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قرشم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root قرشم (q-r-sh-m) primarily relates to the concept of gathering, collecting, or consolidating. It also extends to descriptions of large or rough entities, and in a derived sense, to hardness and strength.

Derived headwords

قَرشَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, collectboth

    To gather or collect something, bringing it together.

قُرشُومnoun
  1. 1.
    treeclassical

    A type of tree that is believed by Arabs to be a dwelling place for ticks.

  2. 2.
    small-bodied personclassical

    A person who is small in body or stature.

قُرشُومnoun
  1. 1.
    large tickboth

    A large or swollen tick.

قَرشَمadjective
  1. 1.
    hard, strongclassical

    Describing something as hard, solid, and strong.

قَرَاشِمnoun
  1. 1.
    rough touchclassical

    A rough or coarse texture when touched.

  2. 2.
    large tickboth

    A large or swollen tick.

قُرْشَامnoun
  1. 1.
    large tickboth

    A large or swollen tick.

قَرَاشِمَىname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific place or country.

Parallel reading

قرشم الشيء: جمعه.
Qarshama the thing: he gathered it.
والقرشوم: شجرة زعمت العرب أنها تنبت القردان لأنها مأوى القردان
And al-qurshum: a tree which the Arabs claimed produced ticks because it was a dwelling for ticks.
وفي المحكم: شجرة يأوي إليها القردان، ويقال لها أم قراشماء، بالمد.
And in al-Muhkam: a tree to which ticks resort, and it is called Umm Quraashmaa', with the long vowel.
وقراشمى، مقصور: اسم بلد.
And Qaraashimaa, short form: a place name.
والقرشام والقرشوم والقراشم: القراد العظيم
And al-qurshaam and al-qurshum and al-qaraashim: the great tick.
وفي المحكم: القراد الضخم؛
And in al-Muhkam: the huge tick;
قال الطرماح: وقد لوى أنفه بمشفرها ... طلح قراشيم شاحب جسده
Al-Tirammah said: And he twisted his nose with its muzzle... a pale-bodied qaraashim.
والقراشم: الخشن المس.
And al-qaraashim: the rough to the touch.
والقرشوم: الصغير الجسم.
And al-qurshum: the small-bodied.
والقرشم: الصلب الشديد.
And al-qarsham: the hard and strong.