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قلهم

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical attributes, focusing on wide openings, shortness, stoutness, and sometimes roughness or coarseness. It also touches upon concepts of speed and the sea.

Derived headwords

القُلْهُمnoun
  1. 1.
    Wide vulvaclassical

    Refers to a wide opening, specifically used in a classical context to describe the vulva.

قلهمهاnoun
  1. 1.
    Her vulvaclassical

    A possessive form referring to a woman's vulva, used in a specific hadith context.

قلهمname
  1. 1.
    Qulhumclassical

    A proper noun, possibly a name or place, mentioned in the text.

القُلْهَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Speedclassical

    Denotes quickness or swiftness.

القُلْهَذِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Shortclassical

    Describes someone or something as being short in stature.

  2. 2.
    Stoutclassical

    Describes a person as being stout or thick-set.

  3. 3.
    Coarse-featuredclassical

    Refers to someone with coarse or rough physical features.

القُلْهَذِمnoun
  1. 1.
    Seaclassical

    Refers to the sea, particularly one that is vast or abundant with water.

بحر قلهذمnoun
  1. 1.
    Abundant seaclassical

    A descriptive phrase for a sea that is very large and full of water.

القُلْهَذِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Lightclassical

    Describes something as being light or agile.

القُلْهَزِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Stoutly builtclassical

    Describes a man who is well-built and robust, neither too delicate nor too coarse in his build.

  2. 2.
    Narrow-mindedclassical

    Describes someone as being narrow-minded or difficult to deal with.

  3. 3.
    Shortclassical

    Refers to someone who is short in stature.

القُلْهَزِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Crookedly formedclassical

    Describes someone or something that is not well-proportioned or has a crooked build.

القُلْهَزِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Short (of horses)classical

    Specifically describes a horse as being short.

القُلْهَزِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Curly-formedclassical

    Describes a horse that has a curly or coarse mane and tail, or a generally rough build.

قَلْهَزَمadjective
  1. 1.
    Short and stoutclassical

    Describes someone who is both short and thick-set.

امرأة قلهزمةadjective
  1. 1.
    Very short womanclassical

    Describes a woman who is exceptionally short.

Parallel reading

الفَرَجُ الواسِعُ.
The wide vulva.
أن قوما افتقدوا سخاب فتاتهم، فاتهموا امرأة، فجاءت عجوز ففتشت قلهمها أي فرجها
That a people missed their young goat's scent-bag, so they accused a woman, and an old woman came and searched her vulva.
والقُلْهَمَةُ: السُرعَةُ
And al-qulhama: speed.
القُلْهَذِمُ: القَصيرُ.
Al-qulhadhim: the short one.
والقُلْهَذِمُ: البَحْرُ الكَثيرُ الماءِ.
And al-qulhadhim: the sea with much water.
وبَحْرٌ قُلْهَذِمٌ: كَثيرُ الماءِ.
And a sea, qulhadhim: with much water.
القُلْهَزِمُ الرَّجُلُ المُرْتَبِعُ الجِسْمِ الذي لَيْسَ بِفَرِجِ الرَّأْيِ وَلا طَرِيٍّ في المَنْطِقِ، وَلَيْسَ مِنْ عِظَمِ رَأْسِهِ وَلا صِغَرِهِ.
Al-qulhazim is the man of stout build, who is not weak in opinion nor smooth in speech, and it is not about the size of his head, large or small.
ويُقالُ: بَلْ هُوَ ضَخْمُ الرَّأْسِ وَاللَّهْزَمَتَيْنِ.
And it is said: rather, he is large-headed and has prominent jaw muscles.
القُلْهَزِمُ الضَّيِّقُ الخُلُقِ المُلِحاحُ، وَقيلَ: هُوَ القَصيرُ
Al-qulhazim is the narrow-minded, the insistent one, and it is said: he is the short one.
المُجَنَّحُ: المائِلُ الخِلْقَةِ، والجَاذِي الخَلْقِ: الذي لَمْ يَطُلْ خِلْقَتُهُ.
Al-mujannah: crookedly formed, and al-jadhi al-khalq: one whose form is not tall.
والأَنُوحُ: القَصيرُ مِنَ الخَيْلِ.
And al-anuh: the short one among horses.
القُلْهَزِمُ الضَّيِّقُ الخُلُقِ
Al-qulhazim is the narrow-minded.
وقُلْهَزِمٌ: قَصيرٌ غَليظٌ.
And qulhazim: short and stout.
وامْرَأَةٌ قَلْهَزَمَةٌ: قَصيرَةٌ جِدًّا.
And a woman, qulhazima: very short.
القُلْهَزِمُ مِنَ الخَيْلِ: الجَعْدُ الخِلْقَةِ.
Al-qulhazim among horses: the curly-formed.