الهشم

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root الهشم primarily denotes the act of breaking, crushing, or shattering, especially brittle or hollow objects, bones, or faces. It extends to meanings of generosity, hospitality, and even the physical state of dried vegetation or weakened animals.

Derived headwords

هشمهverb

1.
to break, crushboth
To break something dry or hollow, or to break bones, the head, the face, or the nose, or anything at all.
2.
to honor, revereclassical
To honor someone greatly, to hold them in high esteem.
3.
to milkclassical
To milk a she-camel, or to milk with the entire hand.

هشمه يهشمه — he broke it, he breaks it

مهشومadjective

1.
broken, crushedboth
Describing something that has been broken or crushed.

هشيمnoun

1.
dry, broken plantsboth
Dry, broken vegetation, or dry grass and trees.
2.
weak personclassical
A person who is weak in body.

انهشمverb

1.
to be brokenboth
To be broken or shattered.

وقد انهشم — and it was broken

تهشمverb

1.
to be brokenboth
To be broken or shattered.
2.
to be moved, to pityclassical
To be moved by someone, to feel pity for them.
3.
to be compassionateclassical
To be compassionate towards someone.
4.
to weaken, falterclassical
Camels becoming weak and faltering.

تهشمه: كسره — it broke it

تهشمه: استعطفه — he sought to move him to pity

وتهشمه: تعطف عليه — and he was compassionate towards him

والإبل: خارت، وضعفت، كانهشمت — and the camels faltered, weakened, as if they were broken

هاشمname

1.
Hashim (grandfather of Prophet Muhammad)classical
The name of the father of Abd al-Muttalib, whose name was Amr. He was called Hashim because he was the first to make tharid (a dish of bread and broth) and break it up.

وهاشم: أبو عبد المطلب — And Hashim: the father of Abd al-Muttalib

الهاشمةnoun

1.
a type of head woundclassical
A wound that breaks the bone, or breaks the bone without its fragments separating, or breaks it and it splinters and separates.

والهاشمة: شجة تهشم العظم — And Al-Hashimah: a wound that breaks the bone

هشيمadjective

1.
dry, brittleboth
Dry, broken vegetation, or dry grass and trees.
2.
weakclassical
Weak in body.
3.
generousclassical
Describing a generous horse.

وما هو إلا هشيمة كرم — He is nothing but a generous, dried-up plant (meaning: noble and generous)

الهشمnoun

1.
soft mountainsclassical
Soft mountains.
2.
milk-giversclassical
Those who milk for milk.
3.
generosityclassical
Generosity.

الهشمةnoun

1.
mountain peakclassical
The summit of a soft mountain.
2.
gazelleclassical
A female gazelle.

اهتشمverb

1.
to be consumed by griefclassical
My soul was consumed by grief for him.

واهتشمَتْ نفسي له: اهتضمتها له — and my soul was consumed by grief for him: it was suppressed for him

هاشميname

1.
Hashimiteboth
A name, referring to a person from the lineage of Hashim.

الهاشميةname

1.
a place in Kufaclassical
A place in Kufa belonging to Al-Saffah.
2.
a place in Rayclassical
A place in Ray.
3.
a water sourceclassical
A water source east of Al-Khuzaymiyyah.

مهشمةname

1.
a place in Yamamaclassical
A place in Al-Yamamah.

ومهمة، كمعظمة: ة باليمامة — and Mahshama, like Mu'azzamah: a place in Al-Yamamah

الهشمشمةnoun

1.
lionclassical
A lion.

والهشمشمة: الأسد — And Al-Hashmashmah: the lion

هشيم بن بشيرname

1.
Hashim ibn Bashirclassical
A renowned hadith narrator.

وهشيم بن بشير، كزبير: محدث — And Hashim ibn Bashir, like Zubayr: a hadith narrator

ناقة مهشامadjective

1.
fast-wasting camelclassical
A she-camel that quickly becomes emaciated.

وناقة مهشام: سريعة الهزال — And a Mahsham she-camel: fast-wasting

Parallel reading

الهشم: كسر الشيء اليابس أو الأجوف، أو كسر العظام والرأس خاصة، أو الوجه أو الأنف، أو كل شيء

Al-Hashm: breaking something dry or hollow, or breaking bones and the head especially, or the face or the nose, or everything.

هشمه يهشمه، فهو مهشوم وهشيم

He broke it, he breaks it, so it is broken and brittle.

وقد انهشم وتهشم

And it was broken and shattered.

وهاشم: أبو عبد المطلب، واسمه عمرو، لأنه أول من ثرد الثريد وهشمه

And Hashim: the father of Abd al-Muttalib, and his name was Amr, because he was the first to make tharid and break it up.

والهاشمة: شجة تهشم العظم، أو هشمت العظم ولم يتباين فراشه، أو هشمته فنفش، وأخرج وتباين فراشه

And Al-Hashimah: a wound that breaks the bone, or breaks the bone without its fragments separating, or breaks it and it splinters and separates.

والهشيم: نبت يابس متكسر، أو يابس كل كلأ وكل شجر

And Al-Hashim: dry, broken vegetation, or dry grass and trees.

وما هو إلا هشيمة كرم، أي: جواد

He is nothing but a dried-up plant of nobility, meaning: generous.

وتهشمه: استعطفه

And to seek to move him to pity: to seek his compassion.

وعليه: تعطف، لازم متعد

And towards him: to be compassionate, intransitive and transitive.

والإبل: خارت، وضعفت، كانهشمت

And the camels: they faltered, weakened, as if they were broken.

والهشم، بضمتين: الجبال الرخوة، والحلابون للبن، وككتف: السخي

And Al-Hashm, with two dammahs: soft mountains, milk-givers for milk, and like Katif: the generous.

وككتاب: الجود، وخمسة عشر صحابيا، وثلاثون محدثا

And like Kitab: generosity, and fifteen Companions, and thirty hadith narrators.

وهشيم بن بشير، كزبير: محدث

And Hashim ibn Bashir, like Zubayr: a hadith narrator.

وناقة مهشام: سريعة الهزال

And a Mahsham she-camel: fast-wasting.

والهشمة: نفس مشاش الجبل الكذانة، وبالتحريك: الأروية ج: هشمات

And Al-Hashmah: the summit of a soft mountain, and with harakah: the female gazelle, plural: Hashamāt.

واهتشمَتْ نفسي له: اهتضمتها له، وكحيدر ومحدث: اسمان

And my soul was consumed by grief for him: it was suppressed for him, and like Haydar and Muhaddath: two names.

والهاشمية: د بالكوفة للسفاح، ود بالري، وماءة شرقي الخزيمية

And Al-Hashimiyyah: a place in Kufa for Al-Saffah, and a place in Ray, and a water source east of Al-Khuzaymiyyah.

ومهمة، كمعظمة: ة باليمامة

And Mahshama, like Mu'azzamah: a place in Al-Yamamah.

والهشمشمة: الأسد

And Al-Hashmashmah: the lion.