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الشرم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of splitting, tearing, or making an opening. It extends to geographical features like bays or inlets, and also describes physical characteristics such as a cleft nose, and in a more abstract sense, a small amount given or a wound in a target.

Derived headwords

شَرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    treeclassical

    A type of tree.

  2. 2.
    sea inletclassical

    An inlet of the sea, or a bay originating from it.

  3. 3.
    grassclassical

    Abundant grass that is eaten from the top, not requiring the lower parts.

  4. 4.
    splitboth

    A split or a tear.

شَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to splitboth

    To split or cut something between the nostrils.

شَرْماءadjective
  1. 1.
    cleft-nosedboth

    A man with a cleft nose.

أَشْرَمadjective
  1. 1.
    cleft-nosedboth

    Having a cleft nose; this epithet was given to Abraha.

شِرْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mountainclassical

    A mountain.

  2. 2.
    place nameclassical

    A place near Shihr.

شُرُومnoun
  1. 1.
    womanclassical

    A woman whose hymen has been ruptured (a term used for women).

شَرِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    womanclassical

    A woman whose hymen has been ruptured (a term used for women).

  2. 2.
    vaginaclassical

    The female genitalia.

شَرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to give a littleclassical

    To give a small amount of one's wealth.

شَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    arrowclassical

    An arrow that pierces the side of the target.

تَشْرِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    splittingboth

    The act of splitting or making a tear.

  2. 2.
    escapeclassical

    The escape of wounded prey.

تَشَرَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to tearboth

    To become torn or split.

Parallel reading

والشق، والفعل كضرب، وقطع ما بين الأرنبة.
And a split, and the verb is like 'daraba', to cut what is between the nostrils.
ورجل أشرم، بين الشرم، محركة، أي: مشروم الأنف، ومنه قيل لأبرهة: الأشرم.
And a man is 'ashram', 'bayn al-sharm', with movement, meaning: cleft-nosed, and from this Abraha was called: Al-Ashram.
والشرمة، بالضم: جبل، وبالتحريك: ع قرب الشحر.
And 'al-sharmah', with dammah: a mountain, and with harakah: a place near Al-Shihr.
والشروم والشريم والشرماء: المرأة المفضاة.
And 'al-shurum', 'al-shuraim', and 'al-sharmaa': the woman who is 'mafḍāh' (hymen ruptured).
وشرم له من ماله يشرم: أعطاه قليلا.
And he 'sharama' from his wealth 'yashrumu': he gave him a little.
والشارم: السهم يشرم جانب الغرض.
And 'al-shārim': the arrow that pierces the side of the target.
والتشريم: التشقيق، وأن ينفلت الصيد جريحا.
And 'al-tashrīm': the splitting, and the escape of wounded prey.
وتشرم: تمزق، وتشقق.
And 'tasharrama': it became torn, and it became split.
والشريم: الفرج.
And 'al-shuraim': the vulva.