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طحرم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering or filling, particularly with a cloth or a patch. It extends to the idea of filling a waterskin or stringing a bow, and metaphorically to a patch of cloud.

Derived headwords

طَحْرَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rag, patchboth

    A piece of cloth used as a covering or patch.

طَحْرِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    rag, patchclassical

    Similar to طحرمة, referring to a piece of cloth used as a covering or patch.

  2. 2.
    patch of cloudclassical

    A patch or streak of cloud in the sky.

طَحْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to cover, patchclassical

    To cover something with a rag or patch.

طَحْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to fill (waterskin)classical

    To fill a waterskin.

  2. 2.
    to string (bow)classical

    To string a bow, i.e., to put the string on it.

طَحْمَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to fill (waterskin)classical

    To fill a waterskin; synonymous with طحرم.

  2. 2.
    to string (bow)classical

    To string a bow; synonymous with طحرم.

Parallel reading

ما عليه طحرمة أي خرقة كطحرية.
He has no rag or patch, like a طحرية.
وما في السماء طحرمة كطحرية أي لطخ من غيم.
And in the sky there is no patch of cloud like a طحرية, meaning a streak of cloud.
وطحرم السقاء: ملأه.
And طحرم the waterskin means to fill it.
طحرمت السقاء وطحمرته بمعنى أي ملأته
I filled the waterskin, and I طحمرته, meaning I filled it.
وكذلك القوس إذا وترتها.
And likewise the bow when you string it.