هرمله

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of plucking, tearing, or cutting hair or similar fibrous materials. It also extends to concepts of decay, ruin, and specific descriptive terms for old women, worn-out animals, and frayed clothing.

Derived headwords

هَرْمَلَverb

1.
to pluck hairboth
To pluck out one's hair.
2.
to tear hairboth
To pluck and tear hair.
3.
to spoilboth
To spoil or corrupt something.

هَرْمَلَةnoun

1.
plucking hairboth
The act of plucking hair.
2.
tearing hairboth
The act of plucking and tearing hair.

الهَرْمَلَةnoun

1.
old womanclassical
An old woman who has become worn out with age.

الهَرْمَلَةadjective

1.
worn outclassical
Describing an old woman who is worn out by age.

الهَرْمَلَةnoun

1.
spoiled thingboth
Something that has been spoiled or corrupted.

كزبرجadjective

1.
oldclassical
An old woman.
2.
clumsyclassical
A clumsy, loose-limbed woman.

الهَرِمَةnoun

1.
old she-camelclassical
An old, worn-out she-camel.

الهِرْمُولnoun

1.
tuft of hairboth
A tuft of hair remaining around the sides of the head.
2.
tuft of downboth
A tuft of down or fur.
3.
frayed edgeclassical
The part of a shirt that frays or tears at the bottom.

Parallel reading

نتف شعره

He plucked his hair.

الشعر: نتفه وقطعه

Hair: to pluck it and cut it.

العجوز: بليت كبرا

The old woman: she has become worn out with age.

عمله: أفسده

His work: he spoiled it.

كزبرج: المسنة

Old woman: the aged one.

والهوجاء المسترخية

And the clumsy, loose-limbed one.

والناقة الهرمة

And the old she-camel.

والهرمول، بالضم: قطعة من الشعر تبقى في نواحي الرأس

And al-harmūl, with damma: a piece of hair remaining around the sides of the head.

وكذا من الريش والوبر

And likewise from down and fur.

وبهاء: التي تتشقق من أسافل القميص

And with fatha: that which frays from the bottom of the shirt.

كالرعبولة

Like the frayed edge.