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الجذمور

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the base, origin, or fundamental part of something. It extends to concepts of totality and, metaphorically, to breaking covenants.

Derived headwords

الجذمورnoun
  1. 1.
    base, originboth

    The fundamental part or origin of a thing.

  2. 2.
    stump, stubclassical

    A piece of a palm frond that remains in the trunk after it has been cut.

الجذمارnoun
  1. 1.
    stump, stubclassical

    A piece of a palm frond that remains in the trunk after it has been cut; similar to الجذمور.

جذامرadjective
  1. 1.
    breaker of covenantsclassical

    A man who is a breaker of his promises or covenants.

Parallel reading

الجذمور، بالضم: أصل الشيء، أو أوله
Al-juthmūr, with damma: the origin of a thing, or its beginning.
أو القطعة من السعفة تبقى في الجذع إذا قطعت، كالجذمار
Or the piece of a palm frond that remains in the trunk after it has been cut, like al-juthmār.
ورجل جذامر، كعلابط: قطاع للعهد
And a man is juthāmir, like 'alābiṭ: a breaker of covenants.
وأخذه بجذموره
And taking him by his juthmūr.
وبجذاميره، أي: بجميعه
And by his juthāmīr, meaning: all of him.