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البرسام

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of fever or illness characterized by delirium. It also encompasses terms for silk, a type of plant, and a place name, possibly derived from the core meaning or through unrelated etymology.

Derived headwords

البَرْسَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Fever with deliriumclassical

    A disease or fever during which the patient talks incoherently or deliriously.

بَرَسَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To have fever with deliriumclassical

    To suffer from the condition known as 'al-barsam', characterized by delirium.

مُبَرْسَمadjective
  1. 1.
    Deliriousclassical

    One who is suffering from the fever of 'al-barsam', exhibiting delirium.

الإِبْرِيسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    Silkboth

    A fine, lustrous fiber produced by silkworms, used in weaving cloth. It is considered to be warming for the body and moderate, strengthening for the eyesight when used as an eye cosmetic.

  2. 2.
    Persian originclassical

    Indicates that the word for silk might be a loanword, possibly from Persian.

البَرْسِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Cloverboth

    A plant, specifically the seed of the clover plant, which is similar to or larger than the lupine (al-rutbah).

  2. 2.
    Street in Egyptclassical

    A name for a street or alley located in Egypt.

البَرْسِيمِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Barsimiboth

    A nisba (attributive name) indicating a connection to 'al-barsim', likely referring to a person from a place named Al-Barsim or associated with the clover plant.

Parallel reading

البَرْسَام، بالكسر: علة يهذى فيها.
Al-barsam, with a kasra, is an illness during which one deliriously rambles.
برسم، بالضم، فهو مبرسم.
He had barsam (fever with delirium), so he is mubarsem (delirious).
والإبريسم، بفتح السين وضمها: الحرير، أو معرب، مفرح مسخن للبدن، معتدل مقو للبصر إذا اكتحل به.
And al-ibrism, with a fatha or damma on the sin, is silk, or it is a loanword, it is exhilarating, warming for the body, moderate, and strengthening for the eyesight if used as an eye cosmetic.
والبرسيم، بالكسر: حب القرط شبيه بالرطبة أو أجل منها، وزقاق بمصر.
And al-barsim, with a kasra, is the seed of the clover plant, similar to or larger than the lupine, and a street in Egypt.
وعبد العزيز البرسيمي: محدث.
And Abd al-Aziz al-Barsimi was a traditionist.