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القرشوم

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to large ticks and the plants they inhabit. It also extends to descriptions of hardness, age, and specific types of birds and plants.

Derived headwords

القُرشُومnoun
  1. 1.
    large tickclassical

    A large species of tick.

القُرشَامnoun
  1. 1.
    large tickclassical

    An alternative term for a large tick.

القَرَاشِمnoun
  1. 1.
    large ticksclassical

    Plural form referring to large ticks.

القَرَاشِمnoun
  1. 1.
    plant for ticksclassical

    A type of plant where ticks are found.

القَرَاشِمnoun
  1. 1.
    plants like plattersclassical

    Referring to plants that resemble platters, often associated with a white creature that becomes a tick.

القُرَاشِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tickclassical

    The singular form of a tick, with variations in pronunciation.

القُرَاشِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    white creatureclassical

    A white creature found within certain plants, which later transforms into a tick.

القُرشُومadjective
  1. 1.
    hard and strongclassical

    Describing something as solid, hard, and strong.

القُرشُومnoun
  1. 1.
    old lizardclassical

    An aged and large lizard.

القُرشَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    falconclassical

    A type of falcon, specifically the goshawk.

القُرشَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small insectclassical

    A small crawling insect or bug.

القَرَاشْمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant.

Parallel reading

القرشوم، كعصفور: القراد العظيم
Al-Qurshoom, like 'usfoor': the great tick.
كالقرشام، بالكسر
Like al-Qurshaam, with kasra.
والقراشم
And al-Qarashim.
وشجرة يأوي إليها القردان
And a tree to which ticks take refuge.
أو القراشم من الرمث: مثل الطبقين
Or al-Qarashim from the Rammth plant: like two platters.
يكون فيه دابة بيضاء، ثم تصير قرادا
In it is a white creature, which then becomes a tick.
الواحدة: قراشمة، بالضم والفتح
The singular: Quraashimah, with damma and fatha.
وكإردب: الصلب الشديد
And like 'irdabb: the solid, the strong.
والضب المسن
And the aged lizard.
والقرشامة، بالكسر: الباشق
And al-Qurshaamah, with kasra: the goshawk.
ودويبة
And a small crawling creature.
والقراشماء، بالضم: نبت
And al-Qaraashmaa, with damma: a plant.