عهم

Root entry · 38 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of speed, swiftness, and rapid movement, often applied to animals like camels and horses. It also extends to meanings of confusion, perplexity, and intensity, and is used in place names and as a personal name.

Derived headwords

العهمانnoun

1.
Confusion and hesitationclassical
Confusion and hesitation, as stated by Kra'a.

العيهمnoun

1.
Speedclassical
Speed, as mentioned in the original text and Al-Muḥkam.
2.
The intense oneclassical
The intense or strong one, referring to a male camel.
3.
A place nameclassical
A place name, or specifically a place in the lowlands of Tihamah.

ناقة عيهمadjective

1.
Swift she-camelclassical
A she-camel that is swift and fast.

وكور علافي وقطع ونمرق، ... ووجناء مرقال الهواجر عيهم — And a riding-pack, and cut pieces, and a cushion, ... and a she-camel swift in the midday heat.

ناقة عيهامةadjective

1.
Fast-moving she-camelclassical
A she-camel that is fast-moving and goes forward.

جمل عيهمadjective

1.
Fast and swift camelclassical
A camel that is fast and swift.

جمل عيهامadjective

1.
Fast and swift camelclassical
A camel that is fast and swift.

جمل عياهمadjective

1.
Fast and swift camelclassical
A camel that is fast and swift. This form is mentioned by the lexicographer Ibn Jinni.

عياهمnoun

1.
Swift camelsclassical
Swift camels, specifically the noble or fast-moving ones.
2.
Strong camelsclassical
The strong or robust camels.

عيهمnoun

1.
Strong camelclassical
A strong camel, used as the singular for 'عياهم' (strong camels).
2.
Intense she-camelclassical
A she-camel that is intense or strong.

عيهمverb

1.
To be confusedclassical
To be confused or bewildered.

عيهمname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain.

عيهمname

1.
Personal nameclassical
A personal name.

عيهمadjective

1.
Intense, strongclassical
Intense or strong, applied to a camel.

عيهمadjective

1.
Tall and large-headedclassical
Tall with a large head, referring to a she-camel.

عيهمnoun

1.
Elephantclassical
A male elephant.

عيهمnoun

1.
Smooth leatherclassical
Smooth leather.

عيهمadjective

1.
Sweet springclassical
A sweet or fresh spring of water.

عين عيهم — A sweet spring.

عيهامadjective

1.
Fast and swift camelclassical
A camel that is fast and swift.

عياهمadjective

1.
Fast and swift camelclassical
A camel that is fast and swift.

عيهمnoun

1.
Strong camelsclassical
The strong or robust camels.

عيهمadjective

1.
Strong, intenseclassical
Strong or intense, applied to a she-camel.

عيهميadjective

1.
Large and tallclassical
Large and tall.

عيهمname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain.

عيهمname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain.

عيهمname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain.

العيهمانnoun

1.
One who does not travel at nightclassical
A man who does not travel by night, but sleeps on the road.

وقد أثير العيهمان الراقدا — And the one who sleeps on the road was stirred.

العيهومnoun

1.
Smooth leatherclassical
Smooth leather.

فهي قفر، كأنها عيهوم — So it is desolate, as if it were smooth leather.

عيهمnoun

1.
A worn-out camelclassical
A camel that has been worn out by travel, used metaphorically for a desolate place.

عيهمadjective

1.
Salty springclassical
A salty or brackish spring of water.

وللعين المالحة: عين زيغم — And for the salty spring: 'Ayn Zaygham.

عيهمverb

1.
To make fastclassical
To make something fast or swift.

وعيهمتها: سرعتها — And I made it fast: its speed.

عيهمnoun

1.
Swift camelsclassical
Swift camels.

عياهيمnoun

1.
Swift camelsclassical
Swift camels, plural of 'عيهم'.

ذو العرش والشعشعانات العياهيم — The Lord of the Throne and the swift camels.

عيهمةadjective

1.
Tall and large-headedclassical
Tall with a large head.

عيهومadjective

1.
Fast and swift camelclassical
A camel that is fast and swift.

عيهامةadjective

1.
Fast-movingclassical
Fast-moving.

عيهمname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name in the lowlands of Tihamah.

ألا ليت يحيى، يوم عيهم، زارنا، ... — Would that Yahya, on the day of 'Aiham, had visited us, ...

عيهمname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain.

غداة التقينا بين غيق فعيهما — The morning we met between Ghayq and 'Aihama.

عيهمname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain.

وللعراقي ثنايا عيهم — And for the Iraqis are the passes of 'Aiham.

Parallel reading

العهمان: التحير والتردد؛ عن كراع.

Al-'Uhmān: Confusion and hesitation; from Kra'a.

والعيهم: السرعة قوله [والعيهم السرعة] كذا في الأصل والمحكم.

And Al-Yayham: speed. His saying [and Al-Yayham is speed] is thus in the original and Al-Muḥkam.

وقوله [والعيهم السرعة] كذا في الأصل والمحكم.

And his saying [and Al-Yayham is speed] is thus in the original and Al-Muḥkam.

وناقة عيهم: سريعة؛ قال الأعشى:

And a swift she-camel: fast; Al-A'sha said:

وكور علافي وقطع ونمرق، ... ووجناء مرقال الهواجر عيهم

And a riding-pack, and cut pieces, and a cushion, ... and a she-camel swift in the midday heat.

وناقة عيهامة: ماضية.

And a she-camel 'Aihamah: fast-moving.

وجمل عيهم وعيهام وعياهم: ماض سريع، وهو مثال لم يذكره سيبويه.

And a camel 'Aiham, 'Aihām, and 'Ayāham: fast and swift, and it is a pattern not mentioned by Sibawayh.

أما عياهم فحاكيه صاحب العين، وهو مجهول، قال: وذاكرت أبا علي، رحمه الله، يوما بهذا الكتاب فأساء ثناءه، فقلت له: إن تصنيفه أصح وأمثل من تصنيف الجمهرة، فقال: أرأيت الساعة لو صنف إنسان لغة بالتركية تصنيفا جيدا، أكانت تعد عربية؟

As for 'Ayāham, it is imitated by the author of Al-'Ayn, and he is unknown. He said: I discussed with Abu Ali, may God have mercy on him, one day about this book, and he spoke ill of its praise. I said to him: Is his compilation more sound and excellent than the compilation of Al-Jamhara? He said: Do you see now if a person compiled a good dictionary of the Turkish language, would it be considered Arabic?

وقال كراع: ولا نظير لعياهم، والأنثى عيهم وعيهمة وعيهوم وعيهامة.

And Kra'a said: There is no parallel to 'Ayāham, and the feminine is 'Aiham, 'Aihamah, 'Aihūm, and 'Aihāmah.

وقد عيهمت، وعيهمتها: سرعتها، وجمعها عياهيم؛ قال ذو الرمة:

And I made it swift, and I made it swift: its speed, and its plural is 'Ayāhīm; Dhu al-Rummah said:

هيهات خرقاء، إلا أن يقربها ... ذو العرش والشعشعانات العياهيم

Far away, O foolish one, unless the Lord of the Throne and the swift camels bring her near.

وقيل: العيهامة والعيهمة الطويلة العنق الضخمة الرأس.

And it was said: Al-'Aihāmah and Al-'Aihamah are the long-necked, large-headed ones.

والعياهم: نجائب الإبل.

And Al-'Ayāham: swift camels.

والعياهم: الشداد من الإبل، الواحد عيهم وعيهوم.

And Al-'Ayāham: the strong ones from the camels, the singular is 'Aiham and 'Aihūm.

والعيهم: الشديد، وجمل عيهام كذلك، والعيهم من النوق: الشديدة.

And Al-'Aiham: the strong one, and a camel 'Aihām likewise, and Al-'Aiham from the she-camels: the strong one.

والعيهمي: الضخم الطويل.

And Al-'Aihamī: the large and tall.

ويقال للفيل الذكر: عيهم.

And the male elephant is called: 'Aiham.

وعيهمان: اسم.

And 'Aihamān: a name.

واسم موضع، وقيل: عيهم اسم موضع بالغور من تهامة؛

And a place name, and it was said: 'Aiham is a place name in the lowlands of Tihamah;

قالت امرأة من العرب ضربها أهلها في هوى لها: ألا ليت يحيى، يوم عيهم، زارنا، ... وإن نهلت منا السياط وعلت

A woman from the Arabs, whose family struck her for a love she had, said: Would that Yahya, on the day of 'Aiham, had visited us, ... even if the whips drank from us and rose.

وقال البغيت الجهني، والبغيت بباء موحدة مضمومة وغين معجمة وتاء مثناة: ونحن وقعنا في مزينة وقعة، ... غداة التقينا بين غيق فعيهما

And Al-Bughayt Al-Juhani said, and Al-Bughayt is with a dammah on the ba, a pointed ghayn, and a ta: And we struck Muzaynah a blow, ... the morning we met between Ghayq and 'Aihama.

وقال العجاج: وللشآمين طريق المشئم، ... وللعراقي ثنايا عيهم

And Al-'Ajjāj said: And for the people of Sham is the path of misfortune, ... and for the Iraqis are the passes of 'Aiham.

كأن عيهما اسم جبل بعينه.

As if 'Aihama were the name of a specific mountain.

والعيهمان: الرجل الذي لا يدلج ينام على ظهر الطريق؛

And Al-'Aihamān: the man who does not travel by night, sleeping on the road;

وقد أثير العيهمان الراقدا

And the one sleeping on the road was stirred.

والعيهوم: الأديم الأملس؛ وأنشد لأبي دواد:

And Al-'Aihūm: the smooth leather; and he recited for Abu Dawud:

فتعفت بعد الرباب زمانا، ... فهي قفر، كأنها عيهوم

So it became desolate after Al-Rubab for a time, ... so it is barren, as if it were smooth leather.

وقيل: شبه الدار في دروسها بالعيهم من الإبل، وهو الذي أنضاه السير حتى بلاه كما قال حميد بن ثور:

And it was said: The dwelling was likened in its desolation to a worn-out camel, which is one that travel has exhausted until it became worn out, as Hamid bin Thur said:

عفت مثل ما يعفو الطليح، وأصبحت ... بها كبرياء الصعب، وهي ركوب

It became desolate like the desolation of the fallen, and it became ... with it the pride of the untamed, and it is ridden.

ويقال للعين العذبة: عين عيهم، وللعين المالحة: عين زيغم «1».

And the sweet spring is called: 'Ayn 'Aiham, and the salty spring: 'Ayn Zaygham.