وضم

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of placing or laying something down, often for a specific purpose like preparing food or resting. It extends to related ideas of gathering, proximity, and even metaphorical meanings of vulnerability or oppression.

Derived headwords

الوَضْمnoun

1.
Platform for meatclassical
A platform made of wood or reeds upon which meat is placed, often to keep it off the ground.
2.
Food placed on a platformclassical
Food that is placed on a platform to be eaten.

لحم الوضم — meat on the platform

أَوْضَامnoun

1.
Platforms for meatclassical
The plural of 'waḍm', referring to multiple platforms used for placing meat.

الإبل من أوضامها — camels from their platforms

أَوْضَمَverb

1.
To place meat on a platformclassical
To lay meat upon a 'waḍm' (platform).
2.
To prepare a platformclassical
To make or prepare a 'waḍm' (platform).

وأوضم اللحم وأوضم له — and he placed the meat on the platform, and he placed it for him

وَضَمَverb

1.
To place uponclassical
To place something upon a platform or surface.
2.
To make a platformclassical
To construct or prepare a 'waḍm' (platform).

وضمه يضمه وضما — he placed it, he places it, placing

وَضْمًاnoun

1.
Placingclassical
The act of placing something, specifically on a platform.
2.
Making a platformclassical
The act of constructing or preparing a platform.

وضمه يضمه وضما — he placed it, he places it, placing

لَحْمٌ عَلَى وَضْمٍphrase

1.
Vulnerable meatclassical
A metaphor for something or someone exposed and vulnerable, like meat on a platform with no one to defend it.

إنما النساء لحم على وضم إلا ما ذب عنه — Women are but meat on a platform, except for what is defended.

وَضَمَverb

1.
To inflict harmclassical
To inflict severe harm or pain upon people, making them submissive.

تركهم لحما على وضم: أوقع بهم فذللهم وأوجعهم — he left them like meat on a platform: he afflicted them, humbled them, and pained them.

الوَضِيمَةnoun

1.
Mourning feastclassical
Food prepared for a mourning gathering or funeral feast.
2.
Gathered fodderclassical
Collected fodder or pasture, similar to 'wathīmah'.
3.
Generous hostsclassical
A group of people who arrive at a place and are treated generously and honored by the hosts.
4.
Group of peopleclassical
A segment or group of people, numbering two to three hundred.
5.
Arriving groupclassical
A group whose numbers have diminished and who then settle among another group.

والوضيمة: طعام المأتم — and the waḍīmah: the food of the mourning gathering.

وَضَمَverb

1.
To settle uponclassical
When a group of people settles upon another group.

وضم بنو فلان على بني فلان إذا حلوا عليهم — The tribe of so-and-so settled upon the tribe of so-and-so when they descended upon them.

وَضَمَverb

1.
To gatherclassical
For people to gather together and come close to one another.

ووضم القوم وضوما: تجمعوا وتقاربوا — and the people gathered and came close together.

وَضْمًاnoun

1.
Gatheringclassical
The act of gathering or coming close together.

ووضم القوم وضوما: تجمعوا وتقاربوا — and the people gathered and came close together.

وَضْمَةnoun

1.
Groupclassical
A close-knit group or gathering of people.
2.
Group of arrowsclassical
A collection or group of arrows.

والقوم وضمة واحدة — and the people are one group.

وإن في جفيره لوضمة من نبل — and in his quiver is a group of arrows.

اسْتَوْضَمَverb

1.
To oppressclassical
To treat someone unjustly or to oppress them.

واستوضمت الرجل إذا ظلمته — and you oppress a man if you wrong him.

اسْتَضَمَّverb

1.
To oppressclassical
To treat someone unjustly or to oppress them.

واستضمته — and you oppress him.

تَوَضَّمَverb

1.
To have intercourse withclassical
A man having sexual intercourse with a woman.

توضم الرجل المرأة إذا وقع عليها — A man has intercourse with a woman if he falls upon her.

الوَضِيمnoun

1.
Finger spaceclassical
The space between the middle finger and the ring finger.

الوُضَيْم ما بين الوسطى والبنصر — The wuḍaym is what is between the middle finger and the ring finger.

الأَوْضَمnoun

1.
Placeclassical
A location or place.

والأوضم: موضع — and al-awḍam: a place.

Parallel reading

كل شيء يوضع عليه اللحم من خشب أو بارية يوقى به من الأرض

Everything upon which meat is placed, made of wood or reed, used to protect it from the ground.

لست براعي إبل ولا غنم، ... ولا بجزار على ظهر وضم

You are not a tender of camels nor sheep, ... nor a butcher on a platform.

وفتيان صدق حسان الوجوه، ... لا يجدون لشيء ألم من آل المغيرة لا يشهدون، ... عند المجازر، لحم الوضم

And truthful youths with handsome faces, ... find nothing more painful than the Al Mughirah, they do not witness, ... at the slaughterhouses, the meat on the platform.

إن العين تدني الرجال من أكفانها والإبل من أوضامها

Indeed, the eye brings men closer to their shrouds and camels to their platforms.

وأوضم اللحم وأوضم له

And he placed the meat on the platform, and he placed it for him.

وضمه يضمه وضما: عمل له وضما، وفي الصحاح: وضعه على الوضم

He prepared it for him, he prepares it for him, preparation: he made a platform for him, and in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: he placed it on the platform.

تركهم لحما على وضم: أوقع بهم فذللهم وأوجعهم

He left them like meat on a platform: he afflicted them, humbled them, and pained them.

إنما النساء لحم على وضم إلا ما ذب عنه

Women are but meat on a platform, except for what is defended.

فهن في الضعف مثل ذلك اللحم لا يمتنع من أحد إلا أن يذب عنه ويدفع

So they are in weakness like that meat, not refraining from anyone except if defended and pushed away.

إذا نحر بعير لجماعة الحي يقتسمونه أن يقلعوا شجرا كثيرا، ويوضم بعضه على بعض، ويعضى اللحم ويوضع عليه، ثم يلقى لحمه عن عراقه ويقطع على الوضم هبرا للقسم

When a camel is slaughtered for a group of the tribe, they divide it by uprooting much wood, placing some upon others, and the meat is cut and placed upon it, then its flesh is stripped from its bones and cut into portions on the platform for division.

والوضيمة: طعام المأتم

And the waḍīmah: the food of the mourning gathering.

والوضيمة، مثل الوثيمة: الكلأ المجتمع

And the waḍīmah, like the wathīmah: gathered fodder.

والوضيمة: القوم ينزلون على القوم وهم قليل فيحسنون إليهم ويكرمونهم

And the waḍīmah: a people who descend upon a group, and they are few, and they treat them well and honor them.

والوضيمة: القوم يقل عددهم فينزلون على قوم

And the waḍīmah: a people whose numbers decrease and then descend upon a group.

وضم بنو فلان على بني فلان إذا حلوا عليهم

The tribe of so-and-so settled upon the tribe of so-and-so when they descended upon them.

ووضم القوم وضوما: تجمعوا وتقاربوا

And the people gathered and came close together.

والقوم وضمة واحدة، بالتسكين، أي جماعة متقاربة

And the people are one group, with sukun, meaning a close-knit gathering.

وهم في وضمة من الناس أي جماعة

And they are in a waḍmah of people, meaning a group.

وإن في جفيره لوضمة من نبل أي جماعة

And in his quiver is a waḍmah of arrows, meaning a group.

واستوضمت الرجل إذا ظلمته واستضمته

And you oppress a man if you wrong him and oppress him.

توضم الرجل المرأة إذا وقع عليها

A man has intercourse with a woman if he falls upon her.