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شتمه

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of verbal abuse, insult, and revilement. It extends to related concepts like mutual cursing, and also describes negative facial expressions and specific historical or geographical references.

Derived headwords

شَتَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to insultboth

    To verbally abuse, revile, or speak ill of someone.

يَشْتِمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he insults himboth

    The present tense conjugation of the verb 'to insult', indicating the ongoing action.

يَشْتُمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he insults himboth

    An alternative present tense conjugation of the verb 'to insult'.

شَتْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    insultingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'to insult', referring to the act of insulting.

مَشْتَمَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    insultboth

    A noun referring to an act or instance of insult or revilement.

مُشْتَمٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    insultedboth

    The passive participle, describing someone who has been insulted or reviled.

مَشْتُومٌadjective
  1. 1.
    insultedboth

    The passive participle, indicating the state of having been insulted.

مَشْتُومَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    insulted (fem.)both

    The feminine form of the passive participle, referring to a female who has been insulted.

شَتِيمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    insultingboth

    Describing someone who is prone to insulting or reviling others.

  2. 2.
    ill-favoredclassical

    Having an unpleasant or ill-favored facial expression.

  3. 3.
    frowning lionclassical

    Used to describe a lion that is frowning or looking fierce.

شَتِيمَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    insultboth

    A word or phrase used to insult or revile someone; an abusive remark.

شَاتَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to curse each otherboth

    To engage in mutual cursing or reviling.

تَشَاتَمَاverb
  1. 1.
    they cursed each otherboth

    The past tense conjugation for 'they cursed each other'.

شَتَامَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    insulting natureclassical

    A characteristic or tendency towards insulting.

أَشْتُومٌname
  1. 1.
    a fortressclassical

    The name of a fortress located in Tinnis.

Parallel reading

شتمه يشتمه ويشتمه شتما ومشتمة ومشتمة
He insulted him, he insults him and he insults him, an insult and an insult and an insult.
فهو مشتوم، وهي مشتومة
So he is insulted, and she is insulted.
والاسم: الشتيمة
And the noun is: the insult.
وشاتما وتشاتما: تسابا
And 'shātama' and 'tashātama': they cursed each other.
والشتيم: الكريه الوجه
And 'ash-shatīm': the ill-favored (in the face).
وقد شتم ككرم
And he was like Karam (in being) insulting.
والأسد العابس، كالمشتم، كمعظم، والشتامة
And the frowning lion, like the insulting one, like the one who insults greatly, and the insult-prone.
وكزبير: ابن ثعلبة، أبو قبيلة في ضبة، أو الصواب: شييم: بمثناتين من تحت
And like Zubayr: Ibn Tha'labah, the father of a tribe in Dabbah, or the correct reading is: Shaiyim: with two dots below (the letters).
وابن خويلد الفزاري: شاعر
And Ibn Khuwaylid al-Fazarī: a poet.
والأشتوم، بالضم: حصن بتنيس
And 'al-Ashtūm', with the dammah: a fortress in Tinnis.