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غذرم

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to consuming, eating, and excessive quantities, particularly in measurement and water. It also extends to oaths and the act of selling goods in bulk.

Derived headwords

تَغَذْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat greedilyboth

    To consume something voraciously or greedily.

  2. 2.
    to swear an oathclassical

    To swear an oath, especially one that is firmly held or not hesitated upon.

تغذرم الشيء: أكله — The thing was eaten greedily.
وتغذرمها: حلف بها، يعني اليمين فأضمرها لمكان العلم بها — And he swore by it, meaning the oath, and kept it hidden due to prior knowledge of it.
ويقال: تغذرم فلان يمينا إذا حلف بها ولم يتتعتع — And it is said: So-and-so swore an oath without hesitation.
تَغَذْرُمnoun
  1. 1.
    eating greedilyboth

    The act of consuming something voraciously or greedily.

  2. 2.
    swearing an oathclassical

    The act of swearing an oath, particularly one taken without hesitation.

غَذْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to sell in bulkclassical

    To sell something in bulk or without precise measurement.

وغذرمت الشيء وغذمرته إذا بعته جزافا — And I sold the thing in bulk if you sold it without precise measurement.
غَذْمَرْتُverb
  1. 1.
    to sell in bulkclassical

    To sell something in bulk or without precise measurement (variant of غذرم).

وغذرمت الشيء وغذمرته إذا بعته جزافا — And I sold the thing in bulk if you sold it without precise measurement.
ماءٌ غَذَارِمadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant waterboth

    Describing water that is plentiful or abundant.

وماء غذارم: كثير — And abundant water: plentiful.
غَذَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of waterclassical

    A large quantity or abundance of water.

والغذارم: الكثير من الماء — And the abundance of water: a lot of water.
والغذارم: الكثير من الماء مثل الغذامر — And the abundance of water: a lot of water like the abundant waters.
غَذَارِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    excessive measureclassical

    A measure or quantity that exceeds what is due or fair; an overage.

والغذرمة: كيل فيه زيادة على الوفاء — And the excessive measure: a measure with an excess beyond the full amount.
كَيْلٌ غَذَارِمadjective
  1. 1.
    bulk measureclassical

    A measure of goods sold in bulk, without precise weighing or counting.

وكيل غذارم أي جزاف — And a bulk measure, meaning sold in bulk.
غَذَامِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    abundant watersclassical

    Plural form referring to abundant or plentiful waters.

ركام وحاد ذو غذامير صيدح — A heap and a caller with abundant, loud waters.
غَمْذَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to measure excessivelyclassical

    To measure out goods with an excess, similar to 'ghadrama'.

وأجاز بعض العرب غمذر غمذرة بمعنى غذرم إذا كال فأكثر — And some Arabs permitted 'ghamdhara' to mean 'ghadrama' when one measures and adds more.
مُغْثَمِرadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed (plants)classical

    Describing plants that are mixed or not of a single, good type.

إنه لنبت مغثمر ومغذرم ومغثوم أي مخلط ليس بجيد — It is indeed mixed herbage, not good.
مُغَذْرِمadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed (plants)classical

    Describing plants that are mixed or not of a single, good type.

إنه لنبت مغثمر ومغذرم ومغثوم أي مخلط ليس بجيد — It is indeed mixed herbage, not good.
تَغَذْمُرnoun
  1. 1.
    murmuring, babblingclassical

    A low, indistinct sound of speech, murmuring or babbling.

ولهم تغذمر وبربرة — And they had murmuring and babbling.
بَرْبَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    babbling, incoherent speechclassical

    The act of speaking indistinctly or incoherently, like babbling.

ولهم تغذمر وبربرة — And they had murmuring and babbling.

Parallel reading

تغذرم الشيء: أكله
To consume something greedily: to eat it.
وتغذرمها: حلف بها، يعني اليمين فأضمرها لمكان العلم بها
And he swore by it, meaning the oath, and kept it hidden due to prior knowledge of it.
ويقال: تغذرم فلان يمينا إذا حلف بها ولم يتتعتع
And it is said: So-and-so swore an oath without hesitation.
تغذرمها في ثأوة من شياهه، ... فلا بوركت تلك الشياه القلائل
He swore by it amidst a flock of his emaciated sheep, ... may those few sheep not be blessed.
وغذرمت الشيء وغذمرته إذا بعته جزافا
And I sold the thing in bulk if you sold it without precise measurement.
وماء غذارم: كثير
And abundant water: plentiful.
والغذرمة: كيل فيه زيادة على الوفاء
And the excessive measure: a measure with an excess beyond the full amount.
وكيل غذارم أي جزاف
And a bulk measure, meaning sold in bulk.
فلهف ابنة المجنون أن لا تصيبه، ... فتوفيه بالصاع كيلا غذارما
So the daughter of Majnun regretted that it did not strike her, ... so she would give him a full measure, a bulk measure.
والغذارم: الكثير من الماء
And the abundance of water: a lot of water.
والغذارم: الكثير من الماء مثل الغذامر
And the abundance of water: a lot of water like the abundant waters.
أن عليا، رضي الله عنه، لما طلب إليه أهل الطائف أن يكتب لهم الأمان على تحليل الربا والخمر فامتنع قاموا ولهم تغذمر وبربرة
When the people of Taif asked Ali, may God be pleased with him, to write them a guarantee for the permissibility of usury and wine, and he refused, they stood up with murmuring and babbling.
تبصرتهم، حتى إذا حال بينهم ... ركام وحاد ذو غذامير صيدح
I observed them, until a heap and a caller with abundant, loud waters intervened between them.
وأجاز بعض العرب غمذر غمذرة بمعنى غذرم إذا كال فأكثر
And some Arabs permitted 'ghamdhara' to mean 'ghadrama' when one measures and adds more.
إنه لنبت مغثمر ومغذرم ومغثوم أي مخلط ليس بجيد
It is indeed mixed herbage, not good.