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ملهم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to place names, specifically villages and regions in the Yamama area of Arabia. It also has a derived meaning related to excessive eating.

Derived headwords

مُلْهِمname
  1. 1.
    village in Yamamaclassical

    A village located in the Yamama region, belonging to the Banu Yashkur tribe and mixed groups of Bakr and Wa'il.

المُلْهِمadjective
  1. 1.
    excessive eaterclassical

    One who eats a lot.

مُلْهِمname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place, described as land with many date palms.

مُلْهِمname
  1. 1.
    land nameclassical

    A region, poetically described in relation to its date palms.

يوم مُلْهِمname
  1. 1.
    a battleclassical

    A historical battle that took place between the tribes of Tamim and Hanifa.

مُلْهِمname
  1. 1.
    village nameclassical

    A village, mentioned alongside Qaran as two well-known villages in Yamama.

قُرَانname
  1. 1.
    village nameclassical

    A village in Yamama, mentioned alongside Mulham.

Parallel reading

ملهم قرية باليمامة
Mulham is a village in Yamama.
هي لبني يشكر وأخلاط من بكر وائل
It belongs to Banu Yashkur and mixed groups of Bakr and Wa'il.
والملهم: الكثير الأكل
And Al-Mulhim: the one who eats a lot.
وملهم، بالفتح، موضع وهي أرض كثيرة النخل
And Mulham, with the fath, is a place, and it is land with many date palms.
كأن حمول الحي زلن بيانع ... من الوارد البطحاء من نخل ملهما
As if the burdens of the tribe descended from ripe fruit... from the incoming floodwaters of the wadi from the date palms of Mulham.
ويوم ملهم: حرب لبني تميم وحنيفة
And Yawm Mulham: a war between Banu Tamim and Hanifa.
وملهم أرض
And Mulham is a land.
يظل نساء الحي يعكفن حوله، ... يقلن عسيب من سرارة ملهما
The women of the tribe remain gathered around it, ... saying, 'A palm branch from the heart of Mulham.'
وملهم وقران: قريتان من قرى اليمامة معروفتان
And Mulham and Qaran: two villages from the villages of Yamama, well-known.