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وخم

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of heaviness, burden, and unpleasantness, often related to physical sensations like indigestion or the feeling of a place being unhealthy. It extends to metaphorical heaviness in character or consequences.

Derived headwords

الوخمnoun
  1. 1.
    Heaviness, burdenboth

    A state of being heavy or burdensome, often referring to a person's character or a difficult situation.

  2. 2.
    Indigestionboth

    A feeling of heaviness or discomfort caused by food that is difficult to digest.

  3. 3.
    Disease, ailmentclassical

    A type of disease, sometimes specifically a hemorrhoid-like condition.

وخمverb
  1. 1.
    To be heavy, burdensomeboth

    To be characterized by heaviness or burden, often used metaphorically for character or consequences.

  2. 2.
    To cause indigestionboth

    Food or a situation causing a feeling of heaviness and discomfort.

  3. 3.
    To be unhealthyboth

    An environment or place being unhealthy or unsuitable for habitation.

وخامةnoun
  1. 1.
    Heaviness, burdenboth

    The quality of being heavy or burdensome, used for people and situations.

  2. 2.
    Indigestionboth

    The state of food being heavy and indigestible.

  3. 3.
    Unsuitabilityboth

    The quality of being unsuitable or unhealthy, especially for land or a place.

وخومnoun
  1. 1.
    Heaviness, burdenboth

    A state of being heavy or burdensome, similar to وخامة.

وخيمadjective
  1. 1.
    Heavy, burdensomeboth

    Describing a person who is heavy or burdensome in character.

  2. 2.
    Indigestibleboth

    Describing food that is heavy and difficult to digest.

  3. 3.
    Bad consequenceboth

    Describing something that has a heavy or bad outcome.

  4. 4.
    Unhealthy, infertileboth

    Describing land or a place that is unhealthy or does not yield good pasture.

وخمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Unhealthy landboth

    Land that is unhealthy or infertile.

وخيمةadjective
  1. 1.
    Unhealthy, infertileboth

    Describing land or a place that is unhealthy or infertile.

  2. 2.
    Bad consequenceboth

    Describing something with a heavy or bad outcome.

موخمةadjective
  1. 1.
    Unhealthy landboth

    Land that is unhealthy or infertile.

توخمverb
  1. 1.
    To find indigestibleboth

    To find food difficult to digest or unpleasant.

  2. 2.
    To find unsuitableboth

    To find a place or environment unsuitable or unhealthy.

استوخمverb
  1. 1.
    To find indigestibleboth

    To find food difficult to digest or unpleasant, and not praise its outcome.

  2. 2.
    To find unsuitableboth

    To find a place or environment unhealthy or unsuitable.

متوخمadjective
  1. 1.
    Indigestibleboth

    Describing food that is difficult to digest.

  2. 2.
    Unsuitableboth

    Describing a place or environment that is unsuitable or unhealthy.

التخمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Indigestionboth

    The discomfort or illness caused by eating food that is too rich or difficult to digest.

تخمverb
  1. 1.
    To suffer indigestionboth

    To experience the condition of indigestion.

اتخمverb
  1. 1.
    To cause indigestionboth

    Food causing a person to suffer from indigestion.

  2. 2.
    To suffer indigestionboth

    To be afflicted with indigestion.

متخمةadjective
  1. 1.
    Causing indigestionboth

    Describing food that causes indigestion.

وخمnoun
  1. 1.
    Disease, ailmentclassical

    A disease, specifically a condition resembling hemorrhoids, sometimes occurring in a female camel during childbirth.

وخمهadjective
  1. 1.
    Having a diseaseclassical

    Describing a female camel that has the specific ailment mentioned.

Parallel reading

الثقيل من الرجال البين الوخامة والوخومة
The heavy among men, clearly characterized by heaviness and burden.
لا مخافة ولا وخامة
No fear and no burden/unpleasantness.
وخم الطعام إذا ثقل فلم يستمرأ
Food causes heaviness (indigestion) if it is heavy and not easily assimilated.
فهو وخيم
And it is indigestible/heavy.
هذا الأمر وخيم العاقبة
This matter has a heavy/bad consequence.
وأرض وخام ووخيم ووخمة ووخمة ووخيمة وموخمة: لا ينجع كلأها
And land is called 'wakhama', 'wakhim', 'wakhmah', 'wakhmah', 'wakhimah', and 'mawkhamah' if its pasture is ineffective.
وطعام وخيم: غير موافق
And 'wakhim' food is unsuitable food.
وتوخمه واستوخمه: لم يستمرئه ولا حمد مغبته
And to find it indigestible ('tawakhmah'/'istawkhamah') means not to assimilate it and not to praise its outcome.
واستوخمتَ الطعام وتوخمته إذا استوبلته
And you found the food indigestible ('istawkhamtahu'/'tawakhmtahu') if you found it unpleasant/heavy.
وشيء وخم أي وبيء
And something 'wakhim' means unhealthy or noxious.
وبلدة وخمة ووخيمة إذا لم يوافق سكنها
And a town is 'wakhmah' or 'wakhimah' if its habitation is unsuitable.
واستوخمتها
And you found it unsuitable.
والتخمة، بالتحريك: الذي يصيبك من الطعام إذا استوخمته
And 'at-takhmah' (with vowel movement) is what afflicts you from food if you find it indigestible.
واستوخموا المدينة أي استثقلوها ولم يوافق هواؤها أبدانه
And they found the city unsuitable ('istawkhamū') meaning they found it burdensome and its air did not suit their bodies.
فاستوخمنا هذه الأرض
And we found this land unsuitable ('fāstawkhamnā').
ووخم الرجل، بالكسر، أي اتخم
And a man 'wakhama' (with kasra) means he suffered indigestion ('ittakhama').
وأتخمه الطعام، على أفعله، وأصله أوخمه
And food 'at-khamahu' (in the form 'af'ala') means it caused him indigestion; its origin is 'awkhama'.
وطعام متخمة، بالفتح: يتخم منه
And 'mut'akhmah' food (with fathah) is food from which one suffers indigestion.
وواخمني فوخمته أخمه: كنت أشد تخمة منه
And he caused me more indigestion than I caused him ('wākhamanī fa-wakhhamtuhu akhumuhu'): I had more indigestion than him.
وإذا المعدة جاشت، فارمها بالمنجنيق بثلاث من نبيذ، ... تهضم التخمة هضما
And when the stomach churns, then bombard it with three measures of wine... digesting the indigestion thoroughly.
والوخم: داء كالباسور
And 'al-wakhmah' is a disease like a hemorrhoid.
وخمت الناقة، فهي وخمة إذا كان بها ذلك
And the she-camel 'wakhimat', so she is 'wakhimah' if she has that condition.