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البرعم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the early stages of plant development, specifically the bud or blossom before it opens. It also extends to related concepts like the initial growth of trees and, metaphorically, to elevated parts of mountains or specific geographical features.

Derived headwords

البُرْعُمnoun
  1. 1.
    Budboth

    The bud of a tree, or the flower of a tree before it opens.

  2. 2.
    Fruit of the treeclassical

    The fruit of the tree, in its initial stage.

  3. 3.
    Blossomboth

    The blossom of a tree.

البُرْعُومnoun
  1. 1.
    Budboth

    Similar to البرعم, referring to the bud of a tree or flower before opening.

البُرْعَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Buddingboth

    The act or process of budding; the emergence of a bud.

البُرْعُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Budboth

    A term for a bud, particularly of a tree or flower.

برعمتverb
  1. 1.
    To budboth

    The tree produced its bud.

تبرعمتverb
  1. 1.
    To budboth

    The tree produced its bud; it began to bud.

البَرَاعِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Budsboth

    Plural of البرعم, referring to buds.

  2. 2.
    Depressionsclassical

    Depressions in sand where grass grows.

  3. 3.
    Mountain peaksclassical

    The lofty parts or peaks of mountains.

Parallel reading

البُرْعُم والبرعوم والبرعمة والبرعومة، بضمهن: كم ثمر الشجر، والنور، أو زهرة الشجر قبل أن تنفتح.
The bud (al-bur'um), al-bur'um, al-bur'amah, and al-bur'umah, with the dammah on them: are like the fruit of the tree, the blossom, or the flower of the tree before it opens.
وبرعمت الشجرة وتبرعمت: خرجت برعمتها.
And the tree budded (bar'amat) and it budded (tabar'amat): its bud emerged.
والبراعيم: ع، أو رمال فيها دارات تنبت البقل، و من الجبال: شماريخها.
And al-bara'im: are depressions, or sands with circles in them where grass grows, and from the mountains: their lofty parts.