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الشغموم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes something or someone as tall and handsome, or as greedy and eager. It is also used to describe a camel that is abundant in milk.

Derived headwords

الشَّغْمُومadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall and handsomeboth

    Describing a person or thing as being tall and comely or well-formed.

شَغْمُومadjective
  1. 1.
    Greedy, eagerboth

    Characterizing someone as being intensely desirous or covetous.

شَغْمُومَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall and handsome (f.)both

    The feminine form of 'shaghmum', describing a woman as tall and beautiful.

شَغْمُومnoun
  1. 1.
    Abundant camelboth

    Referring to a female camel that produces a large quantity of milk.

Parallel reading

الشَّغْمُوم، كعصفور وقنديل: الطويل المليح.
Al-shaghmum, like 'asfur' and 'qandil': the tall and handsome one.
وامرأة شغموم وشغمومة
And a woman is shaghmum and shaghmumah.
وناقة شغموم.
And a camel is shaghmum.
وككتف: الحريص.
And like 'katif': the greedy one.
والشَّغْمُوم: الناقة الغزيرة.
And al-shaghmum: the abundant (in milk) camel.