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الطمرس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to negative character traits and actions, specifically deceit and baseness. It also extends to describe certain types of food and phenomena like dust or retreating.

Derived headwords

الطَّمْرِسُnoun
  1. 1.
    liarboth

    A person who habitually tells lies.

  2. 2.
    base personclassical

    A person who is ignoble, mean, or of low character.

الطَّمْرُوسُnoun
  1. 1.
    breadclassical

    A type of bread baked in embers or ashes.

  2. 2.
    lambclassical

    A young sheep, specifically a lamb.

الطَّمْرَسَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    daytime dustclassical

    A cloud of dust or haze visible during the daytime.

الطَّمْرَسَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    contractionclassical

    The act of shrinking, drawing back, or becoming contracted.

  2. 2.
    retreatclassical

    The act of withdrawing or falling back, often in a negative or cowardly manner.

Parallel reading

الطمرس، بالكسر: الكذاب، واللئيم الدنيء.
Al-tamris, with a kasra: the liar, and the base, ignoble one.
والطمروس، بالضم: خبز الملة، والخروف.
And al-tamroos, with a damma: bread of the embers, and the lamb.
والطمرساء، كالطرمساء: الهبوة بالنهار.
And al-tamrasaa', like al-tarmasaa': the haze during the day.
والطمرسة: الانقباض، والنكوص.
And al-tamrasah: contraction, and retreat.