طسم

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of fading, becoming obscure, and disappearing. It also extends to meanings of darkness, abundance, and the central or collective part of something. Additionally, it refers to ancient Arab tribes and specific chapters in the Quran.

Derived headwords

طَسَمَverb

1.
to fadeboth
To become worn out, faded, or obliterated, like a path or an object.
2.
to become obscureclassical
To become unclear or difficult to discern, often due to time or obscurity.

طُسُومًاnoun

1.
fadingboth
The act or state of fading, becoming worn out, or obliterated.
2.
obscurityclassical
A state of being unclear or difficult to discern.

طَسَمَ الطريقverb

1.
to obliterate a pathclassical
To make a path disappear or become obscure, similar to the verb 'طمس' (to efface).

طَسَمَ الرجلverb

1.
to be overfullclassical
To be indigestible or overfull, referring to a person's stomach (a Qaysi dialectal usage).

الطَّسَمnoun

1.
darknessboth
Darkness, especially at dusk or during the evening.
2.
abundance of dustboth
A large amount or multitude, particularly of dust or clouds.

الغَسَمnoun

1.
darknessboth
Darkness, particularly at dusk or in the evening.

طَسَامnoun

1.
abundanceboth
A large quantity or multitude, especially of dust.

طَسَامَةnoun

1.
abundanceboth
A large quantity or multitude, especially of dust.

طَيْسَانnoun

1.
abundanceboth
A large quantity or multitude, especially of dust.

أَطْسَمَةnoun

1.
bulkclassical
The main part, bulk, or collective body of something.
2.
centerclassical
The middle or central part of something, like lineage or a community.

أُسْطُمَةnoun

1.
centerclassical
The middle or collective part of something, such as lineage or a community.

الطَّوَاسِيمnoun

1.
Quranic chapter namesclassical
Names of chapters (Surahs) in the Quran, specifically those starting with 'Ta-Sin' (طسم) or 'Ha-Mim' (حم).

طَسَمname

1.
Arabian tribeclassical
The name of an ancient, extinct Arab tribe, often mentioned alongside Jadis.

طَسَمِيّadjective

1.
belonging to the tribe Tasmclassical
Pertaining to or originating from the ancient Arab tribe of Tasm.

Parallel reading

طسم الشيء والطريق وطمس يطسم طسوما: درس.

Tasm (meaning to fade) and the path, and tamasa (to efface), yatsumu tasuman: it becomes worn out.

وطسم الطريق: مثل طمس، على القلب؛ وأنشد ابن بري لعمر بن أبي ربيعة: رث حبل الوصل فانصرما ... من حبيب هاج لي سقما كدت أقضي، إذ رأيت له ... منزلا بالخيف قد طسما

And Tasm the path: like tamasa (to efface), by inversion; Ibn Bri recited for Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah: The bond of connection has become weak and severed... from a beloved who stirred sickness in me. I almost died when I saw for him... a dwelling in Al-Khaif that had become obliterated.

وجاء به العجاج متعديا؛ فقال: ورب هذا الأثر المقسم، ... من عهد إبراهيم لما يطسم

And the dust storm brought it transitively; he said: By the Lord of this consecrated trace... from the time of Abraham when it had not yet become obliterated.

يعني بالأثر المقسم مقام إبراهيم، عليه السلام؛ وقوله: ما أنا بالغادي وأكبر همه ... جماميس أرض، فوقهن طسوم

He means by the consecrated trace the Station of Abraham, peace be upon him; and his saying: I am not going forth in the morning, and his greatest concern is... buffaloes of the land, over them is an obliterating (land).

فسره أبو حنيفة فقال: الطسوم هنا الطامسة أي فوقهن أرض طامسة تحوج إلى التفتيش والتوسم.

Abu Hanifa explained it, saying: Al-Tusum here means Al-Tamisah (obliterating), meaning over them is an obliterating land that requires searching and discerning.

وطسم الرجل: اتخم، قيسية.

And Tasm the man: he was overfull (indigestible), a Qaysi dialectal usage.

والطسم: الظلام، والغسم والطسم عند الإمساء، وفي السماء غسم من سحاب وأغسام وأطسام من سحاب.

And Al-Tasm: darkness, and Al-Ghasam and Al-Tasm at dusk, and in the sky is darkness from clouds, and Aghsam and Atasm from clouds.

ورأيته في طسام الغبار وطسامه وطسامه وطيسانه، يريد في كثيره.

And I saw him in the abundance of dust and its abundance, and its abundance, and its multitude, meaning in its plenty.

وأطسمة الشيء: معظمه ومجتمعه؛ حكاه السيرافي ولم يذكر سيبويه إلا أسطمة.

And Atasmata of a thing: its bulk and its collective body; Al-Sirafi narrated it, and Sibawayh only mentioned Ustumah.

والأطسمة مثله على القلب.

And Al-Atasmata is like it, by inversion.

ما قاسم دون مدى ابن أمه، ... وقد رضيناه فقم فسمه يا ليتها قد خرجت من فمه، ... حتى يعود الملك في أطسمه

He did not share beyond the extent of his mother's son, ... and we accepted him, so come and name him, oh would that it had come out of his mouth, ... until the kingdom returns to its people and its right.

إن الإمام بعده ابن أمه، ... ثم ابنه ولي عهد عمه قد رضي الناس به فسمه، ... يا ليتها قد خرجت من فمه حتى يعود الملك في أسطمه، ... أبرز لنا يمينه من كمه

Indeed, the Imam after him is his mother's son, ... then his son, the crown prince of his uncle, the people have accepted him, so name him, ... oh would that it had come out of his mouth until the kingdom returns to its core, ... he showed us his right hand from his sleeve.

والطواسيم والطواسين: سور في القرآن جمعت على غير قياس؛ وأنشد أبو عبيدة: حلفت بالسبع اللواتي طولت، ... وبمئين بعدها قد أمئيت، وبمثان ثنيت وكررت، ... وبالطواسيم التي قد ثلثت

And Al-Tawasin and Al-Tawasin: Surahs in the Quran collected irregularly; Abu Ubaidah recited: I swear by the seven that were lengthened, ... and by the hundreds that were made into hundreds, and by the pairs that were doubled and repeated, ... and by the Tawasin that were tripled.

وطسم: حي من العرب انقرضوا.

And Tasm: a tribe of Arabs that became extinct.

الجوهري: طسم قبيلة من عاد كانوا فانقرضوا، وفي حديث مكة: وسكانها طسم وجديس ، وهما قوم من أهل الزمان الأول، وقيل: طسم حي من عاد، والله أعلم.

Al-Jawahiri: Tasm is a tribe of 'Ad who became extinct, and in the Hadith of Mecca: its inhabitants were Tasm and Jadis, and they are a people from ancient times, and it is said: Tasm is a tribe of 'Ad, and God knows best.