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الوحم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense cravings, particularly those experienced by pregnant women. It extends to general desires, sexual appetite, and any strong yearning. It also encompasses specific actions like slaughtering and feeding, and even a natural phenomenon related to plants.

Derived headwords

الوَحَمُnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense craving (pregnancy)both

    The intense desire of a pregnant woman for specific foods.

  2. 2.
    Craving, desireboth

    A strong desire or yearning for something.

  3. 3.
    Sexual desireboth

    The appetite for sexual intercourse.

  4. 4.
    Bird's rustling soundclassical

    The sound of birds rustling their wings.

وَحِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To crave intenselyboth

    To experience a strong craving, especially a pregnant woman for food.

الوَحامُnoun
  1. 1.
    Craving (pregnancy)both

    The condition of having intense cravings, particularly during pregnancy.

وَحِمَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Craving (pregnancy)both

    The condition of having intense cravings, particularly during pregnancy.

وَحامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Cravings (plural)both

    Plural form of craving, referring to multiple intense desires.

وَحامَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Cravings (plural)both

    Plural form of craving, referring to multiple intense desires.

التَّوْحيمُnoun
  1. 1.
    Slaughtering and feedingclassical

    The act of slaughtering an animal and preparing food that is desired.

  2. 2.
    Water dripping from reedsclassical

    The dripping of water from broken reeds of the Nammām plant.

وَحيمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Intense, strongclassical

    Describing a day that is intense or severe, similar to 'wajim'.

Parallel reading

شدة شهوة الحبلى لمأكل
The intensity of a pregnant woman's craving for food.
وقد وحمت، كورثت ووجلت
And she craved intensely, like she inherited or felt fear.
والاسم: الوحام، بالكسر والفتح
And the noun is: al-wiḥām, with kasr and fath.
وهي وحمى ج: وحام ووحامى
And she is a woman with cravings (waḥmā), plural: waḥām and waḥāmā.
والوحم، محركة أيضا: اسم لما يشتهى
And al-waḥam, also with harakah, is a name for what is desired.
وشهوة النكاح
And the desire for sexual intercourse.
والشهوة في كل شيء
And desire in everything.
وحفيف الطير
And the rustling of birds.
والتوحيم: الذبح
And al-tawḥīm: the slaughtering.
وإطعام ما يشتهى
And feeding what is desired.
وأن ينطف الماء من عود النوامى المكسورة
And the dripping of water from broken reeds of the Nammām plant.
ويوم وحيم: وجيم
And a waḥīm day: is a wajīm day.