شحم

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns fat, grease, and related concepts of richness, plumpness, and abundance. It extends to describe things that are fatty, have fat, or are made with fat, including specific anatomical parts and even certain plants and creatures.

Derived headwords

شَحْمnoun

1.
fat, greaseboth
The essential substance of fat, whether in humans or animals. It can also refer to specific types of fat, like kidney and intestinal fat, which were forbidden to Jews.
2.
richness, abundanceclassical
Figuratively, it can imply a state of richness or abundance.

شُحْمnoun

1.
fatness, plumpnessboth
The state of being fat or having accumulated fat in the body.

شَحْمَةnoun

1.
piece of fatboth
A piece or portion of fat.
2.
earlobeboth
The soft, lower part of the ear where earrings are typically hung.
3.
pupil of the eyeboth
The pupil or iris of the eye, or the fatty layer beneath the pupil.
4.
pith of a palm treeclassical
The core or pith of a palm tree.
5.
membrane of a pomegranateboth
The membrane or partition that separates the seeds within a pomegranate.
6.
white truffleclassical
A white truffle, specifically a white earth-worm or a white lizard, considered a delicacy.

شُحُومnoun

1.
fatsboth
The plural of 'shahm', referring to fats in general or multiple pieces of fat.

شَحِمَverb

1.
to be fatboth
To become fat or plump, to accumulate fat in the body.

شَحَمَverb

1.
to crave fatboth
To desire fat, or to eat a large quantity of it.
2.
to feed fatclassical
To feed someone fat, to provide them with fatty food.

اشْتَهَى الشَّحْمَverb

1.
to crave fatboth
To have a strong desire for fat.

أَشْحَمَverb

1.
to have much fatboth
To have an abundance of fat, or for fat to be plentiful.
2.
to feed fatclassical
To feed people with fat, to provide them with fatty food.

شَحِيمadjective

1.
fat, plumpboth
Describing a person or animal that is fat and well-fed.

شَحِيمٌ لَحِيمٌadjective

1.
very fat and fleshyboth
A description of someone who is very fat and fleshy, implying good health and sustenance.

شَحْمٌ لَحْمٌadjective

1.
inclined to fat and meatclassical
Describing someone who has a natural inclination towards fat and meat, and desires them.

شَاحِمٌ لَاحِمٌadjective

1.
possessing fat and fleshclassical
Describing someone who is characterized by having fat and flesh, used analogously to other descriptive terms.

شَحَّامnoun

1.
fat sellerboth
A person who sells fat.

الشَّحَّامnoun

1.
generous feeder of fatclassical
One who frequently and generously feeds people with fat.

مُشْحَمadjective

1.
fattened, with much fatboth
Describing someone who has an abundance of fat, or something that has had fat added to it.

شَحَمَتِ النَّاقَةُverb

1.
the she-camel fattenedboth
Said of a she-camel that became fat after being thin.

شَحْمَةُ الْأُذُنِnoun

1.
earlobeboth
The soft, lower part of the ear.

شَحْمَةُ الْعَيْنِnoun

1.
pupil of the eyeboth
The pupil or the part beneath it.

طَعَامٌ مَشْحُومٌadjective

1.
food with fat addedboth
Food that has had fat incorporated into it.

خُبْزٌ مَشْحُومٌadjective

1.
bread with fatboth
Bread that has had fat added to it.

شَحْمَةُ الْأَرْضِnoun

1.
white truffleclassical
A white truffle, or a white lizard, considered a delicacy.

شَحْمَةُ النَّخْلَةِnoun

1.
pith of a palm treeclassical
The soft inner core of a palm tree.

شَحْمَةُ الرُّمَّانَةِnoun

1.
membrane of a pomegranateboth
The partition separating the seeds within a pomegranate.

رُمَّانَةٌ شَحْمَةٌadjective

1.
pomegranate with thick membraneclassical
A pomegranate characterized by a thick partition between its seeds.

عِنَبٌ شَحْمٌadjective

1.
watery grape with thick skinclassical
A type of grape that is watery and has a thick skin.

شَحْمَةُ الْحَنْظَلِnoun

1.
pulp of colocynthboth
The pulp or inner substance of the colocynth fruit.

شَحْمُ الْحَنْظَلِnoun

1.
pulp of colocynthboth
The inner substance of the colocynth fruit, excluding the seeds.

أَبُو شَحْمَةname

1.
Abu Shahmahclassical
A proper name, referring to a man.

Parallel reading

الشحم البطر.

Fat is the arrogant one.

الشحم جوهر السمن، والجمع شحوم، والقطعة منه شحمة، وشحم الإنسان وغيره.

Fat is the essence of fatness, its plural is 'shuhum', and a piece of it is 'shahmah', referring to the fat of humans and others.

لعن الله اليهود حرمت عليهم الشحوم فباعوها وأكلوا أثمانها ؛ الشحم المحرم عليهم: هو شحم الكلى والكرش والأمعاء، وأما شحم الألية والظهور فلا.

May God curse the Jews; fats were forbidden to them, so they sold them and ate their prices; the fat forbidden to them was the fat of the kidneys, stomachs, and intestines, but not the fat of the rump or the back.

وشحم فهو شحيم: صار ذا شحم في بدنه.

And he became 'shahim': he became possessed of fat in his body.

وقد شحم، بالضم، وشحم شحما، فهو شحم: اشتهى الشحم، وقيل: أكل منه كثيرا.

And he became 'shahim' (with damma), and he 'shahama' (with fat), so he is 'shahim': he craved fat, and it was said: he ate a lot of it.

وأشحم: كثر عنده الشحم.

And he became 'ashham': fat became abundant with him.

رجل شحيم لحيم أي سمين.

A 'shahim lahim' man means plump.

ورجل شحم لحم إذا كان قرما إلى الشحم واللحم وهو يشتهيهما.

And a 'shahm lahm' man is one who is inclined towards fat and meat and desires them.

ورجل شاحم لاحم: ذو شحم ولحم على النسب كما قالوا لابن وتامر.

And a 'shiham lahim' man is one possessing fat and flesh by analogy, as they said for Ibn and Tamir.

وشحم القوم يشحمهم شحما وأشحمهم: أطعمهم الشحم.

And he 'shahama' a people, 'yashhimuhum shahman' and 'ashhamahum': he fed them fat.

ورجل شاحم لاحم إذا أطعم الناس الشحم واللحم.

And a 'shiham lahim' man is one who feeds people fat and meat.

ورجل شحام: يبيع الشحم.

And a 'shiham' man is one who sells fat.

والشحام: الذي يكثر إطعام الناس الشحم.

And 'al-shiham' is one who frequently feeds people fat.

وأشحم الرجل، فهو مشحم إذا كثر عنده الشحم، وكذلك ألحم، فهو ملحم.

And a man became 'ashham', so he is 'mushham' if fat became abundant with him; likewise, he became 'alham', so he is 'mulham'.

وشحمت الناقة وشحمت شحوما: سمنت بعد هزال، والعرب تسمي سنام البعير شحما، وبياض البطن شحما.

And the she-camel 'shahamat' and 'shahumat shuhuman': she fattened after leanness; the Arabs call the camel's hump 'shahm', and the whiteness of the belly 'shahm'.

وشحمة الأذن: ما لان من أسفلها وهو معلق القرط.

And the 'shahmah of the ear' is what is soft at its lower part, where the earring is hung.

وفيهم من يبلغ العرق إلى شحمة أذنه ، هو من ذلك، قال: هو موضع خرق القرط، وفي حديث ربيعة في الرجل: يرفع يديه إلى شحمة أذنيه.

And among them is one whose sweat reaches the 'shahmah of his ear'; it is from that. He said: it is the place of piercing the earring; and in the hadith of Rabi'ah about the man: he raises his hands to the 'shahmah of his ears'.

وشحمة العين: مقلتها، وفي الأزهري: حدقتها؛ ويقال: هي الشحمة التي تحت الحدقة.

And the 'shahmah of the eye' is its pupil, and in Al-Azharī: its iris; and it is said: it is the fatty layer beneath the iris.

وطعام مشحوم وخبز مشحوم: قد جعل فيه الشحم.

And 'ta'am mashhum' and 'khubz mashhum': fat has been put into it.

وشحمة الأرض: دودة بيضاء، وقيل: هي عظاءة بيضاء غير ضخمة، وقيل: ليست من العظاء هي أطيب وأحسن، وقالوا: شحمة النقا، كما قالوا: بنات النقا.

And 'shahmah al-ard' is a white worm, and it was said: it is a white, not large lizard; and it was said: it is not from the lizards, it is tastier and better; and they said: 'shahmah al-niqa', as they said: 'banat al-niqa'.

وفي الصحاح: شحمة الأرض الكمأة البيضاء.

And in Al-Sihah: 'shahmah al-ard' is the white truffle.

وشحمة النخلة الجمارة، وشحمة الرمانة الهنة التي تفصل بين حبها.

And the 'shahmah of the palm tree' is the pith, and the 'shahmah of the pomegranate' is the membrane that separates its seeds.

ورمانة شحمة: غليظة الشحمة.

And a 'shahmah pomegranate': a pomegranate with a thick membrane.

كلوا الرمان بشحمه فإنه دباغ المعدة ؛ قيل: هو ما في جوفه سوى الحب، وشحم الرمانة الأصفر بين ظهراني الحب.

Eat the pomegranate with its 'shahm', for it is a tanning agent for the stomach; it was said: it is what is inside it other than the seeds, and the yellow 'shahm' of the pomegranate between the seeds.

وعنب شحم: قليل الماء غليظ اللحاء.

And 'shahm grapes': watery grapes with thick skin.

وشحمة الحنظل: معروفة.

And the 'shahmah of the colocynth' is known.

وشحم الحنظل: ما في جوفه سوى حبه.

And the 'shahm of the colocynth' is what is inside it other than its seeds.

وأبو شحمة: رجل.

And Abu Shahmah: a man.