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الثدم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of being slow, heavy, or dull, particularly in speech and intellect. It can also refer to someone who is coarse, fat, foolish, and uncivilized. The term also extends to a type of pitcher with a filter.

Derived headwords

الثَدِمُadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow and heavyboth

    Describing someone who is slow and heavy in speech and argument, characterized by sluggishness and lack of clarity.

  2. 2.
    Coarse and foolishboth

    Referring to someone who is coarse, fat, foolish, and uncivilized in their demeanor and actions.

ثَدِمَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Sluggishnessboth

    A state of being slow, heavy, or dull, particularly in speech or intellect.

  2. 2.
    Coarsenessboth

    A quality of being coarse, foolish, and uncivilized.

مُثَدَّمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Filteredclassical

    Describing a pitcher that has a filter or strainer placed upon it.

ثَدَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Filterclassical

    A filter or strainer, typically placed on a pitcher.

Parallel reading

الفدم، والعي من الكلام والحجة مع ثقل ورخاوة
The slow, and the inability to speak or argue with heaviness and sluggishness.
أو الغليظ السمين الأحمق الجافي
Or the coarse, fat, foolish, and uncivilized person.
وهي ثدمة
And it is a state of sluggishness or coarseness.
وإبريق مثدم، كمعظم: وضع عليه الثدام، ككتاب، للمصفاة
And a pitcher that is 'muthaddim', like 'mu'azzam': a filter, like 'kitab', has been placed upon it for straining.