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الحشمة

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of modesty, shyness, and embarrassment. It extends to encompass feelings of inhibition, social awkwardness, and the emotional reactions associated with these states, such as anger or being angered. It also relates to one's close circle of supporters and dependents.

Derived headwords

الحِشْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Modesty, shynessboth

    The state of being modest or shy, often accompanied by a sense of inhibition.

  2. 2.
    Embarrassment, inhibitionboth

    A feeling of self-consciousness, awkwardness, or unease in social situations.

اِحْتَشَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To be modest, shyboth

    To exhibit modesty or shyness, often in response to a situation or person.

  2. 2.
    To feel embarrassed, inhibitedboth

    To experience a feeling of awkwardness or self-consciousness.

وإني لأتحشم منه تحشما — And I am indeed greatly embarrassed by him.
اِحْتَشَمَ مِنْهُ، وَعَنْهُverb
  1. 1.
    To be shy of him/it, refrain from him/itboth

    To feel shy or inhibited in the presence of someone or something, or to refrain from engaging with them.

حَشَمَهُ، وَأَحْشَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To make him shy, embarrassedboth

    To cause someone to feel shy, embarrassed, or inhibited.

حَشِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To be angryclassical

    To experience anger or displeasure.

سَمِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To make him angryclassical

    To cause someone to become angry.

أَحْشَمَهُ، وَحَشَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To make him angryclassical

    To provoke anger in someone.

حُشْمَةُ الرَّجُلِ وَحُشَمُهُ، وَأَحْشَامُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    His close associates, dependentsboth

    The people close to a man who would become angry on his behalf, including family, servants, or neighbors.

الحُشَمُnoun
  1. 1.
    Dependents, relativesboth

    Refers to one's household, family members, or relatives.

حَشَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To recover after emaciationclassical

    To regain strength and weight after being thin or weak.

  2. 2.
    To thrive (animal)classical

    Used for an animal that has eaten well in early spring and become fat and healthy.

حَشُومًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Exhaustion, inhibitionclassical

    A state of weariness, feeling of being inhibited, or a strong desire.

الحُشُمُnoun
  1. 1.
    Exhaustion, inhibitionclassical

    A state of weariness, feeling of being inhibited, or a strong desire.

الحَشْمَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    Neighbors, guestsclassical

    Refers to one's neighbors or guests.

الحِشْمَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Womanclassical

    A woman.

  2. 2.
    Dignity, honorclassical

    A sense of honor, dignity, or respect.

  3. 3.
    Kinshipclassical

    The bond of kinship or relationship.

الحَشِيمُnoun
  1. 1.
    The modest oneboth

    One who is characterized by modesty or shyness.

الحُشُمُnoun
  1. 1.
    One with complete modestyclassical

    A person possessing a complete or profound sense of modesty.

حُشُمًاname
  1. 1.
    A proper nameclassical

    A given name, derived from the root meaning modesty.

كَحِيدَرٍname
  1. 1.
    A proper nameclassical

    A given name, possibly related to the root meaning modesty.

Parallel reading

الحشمة، بالكسر: الحياء، والانقباض.
Al-hishmah, with kasrah: shyness, and inhibition.
احتشم منه، و عنه، وحشمه وأحشمه: أخجله
He felt shy of him/it, and refrained from him/it, and he made him shy, embarrassed.
وأن يجلس إليك الرجل فتؤذيه وتسمعه ما يكره، ويضم، حشمه يحشمه ويحشمه وأحشمه.
And for a man to sit with you, and you hurt him and say what he dislikes, and he is contained; he made him shy, he makes him shy, and he made him shy.
وكفرح: غضب.
And like 'faraha': he was angry.
وكسمعه: أغضبه، كأحشمه وحشمه.
And like 'sami'a': he angered him, like he made him angry and he made him angry.
وحشمة الرجل وحشمه، محركتين، وأحشامه: خاصته الذين يغضبون له من أهل وعبيد أو جيرة.
And the 'hishmah' of a man, and his 'hushamah', both movable, and his 'ahshamah': his close associates who get angry for him, from family, servants, or neighbors.
والحشم، محركة، للواحد والجمع: وهو العيال، والقرابة أيضا.
And 'al-hasham', movable, for singular and plural: it is the dependents, and also relatives.
وحشم يحشم حشوما: أقبل بعد هزال
And he recovered after emaciation.
و الدابة في أول الربيع: أصابت منه شيئا فسمنت وصلحت، وعظم بطنها.
And the animal in early spring: it found something from it (pasture) and became fat and healthy, and its belly grew large.
وما حشم من طعامنا: ما أكل
And what he ate of our food: what he consumed.
والصيد: ما أصابه.
And the hunt: what it caught.
والحشوم: الإعياء، والانقباض، والطلبة، كالحشم، محركة.
And 'al-hushoom': exhaustion, inhibition, and desire, like 'al-hasham', movable.
والحشماء: الجيران، والأضياف.
And 'al-hashmaa': the neighbors, and the guests.
والحشمة، بالضم: المرأة، والذمام، والقرابة.
And 'al-hishmah', with dammah: the woman, and the dignity, and kinship.
والحشيم: المحتشم.
And 'al-hashim': the modest one.
وإني لأتحشم منه تحشما: أتذمم منه، وأستحيي.
And I am indeed greatly embarrassed by him: I feel ashamed of him, and I am shy.
والحشم، بضمتين: ذو الحياء التام
And 'al-hushum', with two dammas: one with complete modesty.
وسموا: حشما، بالكسر وكحيدر.
And they were named: 'Hushaman', with kasrah, and 'Huydayran'.