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العرمض

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes small, stunted, or young plants, particularly thorny shrubs and certain types of trees. It also extends to refer to algae or moss, and the state of water being covered in such growth.

Derived headwords

العَرْمَضnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny shrubclassical

    A type of thorny shrub, belonging to the category of 'Adhah trees.

  2. 2.
    small treesclassical

    Refers to the young or small varieties of Sidr and Araak trees.

  3. 3.
    stunted growthclassical

    Describes any tree that does not grow large or tall.

  4. 4.
    algae/mossboth

    Refers to algae or moss.

العَرْمَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    algae/mossclassical

    An alternative form for algae or moss.

عَرْمَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be covered in algaeboth

    The water became covered with algae or moss.

عَرْمَضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    algal growthboth

    The state of water being covered with algae or moss.

عَرْمَاضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    algal growthboth

    An alternative form for the masdar indicating the state of water being covered with algae or moss.

بَهَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    single unitclassical

    The singular form of algae or moss.

Parallel reading

العَرْمَضُ، كَجَعْفَرٍ وَزَبَرْجَدٍ: مِنْ شَجَرِ العَضَاهِ
Al-'armaḍu, like Ja'far and Zabardaj: is from the thorny trees.
أَوْ كَجَعْفَرٍ: صِغَارُ السِّدْرِ وَالأَرَاكِ
Or like Ja'far: it refers to small Sidr and Araak trees.
وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَجَرٍ: لَا يَعْظُمُ أَبَدًا
And from every tree: it never grows large.
وَالطُّحْلُبُ، كَالعَرْمَاضِ
And algae/moss, like al-'armaaḍ.
الوَاحِدَةُ: بَهَاءٌ
The singular unit is: bahā'.
وَعَرْمَضَ المَاءُ عَرْمَضَةً وَعَرْمَاضًا
And the water became covered with algae/moss ('armaḍa) 'armaḍatan and 'armaaḍan.
طُحْلُبَ
It became mossy/algal.