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الفرم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to constriction, filling, and a state of being broken or damaged, particularly concerning teeth. It also encompasses specific medical and feminine hygiene terms.

Derived headwords

الفَرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Constricting medicineclassical

    A medicine used by women to tighten their vaginal passage.

  2. 2.
    Tamponclassical

    A piece of cloth inserted into the vagina, either for hygiene or to absorb menstrual blood.

الفُرْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Constricting medicineclassical

    A medicine used by women to tighten their vaginal passage.

  2. 2.
    Tamponclassical

    A piece of cloth inserted into the vagina, either for hygiene or to absorb menstrual blood.

فَرْماءadjective
  1. 1.
    Constricted (vagina)classical

    Describing a woman whose vaginal passage has been tightened by medicine.

مُسْتَفْرِمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Constricted (vagina)classical

    Describing a woman whose vaginal passage has been tightened by medicine.

افْتَرَمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To use a tamponclassical

    She used a piece of cloth as a tampon, or menstruated and used a cloth.

أَفْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To fillclassical

    To fill a basin or container completely.

الأَفْرَمadjective
  1. 1.
    Broken-toothed

    Having teeth that are broken or shattered.

  2. 2.
    A manclassical

    A name for a man.

  3. 3.
    A collector in Egyptclassical

    A person who collected (taxes or dues) in Egypt.

Parallel reading

والفرم والفرمة، وككتاب: دواء تتضيق به المرأة
And al-farma and al-furmah, and like kitāb: a medicine by which a woman tightens herself.
فهي فرماء ومستفرمة
So she is farma' and mustafrimah.
وككتابة: خرقة تحملها في فرجها، أو أن تحيض وتحتشي بالخرقة، كالفرام
And like kitābah: a rag she carries in her private part, or that she menstruates and pads herself with the rag, like al-firām.
وقد افترمت
And she has used it (as a tampon).
وأفرم الحوض: ملأه
And aframa the basin: filled it.
والأفرم: المتحطم الأسنان
And al-afram: the one with broken teeth.
ورجل، وجامعه بمصر م
And a man, and its collector in Egypt, may God have mercy on him.