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رشم

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to marking, sealing, and imprinting. It extends to the appearance of marks, such as on an animal's face or on the ground, and also encompasses the initial stages of growth or the first signs of something.

Derived headwords

رَشَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to writeclassical

    To inscribe or record something in writing.

  2. 2.
    to sealboth

    To close or mark a container, such as a food vessel, with a seal or stamp.

كَرشَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to sealclassical

    To seal or mark something, often a container.

رَشْمnoun
  1. 1.
    markboth

    A visible sign or impression left on a surface.

  2. 2.
    black markclassical

    A dark or blackish mark, specifically on the face of a hyena.

  3. 3.
    first growthclassical

    The initial appearance of vegetation or the first sprouts of a plant.

  4. 4.
    rain marksclassical

    The traces or patterns left by rain on the ground.

رُشْمnoun
  1. 1.
    sealclassical

    A stamp or seal used for marking or authenticating.

رَشْمَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    marked (hyena)classical

    Describing a female hyena that has a distinctive dark mark on its face.

رَاشُومnoun
  1. 1.
    sealclassical

    A tool or object used as a seal or stamp.

أَرْشَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to sealclassical

    To seal one's container using a stamp or mark.

  2. 2.
    to see marksclassical

    Used for a gazelle seeing marks, causing it to shy away or flee.

  3. 3.
    to leaf outclassical

    For trees to begin producing leaves or to become leafy.

  4. 4.
    to flash (lightning)classical

    For lightning to appear or flash.

أَرْشَمadjective
  1. 1.
    tattooedclassical

    Having tattoos or visible lines and marks on the body.

  2. 2.
    eager for foodclassical

    One who sniffs food eagerly or is very keen on it.

  3. 3.
    little rainclassical

    Referring to a small, often insufficient or blameworthy, amount of rain.

  4. 4.
    dogclassical

    A term for a dog.

رَشَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be eagerclassical

    To be eager or keen, particularly in sniffing food.

Parallel reading

والطعام: ختمه.
And for food: to seal it.
والروشم: الروسم، للطابع، كالراشوم.
And ar-rushm: ar-rusum, for the seal, like ar-rashoom.
والرشم، محركة: سواد في وجه الضبع، وهي ضبع رشماء، وأول ما يظهر من النبت، وأثر المطر في الأرض، والأثر، وتسكن شينه.
And ar-rashm, with vowelization: blackness on the face of a hyena, and she is a rashmaa' hyena, and the first thing to appear of vegetation, and the trace of rain on the ground, and the trace, and its 'sheen' is softened.
وأرشم: ختم إناءه بالروشم.
And arshama: he sealed his container with ar-rushm.
و المهاة: رأت الرشم فرعته.
And the wild cow: it saw the mark and shied away from it.
و الشجر: أورق.
And the trees: they leafed out.
و البرق: أوشم.
And the lightning: it flashed.
والأرشم: الذي به وشم وخطوط، ومن يتشمم الطعام ويحرص عليه، وقد رشم، كفرح، و من الغيث: القليل المذموم، والكلب.
And al-arsham: he who has tattoos and lines, and one who sniffs food and is keen on it, and he has become eager, as in 'faraha', and from the rain: the little blameworthy amount, and the dog.