طحم

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root طحم primarily relates to forceful pushing, surging, or a large, dense mass. This applies to natural phenomena like floods and night, as well as groups of people and intense situations like turmoil. It can also describe a type of plant.

Derived headwords

طَحْمَةnoun

1.
surge, main forceboth
The main force or surge of something, such as a flood or the deepest part of the night.
2.
group, crowdclassical
A large group or crowd of people, implying a dense mass.
3.
intensity, turmoilclassical
The intensity or peak of a situation, such as a period of turmoil or strife.

طَحْمَةُ السَّيْلِnoun

1.
flood's surgeboth
The main force or surge of a flood.

طَحْمَتُهُnoun

1.
its surgeboth
The main force or surge of something, referring back to a previously mentioned entity.

طَحْمَةُ اللَّيْلِnoun

1.
depth of nightboth
The deepest, darkest part of the night.

طُحْمَةnoun

1.
group, crowdclassical
A large group or crowd of people, considered a dense mass.

طُحْمَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِnoun

1.
a crowd of peopleclassical
A large group or crowd of people.

طُحْمَةُ النَّاسِnoun

1.
the crowd of peopleclassical
The collective group or crowd of people.

طُحْمَةُ الْفِتْنَةِnoun

1.
turmoil of strifeclassical
The peak or intense phase of a period of strife or turmoil.

طَحْمَةadjective

1.
intense fighterclassical
A man who is fierce and intense in combat.

طَحُومadjective

1.
swift arrowclassical
Describing a bow that shoots arrows swiftly.

طَحُورadjective

1.
swift arrowclassical
Describing a bow that shoots arrows swiftly; synonymous with طحوم.

طُحْمَةnoun

1.
type of plantclassical
A type of plant, specifically a type of acidic plant with broad, watery leaves.

طَحْمَاءadjective

1.
type of plantclassical
A desert plant belonging to the acidic family (حمض), characterized by broad leaves and high water content.
2.
type of grassclassical
Also refers to a type of grass, considered excellent fodder for camels, lacking woody stems.

طَحْمَاءnoun

1.
type of plantclassical
A known type of plant.

Parallel reading

طحمة السيل وطحمته، بفتح الطاء وضمها: دفاع معظمه

The surge of the flood and its main force, with fath and damma on the ta', means its greatest push.

وقيل: دفعته الأولى ومعظمه

And it is said: its first push and its greatest part.

وكذلك طحمة الليل

And likewise is the depth of the night.

وأنشد ابن بري لعمارة بن عقيل: أجالت حصاهن الدوادي، وحيضت ... عليهن حيضات السيول الطواحم.

And Ibn Biri recited for Amara bin Aqeel: The streams tossed their pebbles, and they were flooded... by the surging floods.

وأتتنا طحمة من الناس وطحمة أي جماعة

And a crowd of people came to us, and a crowd, meaning a group.

وفي المحكم: أي دفعة، وهم أكثر من القادية

And in Al-Muhkam: meaning a surge, and they are more numerous than the Qadiyah (first arrivals).

والقادية أول من يطرأ عليك

And the Qadiyah is the first to approach you.

وقيل: طحمة الناس جماعتهم.

And it is said: the crowd of people is their group.

وطحمة الفتنة: جولة الناس عندها.

And the intensity of the strife: the people's surge around it.

ورجل طحمة مثال همزة: شديد العراك.

And a man 'tahmah' like 'hamzah': fierce in combat.

وقوس طحوم: سريعة السهم.

And a swift bow: shoots the arrow quickly.

الأصمعي: الطحوم والطحور الدفوع.

Al-Asma'i: Al-tahum and Al-tahur are the pushing ones.

وقوس طحوم وطحور بمعنى واحد.

And a swift bow and a pushing bow are synonymous.

والطحمة: ضرب من النبت، وهي الطحماء؛

And Al-tahmah: a type of plant, and it is Al-tahmaa.

وقال أبو حنيفة: الطحمة من الحمض وهي عريضة الورق كثيرة الماء.

And Abu Hanifa said: Al-tahmah is from the acidic plants (al-hamd) and it is broad-leaved and watery.

والطحماء: نبتة سهلية حمضية، قال: والطحماء أيضا النجيل، وهو خير الحمض كله، وليس له حطب ولا خشب إنما ينبت نباتا تأكله الإبل.

And Al-tahmaa: a desert acidic plant. He said: And Al-tahmaa is also grass, and it is the best of all acidic plants; it has no wood or timber, it only grows as a plant that camels eat.

الأزهري: الطحماء نبت معروف.

Al-Azhari: Al-tahmaa is a known plant.