رطم

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes being stuck, entangled, or deeply involved in something difficult, often with a sense of sinking or immobility. It extends to concepts of accumulation, congestion, and also carries sexual connotations and descriptions of physical attributes.

Derived headwords

رَطَمَهُ يَرْطُمُهُ رَطْمًاverb

1.
to entangle someoneboth
To immerse someone in a difficult situation from which they cannot escape.

ارْتَطَمَverb

1.
to get stuckboth
To become stuck or entangled in a situation, unable to get out.
2.
to fall intoboth
To fall into something, especially mud or a difficult situation.
3.
to sinkboth
To sink, as in mud or water.
4.
to be blockedboth
For a matter or situation to become insurmountable or impossible to resolve.

رَطْمًاnoun

1.
entanglementboth
The act of becoming stuck or entangled in a difficult matter.
2.
sexual intercourseclassical
The act of sexual intercourse, particularly with full penetration.

رُطْمَةnoun

1.
predicamentboth
A difficult situation or predicament in which one is struggling.

رُطُومَةnoun

1.
predicamentboth
A difficult situation or predicament in which one is struggling.

ارْتَطَمَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُverb

1.
matter became insurmountableboth
When a matter or situation becomes impossible to overcome or resolve.

ارْتَطَمَتْ بِسَرَاقَةٍ فَرَسُهُverb

1.
horse sankclassical
The horse sank, its legs becoming stuck as if in mud.

ارْتَطَمَ فِي الرِّبَاverb

1.
fell into usuryclassical
To fall into and become entangled in the practice of usury (riba).

ارْتَطَمَ فِيهِ وَارْتَبَكَverb

1.
got stuck and entangledboth
To become stuck and confused within a situation.

ارْتَطَمَ لَهُ مَخْرَجٌ إِلَّا بِغُمَّةٍverb

1.
no escape except hardshipboth
To be in a situation with no apparent escape except through great difficulty or distress.

ارْتَطَمَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُمُورُهُverb

1.
his affairs became blockedboth
His affairs became blocked, and his methods were obstructed.

أَرْطَمَverb

1.
to retain stoolclassical
To retain one's feces; to be constipated.
2.
to fall silentclassical
To fall silent or become quiet.

تَرَاطَمَverb

1.
to accumulateboth
To pile up or accumulate.

ارْتِطَامnoun

1.
congestionboth
A state of being crowded or congested.

رَطَمَ الرَّجُلُverb

1.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
A man to have sexual intercourse.

رَطَمَهَا يَرْطُمُهَا رَطْمًاverb

1.
to have sexual intercourse with herclassical
To have sexual intercourse with a woman or female animal, with full penetration.

مَرْطُومَةadjective

1.
accused of evilclassical
A woman who is spoken of negatively or accused of bad deeds.

رَطُومadjective

1.
wide-vaginedclassical
A woman with a wide vagina.
2.
generous with water (female animal)classical
A female animal, especially a camel, that is generous with its milk or water.
3.
stupidclassical
A foolish or stupid person.

الرَّطُومُ مِنَ النُّوقِadjective

1.
tight-hymened (female camel)classical
A female camel that has a tight hymen.

الرَّطُومُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِadjective

1.
closed (hymen)classical
A woman who is described as having a closed hymen (rattā'ā').

الرَّطُومُ مِنَ الدَّجَاجِadjective

1.
white (hen)classical
A white hen.

أَرْطَمَverb

1.
to fall silentclassical
To fall silent or become quiet.

الرَّاطِمadjective

1.
adherentclassical
One who adheres firmly to something.

Parallel reading

رَطَمَهُ يرطمه رطما فارتطم: أوحله في أمر لا يخرج منه.

He entangled him in a matter from which he could not escape.

وارتطم في الطين: وقع فيه فتخبط.

And he fell into the mud: he fell into it and floundered.

ورطمت الشيء في الوحل رطما فارتطم هو فيه أي ارتبك فيه.

And I stuck the thing in the mud, and it became stuck in it, meaning it became entangled in it.

وارتطم عليه الأمر إذا لم يقدر على الخروج منه.

And the matter became insurmountable for him if he could not get out of it.

فارتطمت بسراقة فرسه أي ساخت قوائمها كما تسوخ في الوحل.

So Surāqah's horse got stuck, meaning its legs sank as they sink in mud.

من اتجر قبل أن يتفقه ارتطم في الربا ثم ارتطم ثم ارتطم أي وقع فيه وارتبك.

Whoever trades before he gains knowledge of jurisprudence falls into usury, then falls into it, then falls into it, meaning he falls into it and becomes entangled.

ووقع في رطمة ورطومة أي في أمر يتخبط فيه.

And he fell into a predicament and a quagmire, meaning into a matter in which he floundered.

وارتطم فلان في أمر لا مخرج له منه إلا بغمة لزمته.

And so-and-so became stuck in a matter from which there was no escape for him except through a distress that befell him.

وارتطمت عليه أموره: عي فيها وسدت عليه مذاهبه.

And his affairs became blocked: he was unable to proceed, and his methods were blocked for him.

ورطم البعير رطما: احتبس نجوه كأرطم.

And the camel retained its dung, like the one who retained his dung (arṭama).

والتراطم: التراكم.

And al-tarāṭum: accumulation.

والارتطام: الازدحام.

And al-irtiṭām: congestion.

ورطم الرجل: نكح.

And the man had sexual intercourse.

ورطمها يرطمها رطما: نكحها يكون في المرأة والأتان؛ قال: عينا أتان تبتغي أن ترطما

And he had sexual intercourse with her, having sexual intercourse with her; it occurs with a woman and a female donkey; he said: The eyes of a female donkey seeking to be mounted.

ورطم جاريته رطما إذا جامعها فأدخل ذكره كله فيها.

And he had sexual intercourse with his slave girl, if he had intercourse with her and inserted his entire penis into her.

وامرأة مرطومة: مرمية بسوء متهمة بشر؛ قال صالح بن الأحنف: فابرز، كلانا أمه لئيمه، ... بفعل كل عاهر مرطومه

And a woman marṭūmah: accused of evil, suspected of wickedness; Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Aḥnaf said: Come out, both of us our mothers are baseborn, ... by the deed of every accused adulterer.

والرطوم من النساء: الواسعة الفرج؛ قال الراجز: يا ابن رطوم ذات فرج عفلق

And al-raṭūm among women: the wide-vagined; the rajaz poet said: O son of a wide-vagined woman with a gaping vulva.

وامرأة رطوم: واسعة الجهاز كثيرة الماء.

And a woman raṭūm: with a wide vulva and abundant fluid.

أبو عمرو: الرطوم الضيقة الحياء من النوق، وهي من النساء الرتقاء، ومن الدجاج البيضاء.

Abū ʿAmr: Al-raṭūm among female camels is one with a tight hymen, and among women she is rattā'ā' (closed hymen), and among chickens, white.

قال شمر: أرطم الرجل وطرسم وأسبأ «1». واصلخم واخرنبق كله إذا سكت.

Shamir said: The man became silent (arṭama), and ṭarsama, and asba'a. And aṣlakḥama and akhnarbaqa, all meaning when he fell silent.

والرطوم: الأحمق.

And al-raṭūm: the foolish.

والراطم: اللازم للشيء.

And al-rāṭim: one who adheres to something.