صرم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root صرم (ṣ-r-m) primarily relates to cutting, severing, and separation. This extends to concepts of isolation, emptiness, and scarcity, particularly concerning milk production in animals or water in a desert. It also encompasses notions of a single meal or a decisive event.

Derived headwords

صَرَمَverb

1.
to cut offboth
To sever or cut something off, often implying a complete separation.
2.
to ceaseclassical
To stop or cease an action or state, implying a definitive end.

مِصْرَمَةadjective

1.
with cut teatsclassical
A female animal, especially a camel, whose teats have been deliberately cut or damaged to prevent milk flow.
2.
with cut udderclassical
Referring to an udder that has been cauterized or injured, resulting in no milk production.

ناقة مصرمة — A camel with cut teats

صَرْماءadjective

1.
barren landboth
A desolate or empty desert or plain, devoid of water and life.
2.
low in milkclassical
A female animal that produces little milk, often due to a severed or damaged teat.

الفلاة الصرماء — The barren desert

الأَصْرَمانnoun

1.
wolf and ravenclassical
A designation for the wolf and the raven, due to their perceived isolation and separation from human society.

صَرْمnoun

1.
cut soleclassical
A shoe or sandal that has had its sole cut or separated.
2.
separationclassical
The act of cutting off or separating.

صَرِيمnoun

1.
muzzle for youngclassical
A device, like a stick, placed across the mouth of a young animal to prevent it from suckling.
2.
barren landclassical
A desolate place, especially a desert without water.

صَيْرَمnoun

1.
single mealboth
A single meal consumed in a day, or a substantial meal taken at a specific time.
2.
calamityclassical
A decisive or overwhelming disaster or tribulation, likened to a cutting or destructive force.

أكل الصيرم — He ate a single meal

صَرُومadjective

1.
aloof camelclassical
A female camel that keeps apart from the herd and does not readily approach the watering place.

صَرَمَverb

1.
to stayclassical
To remain or stay in a place for a period of time.

صِرْمَةnoun

1.
groupclassical
A small group or collection of things, often used for animals or plants.

أَصْرَمname

1.
given nameclassical
A male given name, which was disliked due to its association with cutting and was changed.

مَلِيلadjective

1.
scorchedclassical
Burned or scorched by the sun, referring to land or a person.
2.
scorched breadclassical
Bread that has been overbaked or burned.

خبزة مليل — Scorched bread

صَيْلَمnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A severe disaster or tribulation, similar to 'صيرم'.

Parallel reading

أنهم كانوا يغيرون على من حولهم ولا يغيرون على الصرم الذي هي فيه.

They used to raid those around them but not raid the settlement where she was.

وناقة مصرمة: مقطوعة الطبيين، وصرماء: قليلة اللبن لأن غزرها انقطع.

And a muṣramah camel: its teats are cut off, and a ṣarmāʾ: little milk because its flow has been cut off.

وذلك أن يصرم طبيها فيقرح عمدا حتى يفسد الإحليل فلا يخرج اللبن فييبس وذلك أقوى لها

And that is when its teats are cut and deliberately wounded until the milk duct is ruined, so no milk comes out and it dries up, and that is stronger for it.

وقيل: ناقة مصرمة وهي التي صرمها الصرار فوقذها

And it was said: a muṣramah camel is one whose teats are severed by the 'ṣarār' (a type of binding or injury).

وربما صرمت عمدا لتسمن فتكوى

And sometimes they are deliberately cut to fatten them, and then cauterized.

لعنت بمحروم الشراب مصرم

Cursed be he who is deprived of drink, severed.

وكان أبو عمرو يقول وقد تكون المصرمة الأطباء من انقطاع اللبن، وذلك أن يصيب الضرع شيء فيكوى بالنار فلا يخرج منه لبن أبدا

And Abu Amr used to say that al-muṣramah al-aṭibbāʾ can be from the cessation of milk, which is when something affects the udder and it is cauterized with fire, so no milk ever comes out of it.

لا تجوز المصرمة الأطباء ؛ يعني المقطوعة الضروع.

The muṣramah al-aṭibbāʾ is not permissible; meaning the one with severed udders.

والصرماء: الفلاة من الأرض.

And al-ṣarmāʾ: a desert plain.

والصرماء المفازة التي لا ماء فيها.

And al-ṣarmāʾ is the desolate place that has no water in it.

والأصرمان: الذئب والغراب لانصرامهما وانقطاعهما عن الناس

And al-aṣramān: the wolf and the raven, due to their separation and detachment from people.

على صرماء فيها أصرماها

Upon a desolate plain where they (the wolf and raven) have separated.

والصرم: الخف المنعل.

And al-ṣarm: the shod sandal.

والصريم: العود يعرض على فم الجدي أو الفصيل ثم يشد إلى رأسه لئلا يرضع.

And al-ṣarīm: a stick placed across the mouth of a kid or a young camel so it does not suckle.

وأكل الصيرم أي الوجبة، وهي الأكلة الواحدة في اليوم

And eating al-ṣayram means the meal, which is one meal a day.

في هذه الأمة خمس فتن قد مضت أربع وبقيت واحدة وهي الصيرم

In this Ummah, there have been five tribulations; four have passed and one remains, and it is al-ṣayram.

وكأنها بمنزلة الصيلم، وهي الداهية التي تستأصل كل شيء كأنها فتنة قطاعة، وهي من الصرم القطع، والياء زائدة.

And it is as if it is like al-ṣaylam, which is the calamity that eradicates everything, as if it is a cutting tribulation, and it is from al-ṣarm (cutting), and the 'yāʾ' is extra.

والصروم: الناقة التي لا ترد النضيح حتى يخلو لها، تنصرم عن الإبل

And al-ṣarūm: the camel that does not approach the watering place until it is empty for her, she separates herself from the camels.

وصرم شهرا بمعنى مكث.

And he stayed for a month, meaning he remained.

والصرم: الجلد، فارسي معرب.

And al-ṣarm: leather, a Persian loanword.

وفي الحديث: أنه غير اسم أصرم فجعله زرعة ، كرهه لما فيه من معنى القطع، وسماه زرعة لأنه من الزرع النبات.

And in the Hadith: he changed the name Aṣram, making it Zarʿah, disliking it because of its meaning of cutting, and he named it Zarʿah because it is from planting and growth.