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القرم

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

The root القرم primarily relates to intense desire, particularly for meat, but extends metaphorically to longing. It also encompasses concepts of virility, specific plants, animal markings, and various geographical locations and proper names.

Derived headwords

القَرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    intense desire for meatboth

    Refers to a strong craving for meat, which can be extended metaphorically to intense longing for a beloved.

  2. 2.
    virile male animalclassical

    A male animal, especially a stallion, that has not been gelded or castrated.

  3. 3.
    plantclassical

    A plant resembling the plane tree in thickness and whiteness, growing in the sea.

  4. 4.
    marking on arrowsclassical

    A mark on the arrows used in the game of chance (maysir).

  5. 5.
    beddingclassical

    A cloth used to cover bedding.

أَقْرَمadjective
  1. 1.
    virileclassical

    Describing a male animal, particularly a stallion, that is potent and has not been castrated.

قُرُومnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of القرمclassical

    The broken plural of القرم, referring to virile males or leaders.

  2. 2.
    leaderclassical

    A master or a lord.

القُرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A plant that is thick and white, resembling the plane tree, found growing in the sea.

أَقْرَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make it a qarmclassical

    To cause something to become a qarm, referring to the plant or the virile male state.

قَرَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to peelclassical

    To remove the peel or outer layer of something.

  2. 2.
    to insultclassical

    To verbally abuse or insult someone.

  3. 3.
    to eatclassical

    To consume food, especially with a weak or tentative appetite.

  4. 4.
    to imprisonclassical

    To detain or hold someone captive.

  5. 5.
    to mark an animal's noseclassical

    To cut a piece of skin from an animal's nose, often for branding or identification.

يَقْرِمُverb
  1. 1.
    to nibble grassclassical

    The act of a camel or other animal taking in grass, especially at the beginning of eating or with a weak appetite.

تَقَرَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to nibble weaklyclassical

    To eat or nibble food with a weak or tentative appetite.

مَقْرَمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    weak eatingclassical

    The act of eating with a weak appetite.

قِرْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cut on noseclassical

    The piece of skin cut from an animal's nose, or the place where it is cut, often for branding.

  2. 2.
    mark on arrowsclassical

    A mark on the arrows used in the game of maysir.

القِرْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cut on noseclassical

    The piece of skin cut from an animal's nose, or the place where it is cut.

القُرَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cut on noseclassical

    The piece of skin cut from an animal's nose, or the place where it is cut.

قَرْماءadjective
  1. 1.
    marked noseclassical

    Describing a female camel that has the characteristic cut on its nose.

التَّقْرِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    marking for eatingclassical

    The act of marking or branding, specifically related to the practice of marking animals for eating or identification.

القُرْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mark on arrowsclassical

    A mark on the arrows used in the game of maysir.

القِرَامnoun
  1. 1.
    red curtainclassical

    A red curtain or a colored woolen garment with patterns and designs.

  2. 2.
    thin curtainclassical

    A thin curtain.

  3. 3.
    bedding holderclassical

    A frame or holder for bedding.

  4. 4.
    burnt breadclassical

    The part of bread that sticks to the oven and gets burnt.

  5. 5.
    flawclassical

    A defect or blemish.

  6. 6.
    camel's dewlapclassical

    The dewlap or loose skin hanging from a camel's throat.

المِقْرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    thin curtainclassical

    A thin curtain.

المِقْرَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin curtainclassical

    A thin curtain.

  2. 2.
    bedding holderclassical

    A frame or holder for bedding.

القُرْمِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    knotclassical

    A knot formed at the root of a reed or similar plant.

قِرْمَانname
  1. 1.
    regionclassical

    A region in Rum (Byzantine Empire).

قُرْمَىname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place in Al-Yamamah belonging to Banu Imru' al-Qays, named after him, or a location between Mecca and Medina.

قُرْمُونِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    regionclassical

    A district or region in the Maghreb (North Africa).

بَنُو قُرَيْمname
  1. 1.
    tribeclassical

    A tribe named Banu Qiraym.

قَارِمname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name.

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَقْرَمname
  1. 1.
    companionclassical

    Abd Allah ibn Aqram, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

اسْتَقْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become virileclassical

    To become a virile male animal, especially a stallion.

مُكْرِمadjective
  1. 1.
    unburdened camelclassical

    Describing a camel that is not ridden or burdened, kept solely for breeding purposes.

رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ مَقْرُومname
  1. 1.
    poetclassical

    Rabiah ibn Maqrum, a poet.

قَرْمname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a location like Ibil or Zubeir.

Parallel reading

القرم، محركة: شدة شهوة اللحم، وكثر حتى قيل في الشوق إلى الحبيب
Al-qarm (with harakah): intense desire for meat, and it is so strong that it is said in longing for the beloved.
وبالفتح: الفحل، أو ما لم يمسه حبل، كالأقرم.
And with fatha: the virile male, or that which has not been touched by a rope (i.e., not gelded), like al-aqram.
وقول الجوهري: الأقرم في الحديث لغة مجهولة خطأ
And Jawhari's statement: Al-aqram in the hadith is an unknown language, an error.
ج: قروم، والسيد
Plural: qurūm, and master/lord.
وبالضم: نبت كالدلب غلظا وبياضا، ينبت في جوف البحر.
And with dammah: a plant like the plane tree in thickness and whiteness, growing in the sea.
وأقرمه: جعله قرما.
And aqramahu: to make it a qarm (plant or virile male).
وقرمه: قشره، و فلانا: سبه، و الطعام: أكله، و البعير يقرم قرما وقروما ومقرما وقرما وقرانا: تناول الحشيش، وذلك في أول أكله، أو هو أكل ضعيف، كتقرم
And qarmahu: to peel it, and [qarmahu] fulanan: to insult him, and [qarmu] al-ta'am: to eat the food, and the camel yaqrimu qirman and qurūman and maqraman and qirman and qirānan: to take in grass, and that is at the beginning of its eating, or it is weak eating, like taqarrum.
وفلانا: حبسه
And [qarmahu] fulanan: to imprison him.
والبعير: قطع من أنفه جلدة لا تبين، وجمعها عليه، أو قطع جلدة من فوق خطمه لتقع على موضع الخطام وليذل
And the camel: to cut a skin from its nose that is not apparent, and gather it upon it, or to cut a skin from above its muzzle so it falls on the place of the bridle and to be humbled.
أو إنما تكون هذه للسمة، وتلك السمة تسمى بذلك أيضا، وذلك الموضع: قرمة، بالضم
Or this is only for branding, and that brand is also called by that name, and that place: qirmah (with dammah).
والقرمة، بالفتح، والقرمة والقرامة، بضمهما: تلك الجليدة المقطوعة.
And al-qarmatu (with fatha), and al-qirmah and al-qurāmah (with both dammah): that cut piece of skin.
وناقة قرماء: بها قرم.
And a female camel qarmā': it has a qarm (cut on its nose).
والتقريم: تعليم الأكل.
And al-taqrīm: marking for eating.
والقرمة: علامة على سهام الميسر، كالقرم، وثوب يقرم به الفراش.
And al-qirmah: a mark on the arrows of maysir, like al-qarm, and a garment with which bedding is covered.
والقرام، ككتاب: الستر الأحمر، أو ثوب ملون من صوف فيه رقم ونقوش، أو ستر رقيق، كالمقرم والمقرمة، كمكنسة، وهي محبس الفراش أيضا.
And al-qirām, like kitāb: the red curtain, or a colored woolen garment with numbers and patterns, or a thin curtain, like al-miqram and al-miqramah, like miknasah, and it is also a bedding holder.
وكثمامة: ما التصق من الخبز بالتنور، والعيب، وكركرة البعير.
And like kuthāmah: what sticks to the oven from bread, and the flaw, and the camel's dewlap.
والقرمية، بالكسر: عقدة أصل البرة.
And al-qirmiyyah (with kasrah): a knot at the root of the reed.
وقرمان، ككرمان وقد يحرك: إقليم بالروم.
And Qirmān, like Kirmān, and it may be vocalized with harakah: a region in Rum.
وقرمى، كجمزى ويمد: ع باليمامة لبني امرئ القيس، لأنه بناه، وع بين مكة والمدينة.
And Qirmā, like jamzā and extended: a place in Al-Yamamah for Banu Imru' al-Qays, because he built it, and a place between Mecca and Medina.
وقرمونية: كورة بالمغرب.
And Qirmūniyyah: a district in the Maghreb.
وبنو قريم، كزبير: حي.
And Banu Qiraym, like Zubayr: a tribe.
وقارم: اسم.
And Qārim: a name.
وعبد الله أو عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن أقرم، كأحمد: صحابي.
And Abd Allah or Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Aqram, like Ahmad: a companion.
واستقرم بكره: صار قرما.
And his young camel istaqram: it became a qarm (virile).
وكمكرم: البعير لا يحمل عليه، ولا يذلل، وإنما هو للفحلة.
And like mukrim: the camel is not ridden upon, nor is it subdued, it is only for breeding.
وربيعة بن مقروم الضبي: شاعر.
And Rabiah ibn Maqrum al-Dhubbi: a poet.
وقرم، كإبل أو كزبير: د م.
And Qarm, like Ibil or like Zubayr: a place name.