ينم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of herb or plant, known for its beneficial properties for livestock, particularly regarding milk production and fattening. It also describes the plant's physical characteristics and its use in figurative language.

Derived headwords

اليَنَمَةnoun

1.
fragrant herbboth
A fragrant herb, often described as a legume, that grows in plains and soft earth.
2.
herb for milk foamclassical
A herb that, when grazed by livestock, causes their milk to produce abundant foam, even in small quantities.
3.
plant with long leavesclassical
A plant characterized by long, slender leaves with rounded tips and a grayish, downy surface resembling fur, with flowers like barley ears and small seeds.
4.
plant for fattening camelsclassical
A plant that fattens camels but does not cause their milk to become abundant.

اليَنَمَهnoun

1.
the herb (poetic)classical
A poetic or figurative reference to the herb 'al-yanamah'.

يَنَمnoun

1.
herbs (plural)classical
The plural form of 'al-yanamah', referring to the herbs collectively.

يَنِمَةnoun

1.
drooping herbclassical
A description of the herb 'al-yanamah' when its leaves become relaxed or drooping upon reaching maturity.

Parallel reading

اليَنَمَة: عشبة طيبة.

Al-yanamah: a fragrant herb.

والينمة: عشبة إذا رعتها الماشية كثر رغوة ألبانها في قلة.

And al-yanamah: a herb that, when grazed by livestock, causes their milk to produce abundant foam, even in small quantities.

الينمة نبتة من أحرار البقول تنبت في السهل ودكادك الأرض، لها ورق طوال لطاف محدب الأطراف، عليه وبر أغبر كأنه قطع الفراء، وزهرتها مثل سنبلة الشعير وحبها صغير.

Al-yanamah is a plant from the noble legumes, growing in plains and soft earth, with long, slender leaves with rounded tips, covered in a grayish down like pieces of fur, and its flower is like a barley ear with small seeds.

الينمة ليس لها زهر، وفيها حب كثير، يسمن عليها الإبل ولا تغزر،

Al-yanamah has no flower, but it has many seeds; camels fatten on it, but their milk does not become abundant.

قالت الينمة أنا الينمه، أغبق الصبي بعد العتمه، وأكب الثمال فوق الأكمه؛

Al-yanamah said, 'I am al-yanamah, I give the child milk after nightfall, and I pour the drink upon the mound.'

تقول: دري يعجل للصبي وذلك أن الصبي لا يصبر،

It means: its milk comes quickly to the child, because the child is impatient.

والجمع ينم،

And the plural is 'yanam',

بات بغيث معشب نبته، ... مختلط حربثه والينم

He spent the night with abundant, green vegetation... mixed with harbath and yanam.

ويقال: ينمة خذواء إذا استرخى ورقها عند تمامه؛

And it is said: 'yanamah khadhwaa' when its leaves become relaxed upon its maturity;

أعجبها أكل البعير الينمه

The camel liked eating al-yanamah.