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الثرم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, fracturing, or chipping, particularly related to teeth. It extends to describe defects, specific types of teeth, and metaphorically to concepts like the passage of time or geographical features.

Derived headwords

الثَرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    chipping of a toothboth

    The breaking of a tooth from its root, or a specific incisor or molar tooth, or specifically an incisor.

ثَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be chippedboth

    A tooth is chipped or broken.

أَثْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to chip a toothboth

    To cause a tooth to be chipped or broken.

انْثَرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be chippedboth

    A tooth becomes chipped or broken.

أَثْرَمadjective
  1. 1.
    chipped toothboth

    Describing a tooth that is chipped or broken.

  2. 2.
    defective in prosodyclassical

    In prosody, a meter that combines 'qabḍ' and 'khasm', or a meter that is 'fa'ūl' but has a defect, leaving 'awl'.

ثَرْماءadjective
  1. 1.
    chipped tooth (fem.)both

    Feminine form of 'athram', describing a chipped tooth.

الأَثْرَمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    day and nightclassical

    A dual noun referring to the alternation of day and night.

الثَّرْمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant similar to 'ḥaraḍ', which is sour and is grazed upon by camels and sheep.

ثَرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    a mountainclassical

    A mountain located in Yamāma.

ثَرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    a mountain passclassical

    A mountain pass or a narrow passage in Yemen.

ثُرْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a location in Sicily.

Parallel reading

انكسار السن من أصلها، أو سن من الثنايا والرباعيات، أو خاص بالثنية.
The breaking of a tooth from its root, or a tooth from the incisors and molars, or specific to an incisor.
فهو أثرم وهي ثرماء
So he is 'athram' (having a chipped tooth) and she is 'tharmā'' (having a chipped tooth).
والأثرم في العروض: ما اجتمع فيه القبض والخرم، أو هو فعول يخرم فيبقى عول.
And 'al-athram' in prosody: is what combines 'al-qabḍ' and 'al-khasm', or it is 'fa'ūl' that is defective and leaves 'awl'.
والأثرمان: الليل والنهار.
And 'al-athramān': the night and the day.
والثرمان: شجر كالحرض حامض، ترعاه الإبل والغنم.
And 'al-tharmān': a plant like 'al-ḥaraḍ', sour, which camels and sheep graze upon.
وثرم، محركة: جبل باليمامة.
And 'tharm', with vowels: a mountain in Yamāma.
وكسحاب: ثنية باليمن.
And like 'saḥāb': a mountain pass in Yemen.
وثرمة، محركة: د بجزيرة صقلية.
And 'tharma', with vowels: a place in the island of Sicily.