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الطمل

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of impurity, dirtiness, and baseness, extending to describe people of ill character, foul water, soiled garments, and base actions. It also encompasses notions of concealment, poverty, and specific objects like necklaces or sword blades.

Derived headwords

الطملnoun
  1. 1.
    All peopleclassical

    Referring to all of mankind.

  2. 2.
    Foul waterboth

    Water that is turbid or muddy.

  3. 3.
    Soiled garmentboth

    A garment that is heavily dyed or stained.

  4. 4.
    Black garmentboth

    A garment that is black.

  5. 5.
    Blacknessclassical

    The quality of being black.

  6. 6.
    Necklaceboth

    A piece of jewelry worn around the neck.

  7. 7.
    Base personboth

    A person who is ignoble or contemptible.

  8. 8.
    Foolboth

    An unintelligent or foolish person.

  9. 9.
    Wicked thiefboth

    A thief who is also wicked or dissolute.

  10. 10.
    Poor personboth

    A person who is poor and of bad character or condition.

  11. 11.
    Ugly austerityclassical

    A harsh or unpleasant form of asceticism.

  12. 12.
    Naked personboth

    Someone who is devoid of clothing.

  13. 13.
    Concealed personclassical

    Someone whose status or importance is hidden.

  14. 14.
    Kidclassical

    A young goat.

  15. 15.
    Female goatclassical

    A young female goat.

  16. 16.
    Matboth

    A floor covering made of woven material.

  17. 17.
    Muddy waterboth

    Water mixed with mud or sediment.

  18. 18.
    Broad bladeclassical

    A wide sword blade.

  19. 19.
    Wolfclassical

    A wild canine, specifically a stealthy one.

الطاملadjective
  1. 1.
    Base personclassical

    A person who is base, shameless, and unconcerned with their actions.

الطمولadjective
  1. 1.
    Base personclassical

    A person who is base, shameless, and unconcerned with their actions.

الطمولةnoun
  1. 1.
    Foul waterboth

    The state of water being turbid or muddy.

الطمليلnoun
  1. 1.
    Wicked thiefboth

    A thief who is also wicked or dissolute.

  2. 2.
    Poor personboth

    A person who is poor and of bad character or condition.

  3. 3.
    Naked personclassical

    Someone who is devoid of clothing.

الطملالnoun
  1. 1.
    Poor personboth

    A person who is poor and of bad character or condition.

  2. 2.
    Naked personclassical

    Someone who is devoid of clothing.

الطملولnoun
  1. 1.
    Poor personboth

    A person who is poor and of bad character or condition.

  2. 2.
    Naked personclassical

    Someone who is devoid of clothing.

الطميلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Female goatclassical

    A young female goat.

  2. 2.
    Necklaceclassical

    A piece of jewelry worn around the neck, which may be perfumed.

الطملةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mudboth

    The sediment or dregs remaining in a basin or water.

  2. 2.
    Weak womanclassical

    A woman who is weak or feeble.

طمل الإبلverb
  1. 1.
    To drive camels roughlyclassical

    To herd camels in a forceful and rough manner.

طمل الحصيرverb
  1. 1.
    To weave a matclassical

    To weave a mat and insert threads into it.

طمل الثوبverb
  1. 1.
    To dye a garment deeplyboth

    To saturate a garment with dye.

طمل الخبزverb
  1. 1.
    To widen breadclassical

    To widen bread using a specific tool (المطملة) for leavening.

طمل الدم السهمverb
  1. 1.
    To smear blood on an arrowclassical

    To smear blood onto an arrow.

طملverb
  1. 1.
    To be smearedboth

    To be smeared with oil, blood, pitch, or similar substances.

طملverb
  1. 1.
    To be smearedboth

    To be smeared with oil, blood, pitch, or similar substances.

مطمولadjective
  1. 1.
    Smearedboth

    Having been smeared with oil, blood, pitch, or similar substances.

طميلadjective
  1. 1.
    Smearedboth

    Having been smeared with oil, blood, pitch, or similar substances.

اطملverb
  1. 1.
    To empty a basinclassical

    To remove everything from a basin, leaving nothing behind.

انطملverb
  1. 1.
    To share with thievesclassical

    To participate in theft or associate with thieves.

أطمل الدفترverb
  1. 1.
    To erase a notebookclassical

    To obliterate or erase the contents of a notebook.

Parallel reading

الطمل: الخلق كلهم
Al-Taml: All of mankind.
وبالكسر: الرجل الفاحش، لا يبالي ما صنع
And with kasr: the shameless man, who does not care what he does.
كالطامل والطمول ج: طمول
Like al-Tāmil and al-Tumūl, plural: Tumūl.
والاسم: الطمولة
And the noun: al-Tumūlah.
والماء الكدر
And the turbid water.
والثوب المشبع صبغا
And the garment saturated with dye.
والكساء الأسود، أو الأسود مطلقا
And the black garment, or blackness in general.
والقلادة
And the necklace.
واللئيم، والأحمق، واللص الفاسق، كالطمليل
And the ignoble person, the fool, and the wicked thief, like al-Tumalīl.
والثوب الخلق
And the worn-out garment.
والذئب الأطلس الخفي الشخص، كالطمل، كطمر، والطملال، كسربال
And the stealthy wolf of hidden character, like al-Taml, like Tamr, and al-Tamalāl, like Sarbāl.
والفقير السيئ الخلق والحال، القبيح التقشف، كالطملال والطمليل والطملول، أو العاري من الثياب
And the poor person of bad character and condition, the ugly ascetic, like al-Tamalāl, al-Tumalīl, and al-Tumulūl, or the naked person.
وكأمير: الخفي الشأن والجدي، والعناق، كالطميلة، والحصير، وماء الحمأة، والسلاءة، والنصل العريض، والقلادة، لأنها تطمل، أي: تلطخ (بالطيب
And like Amīr: the one of hidden status, the kid, the young female goat, like al-Tumaylah, the mat, the muddy water, the broad blade, and the necklace, because it is smeared, i.e., stained (with perfume).
وكسربال: فرس لبني الحارث بن ثعلبة
And like Sarbāl: a horse belonging to Banu al-Harith ibn Tha'labah.
وكزبير: العاري من الثياب
And like Zubayr: the naked person.
والطملة، بالضم وبالفتح وبالتحريك: الحمأة، وما بقي في الحوض من الماء الكدر
And al-Tumlah, with dammah, fatha, and harakah: the mud, and what remains in the basin of turbid water.
وبالكسر: المرأة الضعيفة
And with kasr: the weak woman.
وطمل الإبل: ساقها عنيفا
And to drive camels roughly: to herd them violently.
وطمل الحصير: رمله، وجعل فيه الخيوط
And to weave a mat: to weave it and insert threads into it.
وطمل الثوب: أشبع صبغه
And to dye a garment: to saturate its dye.
وطمل الخبز: وسعه بالمطملة للشوبق
And to widen bread: to widen it with the mutammilah for leavening.
وطمل الدم السهم: لطخه، فهو مطمول وطميل، فيهما
And to smear blood on an arrow: to stain it, so it is mutammūl and tumīl, in both.
وكل ما لطخ بدهن أو دم أو قار وشبه ذلك، فقد طمل، كعنى وفرح
And everything smeared with oil, blood, pitch, or the like, has been tumila, as in 'anā and fariha.
ووقع في طملة: أمر قبيح، فالتطخ به
And to fall into a tumlah: an ugly matter, to be stained by it.
واطمل ما في الحوض، كافتعل: أخرج فلم يترك فيه قطرة
And to empty what is in the basin, like ifta'ala: to remove it and leave not a drop.
وانطمل: شارك اللصوص
And to participate with thieves: to share with the thieves.
وأطمل الدفتر: محاه
And to erase the notebook: to obliterate it.