الشبرم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness and stinginess, but also refers to a specific location, plants with medicinal properties, and related substances derived from them. It encompasses terms for physical attributes, geographical names, and botanical elements with therapeutic uses.

Derived headwords

الشِّبْرِمnoun

1.
Short personboth
A person who is short in stature.
2.
Stingy personboth
A person characterized by extreme stinginess or avarice.
3.
Water sourceclassical
A specific body of water located near Kufa, belonging to the Banu 'Ijil tribe.
4.
Thorny treeclassical
A type of tree that has thorns, believed to be beneficial against epidemics.
5.
Plant with lentil-like seedsclassical
Another type of plant characterized by seeds resembling lentils.
6.
Thick, milky rootclassical
A thick root filled with a milky substance, which is purgative. Its use is dangerous, and the root is typically prepared as a remedy.

شَبِرِمadjective

1.
Shortboth
Describing someone or something as short.
2.
Stingyboth
Describing someone as stingy or miserly.

الشِّبْرِمَةnoun

1.
Female catclassical
A female cat, also known as a 'sunnarah'.
2.
Scattered materialclassical
What has become scattered or dispersed from a rope or thread.

مُشَبْرَمadjective

1.
Scatteredclassical
Describing something that has become scattered or dispersed, similar to material from a rope or thread.

Parallel reading

الشِّبْرِم، كقنفذ: القصير، ويفتح، والبخيل

Al-shibram, like qunfudh: the short one, and with fatha, the stingy one.

وماء قرب الكوفة لبني عجل

And a water source near Kufa belonging to Banu 'Ijil.

وشجر ذو شوك، يقال: ينفع من الوباء

And a thorny tree, it is said: it benefits against epidemics.

ونبات آخر له حب كالعدس

And another plant that has seeds like lentils.

وأصل غليظ ملآن لبنا، والكل مسهل

And a thick root full of milk, and all of it is a purgative.

واستعمال لبنه خطر

And using its milk is dangerous.

وإنما يستعمل أصله مصلحا، بأن ينقع في الحليب يوما وليلة، ويجدد اللبن ثلاث مرات

Its root is only used after being corrected, by soaking it in milk for a day and a night, and renewing the milk three times.

ثم يجفف، وينقع في عصير الهندبا والرازيانج، ويترك ثلاثة أيام، ثم يجفف

Then it is dried, soaked in the juice of chicory and fennel, left for three days, then dried.

ويعمل منه أقراص مع شيء من التربد والهليلج والصبر فإنه دواء فائق

And tablets are made from it with some turubud, halilej, and صبر (aloes), for it is a superior medicine.

والشِّبْرِمَة، بالضم: السنورة

And al-shibramah, with damma: the female cat.

وما انتثر من الحبل والغزل، كالمشبرم

And what has scattered from the rope and thread, like al-mushabram.