هرم

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of extreme old age, decrepitude, and the physical and mental decline associated with it. It also extends to meanings related to decay, damage, and certain types of plants and structures.

Derived headwords

الهَرَمnoun

1.
extreme old ageboth
The state of being extremely old, characterized by advanced age and its associated physical decline.
2.
decrepitudeclassical
The condition of being worn out or broken down due to age or neglect.
3.
decayclassical
The process of rotting or decomposition, used metaphorically for aging.

هَرِمَverb

1.
to become oldboth
To reach an advanced age, to grow old and decrepit.

هَرَمًاnoun

1.
old ageclassical
The state of being old, often referring to extreme old age.

مُهْرِمًاnoun

1.
old ageclassical
The state of being old, a masdar form indicating the condition of old age.

أَهْرَمَهُ اللهُverb

1.
God made him oldclassical
A passive construction indicating that God has caused someone to reach extreme old age.

هَرِمِينَadjective

1.
agedclassical
Plural adjective for men who are old and decrepit.

هَرْمَىadjective

1.
agedclassical
A broken plural adjective for men who are old and decrepit, similar to 'qatla' and 'asra'.

هَرِمَةnoun

1.
old womanclassical
A female who is old and decrepit.
2.
a type of plantclassical
A specific type of bitter, salty plant that spreads widely on the ground.

هَرِمَاتadjective

1.
aged womenclassical
Plural adjective for women who are old and decrepit.

أَهْرَمَهُ الدَّهْرُverb

1.
time made him oldclassical
The passage of time has caused someone to become old and decrepit.

المُهَرَّمَةnoun

1.
old ageclassical
The state of extreme old age.

مَظِنَّةٌ لِلْهَرَمِphrase

1.
a cause of old ageclassical
Something that is likely to lead to or be associated with old age.

يَتَهَارَمُverb

1.
to feign old ageclassical
To pretend to be old or decrepit when one is not.

ابْنُ هَرْمَةname

1.
last childclassical
The youngest child of an elderly couple, born when they are old.

هَرْمَانَةnoun

1.
ambitionclassical
A desire or aspiration, often used in the negative to mean no ambition or hope.

مِهْرَمnoun

1.
ambitionclassical
A desire or aspiration, used in the negative to mean no ambition or hope.

قَدَحٌ هَرِمnoun

1.
chipped cupclassical
A drinking vessel whose rim is chipped or broken.

الهَرِمnoun

1.
a type of plantclassical
A type of bitter, salty plant characterized by its low, spreading growth.

هَرِمَةnoun

1.
a type of plantclassical
The singular form of 'hirm', referring to a specific bitter, salty plant.
2.
foolish plantclassical
Also called 'al-baqla al-ḥamqā', a plant considered insignificant or foolish.

هَرِمnoun

1.
old camelclassical
A camel that has become old and weak.

هَارِمadjective

1.
grazing on 'hirm'classical
Describes a camel or camels that are feeding on the plant 'hirm'.
2.
white-facedclassical
Describes camels that eat 'hirm' and consequently their facial hair turns white.

هَوَارِمadjective

1.
grazing on 'hirm'classical
Plural adjective for camels feeding on the plant 'hirm'.

هَرِمُكَnoun

1.
your soulclassical
Refers to one's soul, spirit, or inner self.
2.
your mindclassical
Refers to one's intellect or reason.

تَهْرِيمًاnoun

1.
cutting into small piecesclassical
The act of cutting meat into very small, fine pieces.

مُهَرَّمadjective

1.
cut into small piecesclassical
Describes meat that has been cut into very small pieces.

هَرِيمnoun

1.
small piececlassical
A small, cut piece, often referring to meat.

هِرْهِمَانnoun

1.
ambitionclassical
A strong desire or aspiration.

الهِرْهَمَانnoun

1.
intellectclassical
Reason, understanding, or good judgment.
2.
opinionclassical
A viewpoint or judgment.

ابْنُ هَرْمَةname

1.
poet's nameclassical
Refers to a poet named Ibn Harmat.

الهَرَمَانname

1.
buildings in Egyptclassical
Refers to two specific structures or buildings located in Egypt.

Parallel reading

أقصى الكبر، هرم، بالكسر، يهرم هرما ومهرما وقد أهرمه الله فهو هرم

Extreme old age, decrepitude; he became old, he ages an aging and a decrepitude, and God made him old, so he is decrepit.

من رجال هرمين وهرمى، كسر على فعلى لأنه من الأسماء التي يصابون بها وهم لها كارهون

Among men are the aged (hirmīn) and the aged (hirmā), the broken plural is on the pattern of fu'lā because they are among those afflicted, and they are unwilling.

والأنثى هرمة من نسوة هرمات وهرمى

And the female is 'harimah' from women are 'harimāt' and 'hirmā'.

وقد أهرمه الدهر وهرمه؛ قال: إذا ليلة هرمت يومها، ... أتى بعد ذلك يوم فتي

And time has made him old and decrepit; he said: If a night made its day decrepit... a day of youth came after that.

والمهرمة: الهرم.

And 'al-muharramah': old age.

ترك العشاء مهرمة أي مظنة للهرم

Leaving the evening meal is a cause of old age, meaning a likelihood of decrepitude.

وفلان يتهارم: يري من نفسه أنه هرم وليس به.

And so-and-so pretends to be old: he shows himself as if he is old, though he is not.

إن الله لم يضع داء إلا وضع له دواء إلا الهرم ؛ الهرم: الكبر، جعل الهرم داء تشبيها به لأن الموت يتعقبه كالأدواء.

Indeed, Allah has not sent down a disease except that He has sent down its cure, except for old age; old age is extreme age, old age was made a disease by comparison to it because death follows it like diseases.

وابن هرمة: آخر ولد الشيخ والعجوز، وعلى مثاله ابن عجزة.

And 'Ibn Harmat': the last child of an old man and an old woman, and like it is 'Ibn 'Ajzah'.

وما عنده هرمانة ولا مهرم أي مطمع.

And he has no ambition ('harmānah') nor desire ('mihram'), meaning no greed.

وقدح هرم: منثلم؛ عن أبي حنيفة؛ وأنشد للجعدي: جوز كجوز الحمار جرده الخراس، ... لا ناقس ولا هرم

And a chipped cup ('hirm'): broken-edged; from Abu Hanifa; and he recited for al-Ju'dī: Like the testicles of a donkey, the Khurasani stripped them... neither a camel nor a chipped cup.

والهرم، بالتسكين: ضرب من الحمض فيه ملوحة، وهو أذله وأشده انبساطا على الأرض واستبطاحا؛ قال زهير: ووطئتنا وطأ على حنق، ... وطأ المقيد يابس الهرم

And 'al-hirm', with sukun: a type of sour plant with saltiness, and it is the most lowly and most spread out on the ground and flattest; Zuhayr said: And they trampled us with a trampling out of anger, ... the trampling of the hobbled one on dry 'hirm'.

واحدته هرمة، وهي التي يقال لها حيهلة.

Its singular is 'harimah', and it is what is called 'ḥayhalah'.

وفي المثل: أذل من هرمة، وقيل: هي البقلة الحمقاء؛ عن كراع، وقيل: هو شجر؛ عنه أيضا.

And in the proverb: More lowly than 'harimah', and it was said: it is the foolish herb; from Kara', and it was said: it is a tree; also from him.

ويقال للبعير إذا صار قحدا هرم، والأنثى هرمة.

And a camel is called 'hirm' when it becomes old and weak, and the female is 'harimah'.

وكان النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، يتعوذ من الهرم.

And the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to seek refuge from old age.

اللهم إني أعوذ بك من الأهرمين : البناء والبئر؛ قال: هكذا روي بالراء، والمشهور الأهدمين، بالدال، وقد تقدم.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the two 'ahramayn': the building and the well; he said: Thus it is narrated with 'ra', and the famous is 'al-ahdamayn', with 'dal', and it has preceded.

وبعير هارم وإبل هوارم: ترعى الهرم، وقيل: هي التي تأكل الهرم فتبيض منه عثانينها وشعر وجهها؛ قال: أكلن هرما فالوجوه شيب

And a camel 'hārim' and camels 'hawārim': grazing on 'hirm', and it was said: they are those that eat 'hirm' and their chin-tufts and facial hair turn white from it; he said: They ate 'hirm', so their faces became white.

وإنك لا تدري علام ينزأ هرمك وإنك لا تدري بمن يولع هرمك؛ حكاه يعقوب ولم يفسره.

And you do not know what your soul ('hirmak') is agitated by, and you do not know whom your soul ('hirmak') is infatuated with; Ya'qub narrated it and did not explain it.

سمعت غير واحد من العرب يقول: هرمت اللحم تهريما إذا قطعته قطعا صغارا مثل الحزة والوذرة. ولحم مهرم.

I heard more than one Arab say: I cut the meat into small pieces ('tahrīmā') if I cut it into small pieces like 'hazzah' and 'wadhrah'. And meat that is 'muharram'.

وهرم وهرمي وهرم وهرمة وهريم وهرام، كلها: أسماء.

And 'hirm', 'hurmiyy', 'hirm', 'harimah', 'huraym', and 'hirām', all are names.

ويقال: ما له هرمان؛ والهرمان، بالضم: العقل والرأي.

And it is said: He has no 'harmān'; and 'al-hurmān', with dammah: intellect and opinion.

وهرم بن سنان بن أبي حارثة المري: من بني مرة بن عوف بن سعد بن دينار؛ وهو صاحب زهير الذي يقول فيه: إن البخيل ملوم حيث كان، ولكن ... الجواد، على علاته، هرم

And Harm bin Sinan bin Abi Harithah al-Murrī: from Banu Murrah bin 'Awf bin Sa'd bin Dīnār; he is the companion of Zuhayr, about whom he says: Indeed, the miser is blamed wherever he is, but ... the generous one, despite his limitations, is 'hirm'.

وأما هرم بن قطبة بن سيار فمن بني فزارة، وهو الذي تنافر إليه عامر وعلقمة

As for Harm bin Qutbah bin Sayyar, he is from Banu Fazārah, and he is the one to whom 'Āmir and 'Alqamah went for arbitration.

والهرمان: بناءان بمصر، حرسها الله تعالى.

And 'al-Harmān': two buildings in Egypt, may Allah protect it.