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البرم

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of slowness, heaviness, boredom, and stubbornness. It extends to descriptions of physical objects like ropes, fabrics, and cooking pots, as well as abstract ideas like resolution and determination. The root also encompasses names for various plants, animals, and places.

Derived headwords

البَرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    One who abstains from gamblingclassical

    Describing someone who does not participate with a group in games of chance or gambling.

  2. 2.
    Heaviness, slownessclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe someone as slow or burdensome, as in the saying 'أبرما قرونا' (abrama qurun), meaning slow or heavy.

  3. 3.
    Weariness, boredomboth

    The state of being tired, weary, or bored.

  4. 4.
    Fruit of thorny treesclassical

    The fruit of thorny trees, specifically the Acacia.

  5. 5.
    Grape clustersclassical

    Clusters of grapes that are small, resembling the heads of ants.

  6. 6.
    Hills, small mountainsclassical

    Small hills or mounds of earth.

  7. 7.
    A type of plantclassical

    A plant known as 'al-Baram'.

  8. 8.
    A type of ropeclassical

    A rope made from the fibers of the 'arak' plant.

  9. 9.
    A type of stone potclassical

    A pot made of stone.

  10. 10.
    A type of fabricclassical

    A type of woven fabric.

  11. 11.
    A type of toolclassical

    A crowbar or a carpenter's lever.

  12. 12.
    Melted kohlclassical

    Kohl that has been melted.

  13. 13.
    A type of insectclassical

    A tick.

أَبْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To become weary or boredboth

    To feel tired, weary, or bored with something or someone.

  2. 2.
    To make firm, to tightenboth

    To make something firm, strong, or resolved, such as a rope or a matter.

  3. 3.
    To twist (rope)classical

    To twist strands together to form a rope, specifically making it into two plies and then twisting them.

  4. 4.
    To make someone wearyboth

    To cause someone to become tired or bored.

  5. 5.
    To grow (plant)classical

    Referring to a plant growing or developing.

بَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To be weary or boredboth

    To be tired, weary, or bored.

  2. 2.
    To intend, to aim forclassical

    To intend or aim for something, especially when it does not materialize or is not present.

تَبَرَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    To become weary or boredboth

    To become tired, weary, or bored with something.

مُبْرِمnoun
  1. 1.
    Grape clustersclassical

    Small grape clusters resembling ant heads.

أَبْرَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of 'abram'classical

    The plural form of the word 'abram', referring to people who abstain from gambling or to heaviness.

البِرِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Dawnclassical

    The early morning light, the dawn.

  2. 2.
    Mixed threadsclassical

    Threads of different colors, red and white, worn by women.

  3. 3.
    Mixed colorsclassical

    Anything that has two mixed colors.

  4. 4.
    Decorated ropeclassical

    A rope worn by a woman, adorned with jewels and having two colors.

  5. 5.
    Tears mixed with kohlclassical

    Tears that are mixed with kohl.

  6. 6.
    Crowd, multitudeclassical

    A gathering or assembly of people.

  7. 7.
    Armyclassical

    An army, due to the mix of people and tribal banners.

  8. 8.
    Amuletclassical

    A charm or amulet worn for protection.

  9. 9.
    Flock of sheepclassical

    A flock of sheep and goats.

  10. 10.
    Suspectclassical

    Someone who is suspected or accused.

  11. 11.
    Liver and humpclassical

    The liver and hump of an animal, cut lengthwise and tied, named for the mix of black (liver) and white (hump).

البُرْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stone cooking potclassical

    A cooking pot made of stone.

  2. 2.
    Maker of stone potsclassical

    One who makes stone pots or carves stone.

  3. 3.
    Heavy personclassical

    A heavy or burdensome person, as if taking something from those around them.

  4. 4.
    Trivial talkclassical

    Meaningless or trivial conversation.

  5. 5.
    Twisted fabricclassical

    A garment made of twisted yarn, or a type of clothing.

البَيْرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Crowbarclassical

    A crowbar, specifically a carpenter's lever.

  2. 2.
    Melted kohlclassical

    Melted kohl.

  3. 3.
    A type of insectclassical

    A tick.

المُبَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    Spindlesclassical

    The spindles or tools used for twisting or spinning threads.

مُبْرَمَانname
  1. 1.
    Nicknameclassical

    A nickname for Abu Bakr al-Azmi.

البَرْمname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name.

البَهَاءname
  1. 1.
    A nameclassical

    A proper name.

البُرْمname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name.

البِرِيمname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name.

الجِهِينَةname
  1. 1.
    A nameclassical

    A proper name.

السَّآمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Weariness, boredomboth

    The state of being weary, bored, or tired.

Parallel reading

من لا يدخل مع القوم في الميسر.
One who does not join the people in gambling.
وفي المثل: "أبرما قرونا"، أي: ثقيل،
And in the proverb: 'Abrama qurun', meaning slow or heavy,
وقد برم به، كفرح،
And he became weary of it, like 'faraha' (he became happy),
وثمر العضاه.
And the fruit of thorny trees.
وحب العنب إذا كان مثل رؤوس الذر،
And grape clusters when they are like the heads of ants,
وقد أبرم الكرم،
And the vineyard has produced fruit,
وقنان من الجبال،
And small hills of mountains,
وناقة، وجمع البرمة للأراك، كالبرام.
And a she-camel, and the plural of 'burmah' for the Arak tree, like 'baram'.
وأبرمه فبرم، كفرح، وتبرم: أمله فمل.
And he made him weary, so he became weary, like 'faraha' (he became happy), and he became bored: he tired of him and became bored.
وأبرم الحبل: جعله طاقين ثم فتله،
And he twisted the rope: he made it into two plies then twisted it,
والأمر: أحكمه، كبرمه، برما.
And the matter: he resolved it firmly, like his twisting it, with firmness.
والمبارم: المغازل التي يبرم بها.
And 'al-mubaram': the spindles with which one twists.
والبريم، كأمير: الصبح،
And 'al-birim', like 'amir': the dawn,
وخيطان مختلفان أحمر وأبيض، تشده المرأة على وسطها وعضدها،
And threads of different colors, red and white, which a woman ties around her waist and arm,
وكل ما فيه لونان مختلطان،
And anything that has two mixed colors,
وحبل للمرأة فيه لونان مزين بجوهر،
And a rope for a woman with two colors, adorned with jewels,
والدمع المختلط بالإثمد،
And tears mixed with kohl,
ولفيف القوم، والجيش لأن فيه أخلاطا من الناس، (أو لألوان شعار القبائل)،
And the gathering of people, and the army because it contains mixtures of people, (or due to the colors of tribal banners),
والعوذة، وقطيع ms1496 الغنم ضأن ومعزى، والمتهم.
And the amulet, and a flock of sheep, both ovine and caprine, and the suspected person.
واشو لنا من بريمها، أي: كبدها وسنامها يقدان طولا ويلفان بخيط أو غيره، سميا لبياض السنام وسواد الكبد.
And 'ashu lana' from its 'birim', meaning: its liver and its hump are cut lengthwise and tied with a thread or something else, named for the whiteness of the hump and the blackness of the liver.
والبرمة، بالضم: قدر من حجارة ج: برم، بالضم.
And 'al-burmah', with damma: a pot made of stone, plural: 'burum', with damma.
وكصرد وجبال وكمحسن: صانعها، أو من يقتلع حجارتها من الجبال،
And like 'asrad' and 'jibal' and like 'muhsin': its maker, or one who quarries its stones from the mountains,
والثقيل كأنه يقتطع من جلسائه شيئا،
And the heavy one, as if he takes something from those sitting with him,
والغث الحديث.
And trivial talk.
وكمكرم: الثوب المفتول الغزل طاقين، وجنس من الثياب.
And like 'mukram': the garment of twisted yarn in two plies, and a type of clothing.
والبيرم: العتلة، أو عتلة النجار خاصة، والكحل المذاب، كالبرم، محركة، وكغراب: القراد ج: أبرمة.
And 'al-bayram': the crowbar, or specifically a carpenter's lever, and the melted kohl, like 'al-baram', with haraka, and like 'ghurab': the tick, plural: 'abramah'.
وبرم بحجته، كعلم: إذا نواها فلم تحضره.
And he was stubborn about his argument, like 'alima' (he knew): if he intended it but it did not come to him.
وأبرم، كأحمد: د، أو نبت.
And 'abrama', like 'ahmada': a place name, or a plant.
وبرم، بالضم: ع، وبهاء: اسم.
And 'burum', with damma: a place name, and 'bahaa': a name.
وكسحاب وقطام: ع.
And like 'suhab' and 'qattam': a place name.
وكجهينة: اسم.
And like 'juhaynah': a name.
ومبرمان: لقب أبي بكر الأزمي.
And 'Muberman': the nickname of Abu Bakr al-Azmi.