كهم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes slowness, dullness, and lack of effectiveness, particularly in the context of battle, speech, or cutting. It can also refer to being hesitant, cowardly, or even a specific type of eggplant.

Derived headwords

كهمverb

1.
to be slowclassical
To be slow or hesitant, especially in offering help or engaging in warfare.

يكهمverb

1.
to be slowclassical
Present tense of 'to be slow', indicating slowness or hesitation in action.

كهامةnoun

1.
slownessclassical
The state or quality of being slow or hesitant, particularly in battle.

كهامadjective

1.
slowclassical
Describing something or someone that is slow, particularly a horse slow to reach its goal.
2.
dullclassical
Describing a person as heavy, old, worn out, and lacking effectiveness, or a sword that does not cut.
3.
ineffectiveclassical
Describing a tongue that is dull or ineffective in eloquence.

كهيمadjective

1.
slowclassical
Describing a horse that is slow to reach its goal.
2.
dullclassical
Describing a person as heavy, old, worn out, and lacking effectiveness, or a sword that does not cut.
3.
ineffectiveclassical
Describing a tongue that is dull or ineffective in eloquence.

تكهمverb

1.
to be slowclassical
To be slow or hesitant in offering help or engaging in warfare.
2.
to expose oneself to dangerclassical
To expose oneself to evil or rush into it; possibly a variant of 'to mock'.

أكهمverb

1.
to become dullclassical
To become dull or weak, specifically referring to eyesight becoming dull or weak.

كهمتهverb

1.
to make hesitantclassical
To cause someone to retreat from advancing or to become cowardly due to hardships.

كيهمname

1.
Kihamclassical
A proper name.

التكهمnoun

1.
exposing oneself to evilclassical
The act of exposing oneself to evil or rushing into it, possibly a variant of mockery or jesting.

كهكاهةnoun

1.
hesitancyclassical
The quality of being hesitant or fearful.

كهكامةnoun

1.
hesitancyclassical
The quality of being hesitant or fearful, similar to 'kahakahah'.

كهكمnoun

1.
hesitant personclassical
A hesitant or fearful person, possibly derived from 'kaham' with an added 'kaf'.
2.
eggplantclassical
A type of eggplant.

كهكامهnoun

1.
hesitancyclassical
The quality of being hesitant or fearful.

كهكبnoun

1.
eggplantclassical
A type of eggplant.

Parallel reading

كهم الرجل وكهم يكهم كهامة، فهو كهام وكهيم، وتكهم: بطؤ عن النصرة والحرب

The man was slow and he is slow, he becomes slow with slowness; he is slow and dull, and to be slow: to be slow in offering help and war.

وفرس كهام: بطيء عن الغاية.

And a slow horse: slow to reach the goal.

ورجل كهام وكهيم: ثقيل مسن دثور لا غناء عنده، وقوم كهام أيضا.

And a slow and dull man: heavy, old, worn out, with no effectiveness, and a slow people too.

وسيف كهام وكهيم: لا يقطع، كليل عن الضربة.

And a dull sword and dull: does not cut, blunt from striking.

إن سيفك كهام أي كليل لا يقطع.

Indeed, your sword is dull, meaning blunt and not cutting.

ولسان كهيم: كليل عن البلاغة

And a dull tongue: blunt from eloquence.

لسان كهام عيي.

A dull tongue, unable to speak.

ويقال: أكهم بصره إذا كل ورق.

And it is said: his eyesight became dull when it weakened and faded.

وكهمته الشدائد: نكصته عن الإقدام وجبنته.

And hardships made him slow: they made him retreat from advancing and made him cowardly.

فجعل يتكهم بهم

And he began to expose himself to danger with them.

التكهم: التعرض للشر والاقتحام به، وربما يجري مجرى السخرية، ولعله إن كان محفوظا مقلوب من التهكم، وهو الاستهزاء.

Al-takahhum: exposing oneself to evil and rushing into it, and it may run as mockery, and it is possibly, if preserved, an inversion of al-tahakkum, which is jesting.

الكهكاهة المتهيب

Al-kahkahah: the one who is hesitant.

وكهكامة، بالميم، مثل كهكاهة المتهيب

And kahkamah, with a mim, like kahakahah of the hesitant one.

يا رب شيخ من عدي كهكم

O Lord of an old man from Adi, a kahkam.

ولا كهكامة برم، إذا ما اشتدت الحقب

Nor a hesitant, stubborn one, when the hardship intensified.

الكهكم والكهكب الباذنجان.

Al-kahkam and al-kahkab are eggplant.