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طغم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to the lowest, most base, and ignoble elements of both animals and humans. It denotes the rabble, the riff-raff, and those considered foolish or lacking in intellect and understanding.

Derived headwords

الطَّغَامnoun
  1. 1.
    rabble, riff-raffboth

    The lowest and most ignoble creatures, specifically referring to birds and beasts, and by extension, the worst and most base people.

  2. 2.
    fools, simpletonsclassical

    Those who are foolish, lacking in intellect, sense, or proper understanding.

الطَّغَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    base creature (animal)classical

    An ignoble creature, referring to birds and beasts. It can be used for both male and female, similar to 'na'amah' (ostrich).

  2. 2.
    base person, ignoble personboth

    One of the ignoble or base people, the riff-raff.

  3. 3.
    foolish personclassical

    A foolish person, one lacking sense or intellect.

طُغَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish personclassical

    A term used to describe a foolish man, similar to 'daghamah'.

Parallel reading

الطغام والطغامة: أرذال الطير والسباع
Al-ṭughām and al-ṭughāmah: the ignoble ones of birds and beasts.
الواحدة طغامة للذكر والأنثى مثل نعامة ونعام
The singular is ṭughāmah for male and female, like na'āmah and na'ām (ostrich).
وهما أيضا أرذال الناس وأوغادهم
And they also refer to the ignoble and base people.
إذا كان اللبيب كذا جهولا، ... فما فضل اللبيب على الطغام؟
If the intelligent person is ignorant like this, ... then what is the advantage of the intelligent person over the rabble?
الواحد والجمع في ذلك سواء
The singular and plural are the same in this regard.
هذا طغامة من الطغام، الواحد والجمع سواء
This is a ṭughāmah from the ṭughām; the singular and plural are the same.
وكنت، إذا هممت بفعل أمر، ... يخالفني الطغامة والطغام
And I used to be, when I intended to do something, ... the riff-raff and the rabble would oppose me.
وسمعت العرب تقول للرجل الأحمق طغامة ودغامة، والجمع الطغام
And I heard the Arabs say for a foolish man, ṭughāmah and dughāmah, and the plural is al-ṭughām.
يا طغام الأحلام
O rabble of intellects!
إنما هو من باب إشفى المرفق، وذلك أن الطغام لما كان ضعيفا استجاز أن يصفهم به
It is only from the category of the olecranon (tip of the elbow), and that is because when the ṭughām was weak, it was permissible to describe them with it.
كأنه قال يا ضعاف الأحلام ويا طاشة الأحلام؛ معناه من لا عقل له ولا معرفة
As if he said, O weak of intellects, and O scattered of intellects; meaning, those who have no reason or knowledge.
وقيل: هم أوغاد الناس وأرذالهم
And it was said: they are the base and ignoble people.
مئبرة العرقوب إشفى المرفق لما كان الإشفى دقيقا حادا استجاز أن يصفها به كأنه قال: دقيقة المرفق أو حادة المرفق
The base of the ankle is the olecranon of the elbow; since the olecranon is fine and sharp, it was permissible to describe it as such, as if to say: the fine part of the elbow or the sharp part of the elbow.
وكذلك كل جوهر فيه معنى الفعل يجوز فيه مثل هذا
And likewise, anything of essence that carries the meaning of an action, such a description is permissible for it.