His enemy was heavy, and so was the beast. And ar-radhman: the closeness of the old man's enemy's movement.

رِضْمَةnoun

1.
large stoneboth
A large stone, comparable in size to a camel's hump, not protruding from the ground.
2.
pile of stonesboth
A single unit within a pile of stones, or a small pile itself.

والرضمة والرضمة: الصخرة العظيمة مثل الجزور وليست بناتئة — And ar-radhmah and ar-radhmah: the great rock like a camel's hump, not protruding.

أتى رضمة جبل فعلا أعلاها — He came to a pile of rocks on a mountain and climbed to its top.

رُضِمَverb

1.
to be piledboth
Passive form, meaning to be built or covered with stones.
2.
to be crushedboth
Passive form, meaning to be broken or crushed.

ورضموا عليه الحجارة — And they piled stones upon him.

وكان البناء الأول رضما — And the first construction was of piled stones.

رَضِيمadjective

1.
built with stonesboth
Describing a building constructed with stones, piled one upon another.
2.
crushedclassical
Broken or crushed.

وكل بناء بني بصخر رضيم — And every building built with piled stones.

ارْتَضَدَverb

1.
to be piled upboth
Reflexive or passive form, meaning goods or items were arranged or stacked.

ورضدت المتاع فارتضد — I piled up the goods and they were piled up.

ارْتَضَمَverb

1.
to be piledboth
Reflexive or passive form, meaning something was stacked or arranged.
2.
to be crushedboth
Reflexive or passive form, meaning something broke or was crushed.

ورضمته فارتضم — And I piled it and it was piled.

ورضمت الشيء فارتضم — And I crushed the thing and it broke.

رَضْمَانnoun

1.
slownessclassical
Slowness or tardiness in movement, especially of an enemy.
2.
close movementclassical
The close or adjacent movement of an enemy.

والرضمان: تقارب عدو الشيخ — And ar-radhman: the closeness of the old man's enemy's movement.

يقال إن عدوك لرضمان أي بطيء — It is said that your enemy is slow.

رَضَمَاتnoun

1.
hearthstonesclassical
Stones used as a hearth or support for cooking pots, specifically the three stones forming a tripod.
2.
piles of stonesboth
Plural of radhmah, referring to piles of stones.

من الرضمات البيض، غير لونها — From the white hearthstones, their color changed.

مَرْضُومadjective

1.
having contracted tendonsclassical
Describing an animal whose tendons have become stiff or contracted, forming knots.
2.
piledclassical
Having been piled up, especially stones.

وبرذون مرضوم العصب إذا تشنج عصبه صارت فيه أمثال العقد — And a mule with contracted tendons if its tendon stiffens, forming knots.

وبعير مرضم: يرمي بعض الحجر ببعض — And a camel that piles stones upon each other.

رَضَمَverb

1.
to plow/tillclassical
To till or prepare the land for planting.

رضمت الأرض رضما: أثرتها لزرع أو نحوه، يمانية — She tilled the land, preparing it for planting or the like, a Yamanite usage.

رَضَمname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

ورضام: اسم موضع — And Radham: the name of a place.

رَضِيمnoun

1.
a type of birdclassical
A name for a specific kind of bird.

والرضيم: طائر، قال النضر: يقال طائر رضمة — And ar-radheem: a bird, An-Nadr said: it is called a radhmah bird.

رَضَمَverb

1.
to fall/collapseclassical
To fall down or collapse, especially within one's home, implying immobility.

ورضم الرجل في بيته أي سقط لا يخرج من بيته، ورمأ كذلك، وقد رضم يرضم رضوما — And the man collapsed in his house, meaning he fell and did not leave his house, and he remained thus, and he collapsed and remained immobile.

Parallel reading

ثقل عدوه، وكذلك الدابة.

His enemy was heavy, and so was the beast.

والرضمان: تقارب عدو الشيخ.

And ar-radhman: the closeness of the old man's enemy's movement.

يقال إن عدوك لرضمان أي بطيء، وإن أكلك لسلجان، وإن قضاءك لليان.

It is said that your enemy is slow, your eating is easy, and your judgment is lenient.

والرضمة والرضمة: الصخرة العظيمة مثل الجزور وليست بناتئة، والجمع رضم ورضام؛

And ar-radhmah and ar-radhmah: the great rock like a camel's hump, not protruding, and the plural is radhm and ridham;

وقال ثعلب: الرضم والرضام صخور عظام يرضم بعضها فوق بعض في الأبنية، الواحدة رضمة، قال ابن بري: والجمع رضمات؛

And Tha'lab said: Ar-radhm and ar-ridham are great rocks, some of which are piled upon others in buildings, the singular is radhmah, Ibn Bre said: and the plural is radhmat;

من الرضمات البيض، غير لونها ... بنات فراض المرخ، والذابل الجزل

From the white hearthstones, their color changed... fires from striking flint, and dry wood.

لما نزل وأنذر عشيرتك الأقربين؛ أتى رضمة جبل فعلا أعلاها ؛

When he descended and warned your nearest kin; he came to a pile of rocks on a mountain and climbed to its top;

هي واحدة الرضم والرضام، وهي دون الهضاب، وقيل: صخور بعضها على بعض.

It is the singular of ar-radhm and ar-ridham, and it is less than hills, and it was said: rocks piled upon each other.

فألقوه بين حجرين ورضموا عليه الحجارة.

So they threw him between two stones and piled stones upon him.

لما أرادت قريش بناء البيت بالخشب وكان البناء الأول رضما.

When Quraish wanted to build the Kaaba with wood, the first construction was of piled stones.

ويقال: رضم عليه الصخر يرضم، بالكسر، رضما، ورضم فلان بيته بالحجارة.

And it is said: he piled rocks upon it, he piles, with kasr, piling, and so-and-so built his house with stones.

وقال ثعلب: الرضم الحجارة البيض؛

And Tha'lab said: Ar-radhm are white stones;

إن صبيح ابن الزنا قد فأرا ... في الرضم، لا يترك منه حجرا

Indeed, Sabeeh the son of zina has dug... in the piled stones, leaving not a single stone from it.

ورضم الحجارة رضما: جعل بعضها على بعض.

And he piled the stones, piling: he placed some of them upon others.

وكل بناء بني بصخر رضيم.

And every building built with piled stones.

ورضدت المتاع فارتضد ورضمته فارتضم إذا نضدته.

I piled up the goods and they were piled up, and I piled them and they were piled up, if you arranged them.

ورضمت الشيء فارتضم إذا كسرته فانكسر.

And I crushed the thing and it broke if you broke it and it broke.

حفزت وزايلها السراب، كأنها ... أجزاع بئشة أثلها ورضامها

I urged it and the mirage separated from them, as if they were... parts of a well with its tamarisks and its piled stones.

والرضام: حجارة تجمع، واحدها رضمة ورضم؛

And ar-ridham: stones collected, their singular is radhmah and radhm;

ينصاح من جبلة رضم مدهق

Emerging from a mound of piled stones, overflowing.

حديده وقطره ورضمه

Its iron, its diameter, and its piled stones.

حتى ركز الراية في رضم من حجارة.

Until he planted the banner in a pile of stones.

وبعير مرضم: يرمي بعض الحجر ببعض؛

And a camel that piles stones upon each other;

بكل ملموم مرض مرضم

With every gathered, sick, piling one.

ورضم البعير بنفسه رضما: رمعى بنفسه الأرض.

And the camel struck itself against the ground, striking itself against the ground.

ورضم الرجل بالمكان: أقام به.

And the man stayed in the place: he remained in it.

ورضم الرجل في بيته أي سقط لا يخرج من بيته، ورمأ كذلك، وقد رضم يرضم رضوما.

And the man collapsed in his house, meaning he fell and did not leave his house, and he remained thus, and he collapsed and remained immobile.

ورضم به الأرض إذا جلد به الأرض.

And he struck him against the ground if he beat him against the ground.

وبرذون مرضوم العصب إذا تشنج عصبه صارت فيه أمثال العقد؛

And a mule with contracted tendons if its tendon stiffens, forming knots;

مبين الأمشاش مرضوم العصب

Clear in the joints, with contracted tendons.

ويقال: رضمت أي ثبتت.

And it is said: I remained, meaning I stayed.

رضمت الأرض رضما: أثرتها لزرع أو نحوه، يمانية.

She tilled the land, preparing it for planting or the like, a Yamanite usage.

ورضام: اسم موضع.

And Radham: the name of a place.

والرضيم: طائر، قال النضر: يقال طائر رضمة.

And ar-radheem: a bird, An-Nadr said: it is called a radhmah bird.