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Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of rising, overflowing, and becoming abundant. It describes water levels increasing, plants growing tall, ambitions soaring, and the sea filling up. It also includes place names derived from this concept.

Derived headwords

طَمَاverb
  1. 1.
    to rise, overflowboth

    Used for water, signifying it has risen above its usual level or overflowed its banks.

  2. 2.
    to grow tallboth

    Applied to plants, indicating they have grown significantly in height.

  3. 3.
    to be ambitious, aspireboth

    Describes a person's ambition or aspirations as being high or elevated.

  4. 4.
    to be full, abundantboth

    Used for the sea, indicating it is filled to capacity or is in a state of abundance.

طَمْيnoun
  1. 1.
    rising, overflowingclassical

    The act or state of water rising or overflowing.

  2. 2.
    growthclassical

    The act or state of plants growing tall.

  3. 3.
    ambitionclassical

    The state of being ambitious or having high aspirations.

  4. 4.
    abundanceclassical

    The state of being full or abundant, especially for the sea.

طَمْوnoun
  1. 1.
    rising, overflowingclassical

    The act or state of water rising or overflowing.

  2. 2.
    growthclassical

    The act or state of plants growing tall.

  3. 3.
    ambitionclassical

    The state of being ambitious or having high aspirations.

  4. 4.
    abundanceclassical

    The state of being full or abundant, especially for the sea.

طَمْوِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    two villages in Egyptboth

    A proper noun referring to two specific villages located in Egypt.

طُمَيَّةname
  1. 1.
    mountain in the desertboth

    A proper noun referring to a mountain situated in the desert region.

Parallel reading

طمى الماء يطمي طميا
The water rose, overflowing.
و النبت: طال
And the plants: grew tall.
و همته: علت
And his ambition: rose high.
و البحر: امتلأ
And the sea: became full.
و: ك يطمو طموا في الكل
And: it rises, overflowing in all of it.
وطموية: قريتان بمصر
And Tamwiyah: two villages in Egypt.
وطمية: جبل بالبادية
And Tamiyah: a mountain in the desert.
وع على نيل مصر
And it rose above the Nile of Egypt.