العشم

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of desire, greed, and covetousness. It also extends to meanings of dryness, emaciation, and old age, as well as specific botanical and geographical terms.

Derived headwords

العَشَمُ والعَشْمَةُnoun

1.
greed, covetousnessboth
The state of desiring or being greedy for something.

عَشِمَverb

1.
to become dryclassical
To become dry, withered, or parched.

عَشَمًا وعُشُومًاnoun

1.
dryness, emaciationclassical
The state of being dry, withered, or emaciated.

تَعَشَّمَverb

1.
to become dryclassical
To become dry, withered, or parched.

العَشْمَةُnoun

1.
dryness, emaciationclassical
Dryness due to emaciation.
2.
very old personclassical
An extremely old person, male or female.
3.
stooped personclassical
A person with a stooped posture or a slow, bent gait.
4.
dry breadclassical
A piece of dry, stale bread.

عَيْشَمٌ وعَشِمٌadjective

1.
dry, stale, spoiledclassical
Describing bread that is dry, stale, or spoiled.

الأَعْشَمُadjective

1.
mixed colorsclassical
Describing anything with two mixed colors.
2.
grown largeclassical
Describing someone who has grown large or imposing.
3.
dry treeclassical
A tree that has dried out due to a blight or disease.

العَشْمَاءُnoun

1.
land with dry treesclassical
Land characterized by trees that have dried out.
2.
tree with more dry than freshclassical
A tree where the dry parts are more abundant than the fresh parts.

العَيْشُومَةُnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A type of tree resembling the 'sakhbar' plant.

عَيْشُومٌnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A type of tree resembling the 'sakhbar' plant.

العَشَمُnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A type of tree.

عَاشِمٌ وعَشَمٌnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A single tree of the 'al-'asham' type.

عَشَمٌname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a valley.

عَشَمٌname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name located between Al-Madinah and Mecca.

عَشِّمْ بَعِيرَكَphrase

1.
your camel gained fatclassical
Said when a camel has become fat or gained weight.

عَاشِمٌname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, specifically 'Naqi' in the region of 'Bijalj'.

Parallel reading

العَشَمُ والعَشْمَةُ، محركتين: الطمع.

Al-'asham and al-'ashmah, both with harakah: greed.

وعشم، كفرح، عشما وعشوما، وتعشم: يبس.

And 'ashima, like faraha, (masdar) 'ashman and 'ushuman, and ta'ashshama: to become dry.

والعشمة، محركة: اليابس هزالا، والشيخ الفاني، للذكر والأنثى، أو المتقارب الخطو المنحني الظهر، والخبزة اليابسة، ويوصف به، فيقال: خبز عيشم وعشم، محركة، أي: يابس، أو فاسد.

And al-'ashmah, with harakah: that which is dry from emaciation, the decrepit old person, male or female, or one who walks with short, bent steps, and the dry bread, and it is used as a description, so it is said: khubz 'aysham and 'asham, with harakah, meaning: dry, or spoiled.

والأعشم: كل لونين اختلطا، ومن عسا كبرا، والشجر اليابس من إصابة هبوة.

And al-a'sham: anything with two mixed colors, and one who has grown large, and a tree dried out from a blight.

والعشماء: أرض بها ذلك، وكل شجرة يابسها أكثر من رطبها.

And al-'ashmaa': land with such (dry trees), and any tree whose dry parts are more than its fresh parts.

والعيشومة: شجر كالسخبر، وما هاج من نبت ج: عيشوم.

And al-'ayshumah: a tree like the sakhbar, and what sprouts from plants, plural: 'ayshum.

والعشم، بضمتين: شجر، الواحد: عاشم وعشم، ككتف.

And al-'asham, with two dammah: trees, the singular is: 'ashim and 'asham, like katif.

وعشم: ع، وبالتحريك: ع بين الحرمين.

And 'Asham: a valley, and with harakah: a valley between the two sanctuaries (Al-Madinah and Mecca).

وعشم بعيرك: أخذ فيه السمن.

And 'ashim ba'iruk: your camel has taken on fat.

وعاشم: نقى بعالج.

And 'Ashim: Naqi' in the region of 'Bijalj'.