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عذم

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to biting, eating with roughness, and harshness. It extends to concepts of pushing away, specific insects, plants, places, and even a type of date palm. It also encompasses terms for immeasurable quantities and a specific sexual act.

Derived headwords

عَذَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to biteboth

    To bite, especially in a rough or aggressive manner.

  2. 2.
    to eat roughlyclassical

    To eat with roughness or voracity.

  3. 3.
    to blameclassical

    To blame or reproach someone.

  4. 4.
    to push awayclassical

    To push away or repel, referring to oneself.

العَذِيمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bitingclassical

    The act of biting, particularly with roughness.

عَذَائِمnoun
  1. 1.
    bitingsclassical

    Plural of العذيمة, referring to instances of rough biting.

العَذْمnoun
  1. 1.
    fleaclassical

    A flea, a small biting insect.

عُذُمnoun
  1. 1.
    fleasclassical

    Plural of العَذْم, referring to fleas.

عَذْمnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of shrubclassical

    A type of shrub belonging to the 'hamdh' family of plants.

عَذْمnoun
  1. 1.
    valleyclassical

    A valley located in Yemen.

عَذْمnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant.

عَذْمname
  1. 1.
    a nameclassical

    Used as a proper name.

عَذْمnoun
  1. 1.
    date palm without stonesclassical

    A date palm tree that bears fruit without stones (seeds).

العَذْمَذَمnoun
  1. 1.
    bulk measureclassical

    A measure of goods sold by estimation or in bulk, without precise weighing.

  2. 2.
    great mortalityclassical

    A large-scale death or mortality.

تَعْذِمُverb
  1. 1.
    to insultclassical

    She insults her husband, specifically when he asks for sexual intercourse in the anus.

Parallel reading

عذم الفرس يعذم: عض، أو أكل بجفاء
The horse bites (عذم) it bites (يعذم): it bites, or eats with roughness.
والاسم: العذيمة
And the noun is: al-'adhimah.
وعن نفسه: دفع
And concerning himself: he pushes away.
وكشداد: اسم البرغوث
And with 'shaddad': the name for a flea.
وكزنار: شجر من الحمض، الواحدة: بهاء
And with 'zunnar': a shrub from the 'hamdh' plants, the singular is 'bahā'.
وعذم، محركة: واد باليمن، ونبت
And 'adhm', with harakah: a valley in Yemen, and a plant.
وكسحابة: اسم
And like 'sahābah': a name.
وكسفينة: النخلة تحمل وما لها نوى
And like 'safīnah': the date palm that bears fruit and has no stones.
والعذمذم: الكيل الجزاف
And al-'adhmadhm: the bulk measure.
والموت الكثير
And great mortality.
وهي تعذم ms1578 زوجها، كتسمع، أي: تشتمه إذا سألها الوطء في الدبر
And she insults (ta'dhimu) her husband, like 'tasma'u', meaning: she insults him if he asks her for anal intercourse.