شلم

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of wild grain or weed, specifically darnel, and its characteristics. It also extends to place names, including Jerusalem, and metaphorically to expressions of anger.

Derived headwords

الشَّالِمnoun

1.
Darnelclassical
A type of weed found in fields, specifically darnel (Zea nym), also known as 'suwādiyyah'.

الشَّوْلَمnoun

1.
Darnelclassical
A type of weed found in fields, specifically darnel (Zea nym), also known as 'suwādiyyah'.

الشَّيْلَمnoun

1.
Darnelclassical
A type of weed found in fields, specifically darnel (Zea nym), also known as 'suwādiyyah'.
2.
Small, red, oblong grainclassical
Described as small, oblong, red grains resembling the weevil of wheat, which do not intoxicant but cause severe indigestion.
3.
Low-growing plantclassical
A plant that grows low to the ground, with dark green, moist leaves similar to those of the Balkh poplar. Its leaves are edible when fresh and pleasant, while its seeds are more bitter than patience.

الزُّؤَانnoun

1.
Darnelclassical
A type of weed found in fields, specifically darnel (Zea nym).

السَّعِيعnoun

1.
Darnelclassical
A type of weed found in fields, specifically darnel (Zea nym).

شَلَمname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
A place name, identified as Jerusalem.
2.
City in the Levantclassical
A place in the Levant, specifically mentioned as a location in Syria.

شَلَمname

1.
Jerusalem (Hebrew)classical
The Hebrew name for Jerusalem, considered a toponym that is diptote due to foreign origin and the pattern of 'verb'.

شَلَمnoun

1.
Angerclassical
Metaphorically refers to sparks or embers of anger.

شَلَمname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
One of several names for Jerusalem.

شَلَمname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
One of several names for Jerusalem.

أُورِي شَلَمname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
A name for Jerusalem.

إِيلِيَاءname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
A name for Jerusalem.

بَيْت المَقْدِسname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
A name for Jerusalem.

بَيْت المَكْيَاشname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
A name for Jerusalem.

دَار الضَّرْبname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
A name for Jerusalem.

صَلْمُونname

1.
Jerusalemclassical
A name for Jerusalem.

شَلَمname

1.
A place in the Levantclassical
A place name mentioned in relation to travel in the Levant.

Parallel reading

الزُّؤَان الذي يكون في البر، سوادية.

The darnel that is in the wilderness, suwādiyyah.

الشيلم حب صغار مستطيل أحمر قائم كأنه في خلقة سوس الحنطة ولا يسكر ولكنه يمر الطعام إمرارا شديدا؛

The shilam is a small, oblong, red grain, erect as if it were the weevil of wheat; it does not intoxicate but causes food to pass through with extreme difficulty;

نبات الشيلم سطاح وهو يذهب على الأرض، وورقته كورقة الخلاف البلخي شديدة الخضرة رطبة،

The shilam plant is low-growing and spreads on the ground, and its leaf is like the leaf of the Balkh poplar, intensely green and moist,

والناس يأكلون ورقه إذا كان رطبا وهو طيب لا مرارة له وحبه أعقى من الصبر.

and people eat its leaves when they are fresh, and it is pleasant with no bitterness, and its seeds are more acrid than patience.

لقيت رجلا يتطاير شلمه وشنمه أي شراره من الغضب؛

I met a man whose shalam and shanām were flying off, meaning the sparks of his anger;

إن تحمليه ساعة، فربما ... أطار في حب رضاك الشلما

If you bear with him for an hour, perhaps... he will scatter the shalam in your love for his satisfaction.

شلم: بيت المقدس،

Shalam: Jerusalem,

شلم على وزن بقم موضع بالشام،

Shalam, on the pattern of baqum, is a place in Syria,

ويقال: هو اسم مدينة بيت المقدس بالعبرانية وهو لا ينصرف للعجمة ووزن الفعل؛

and it is said: it is the Hebrew name for the city of Jerusalem, and it is indeclinable due to foreignness and the pattern of the verb;

ذكر ابن خالويه عدة أسماء لبيت المقدس منها شلم وشلم وشلم وأوري شلم

Ibn Khālawayh mentioned several names for Jerusalem, including Shalam, Shalam, Shalam, and Uri Shalam

وقد طفت للمال آفاقه: ... عمان فحمص فأوري شلم

And I traversed its horizons for wealth: ... Amman, then Homs, then Uri Shalam

ويقال أيضا: إيلياء وبيت المقدس وبيت المكياش.

And it is also said: Eliya, Bayt al-Maqdis, and Bayt al-Makiyāsh.

ودار الضرب وصلمون.

And Dār al-Darb and Salmūn.