علقم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes extreme bitterness, particularly associated with the colocynth plant and its fruit. It extends to describe anything intensely bitter, including water, and metaphorically, a harsh or unpleasant experience.

Derived headwords

العَلْقَمnoun

1.
Colocynth plantclassical
The colocynth plant, known for its bitter properties.
2.
Colocynth fruitclassical
The fruit of the colocynth plant, or a piece of it.
3.
Intensely bitter substanceboth
Anything that is extremely bitter.
4.
Bitter waterclassical
Water that is exceptionally bitter.

عَلْقَمَةnoun

1.
Piece of colocynthclassical
A piece or portion of the colocynth fruit.
2.
Bitter berryclassical
A bitter nabq (fruit of the Rhamnus tree), also called al-hazra.
3.
Bitternessboth
The quality of being bitter; bitterness itself.

عَلْقَمَverb

1.
To make bitterclassical
To make food or drink bitter, as if colocynth was added to it.

العَلْقَمَةname

1.
Name of a poetclassical
A proper name, referring to the poet 'Alqamah bin 'Abdah, also known as 'al-Fahl'.
2.
Name of a eunuchclassical
A proper name, referring to a eunuch named 'Alqamah.
3.
Name of a tribal figureclassical
A proper name, referring to 'Alqamah bin 'Alathah from the Banu Ja'far.

Parallel reading

العَلْقَم: شجر الحنظل، والقطعة منه علقمة، وكل مر علقم

Al-'alqam: the colocynth tree, and a piece of it is 'alqamah, and everything bitter is 'alqam.

وقيل: هو الحنظل بعينه أعني ثمرته، الواحدة منها علقمة.

And it is said: it is the colocynth itself, meaning its fruit, and one of them is 'alqamah.

وقال الأزهري: هو شحم الحنظل، ولذلك يقال لكل شيء فيه مرارة شديدة: كأنه العلقم.

And Al-Azhari said: it is the fat of the colocynth, and for that reason it is said of anything with intense bitterness: 'as if it were the 'alqam'.

ابن الأعرابي: العلقمة النبقة المرة، وهي الحزرة.

Ibn Al-A'rabi: Al-'alqamah is the bitter nabq, and it is al-hazrah.

والعلقمة: المرارة.

And Al-'alqamah: bitterness.

وعلقم طعامه: أمره كأنه جعل فيه العلقم.

And he 'alqama his food: he made it bitter as if 'alqam was put into it.

وطعام فيه علقمة أي مرارة.

And food containing 'alqamah, meaning bitterness.

والعلقم: أشد الماء مرارة.

And Al-'alqam: the most bitter of water.

وقال ابن دريد: العلقمة اختلاط الماء وخثورته.

And Ibn Duraid said: Al-'alqamah is the mixing and turbidity of water.

الجوهري: العلقم شجر مر.

Al-Jauhari: Al-'alqam is a bitter tree.

وعلقمة بن عبدة الشاعر، وهو الفحل، وعلقمة الخصي وهما جميعا من ربيعة الجوع، وأما علقمة بن علاثة فهو من بني جعفر.

And 'Alqamah bin 'Abdah the poet, who is 'al-Fahl', and 'Alqamah the eunuch, and they are both from Rabi'ah al-Ju', but 'Alqamah bin 'Alathah is from Banu Ja'far.