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طمح

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root طمح (ṭamaḥa) primarily relates to the concept of looking upwards, aspiring, or reaching for something. It extends to meanings of ambition, covetousness, and even uncontrolled movement or intensity, as well as specific historical references.

Derived headwords

طَمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    His gaze rose towards something.both

    His gaze rose towards something.

طامِحadjective
  1. 1.
    Anything that is high/soaring.both

    Anything that is high/soaring.

طَمّاحadjective
  1. 1.
    Greedy, covetous.both

    Greedy, covetous.

طُمُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    ambitionmodern

    A strong desire to do or achieve something.

  2. 2.
    aspirationmodern

    A hope or ambition of achieving something.

أَطْمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to raise gazeboth

    To raise one's sight or gaze, similar to طَمَحَ.

  2. 2.
    to seek farclassical

    To seek something with great effort or to aim for a distant goal.

طَمْحَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipsclassical

    The severe difficulties or trials of time.

طَمَحَ ببولهverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to urinate forcefullyclassical

    To urinate by projecting the stream forcefully into the air.

أبو الطِمْحَان القينيname
  1. 1.
    Abu al-Tamhan al-Qayniclassical

    A poet mentioned in classical Arabic literature.

Parallel reading

طمح بصره إلى الشئ: ارتفع.
His gaze rose towards the thing: it became high.
وكل مرتفع طامح.
And everything high is aspiring/rising.
ورجل طماح، أي شره.
And a man is ṭammāḥ, meaning greedy.
قال اليزيدي: الطماح مثل الجماح.
Al-Yazidi said: Al-ṭammāḥ is like al-jamāḥ (unruliness).
يقال: فرس فيه طماح.
It is said: A horse has ṭammāḥ in it (i.e., it is unruly).
وطمحت المرأة مثل جمحت، فهى طامح، أي تطمح إلى الرجال.
And a woman's desire is like unruliness, so she is ṭāmiḥ, meaning she aspires to men.
وأطمح فلان بصره: رفعه.
And so-and-so raised his gaze: he raised it.
وقال بعضهم: طمح، أي أبعد في الطلب.
And some of them said: ṭamaḥa, meaning to seek far in pursuit.
والطماح: اسم رجل من بنى أسد بعثوه إلى قيصر فمحل بامرئ القيس عنده.
And Al-Ṭammāḥ: the name of a man from Banu Asad whom they sent to Caesar, and he was with Imru' al-Qays.
ونحن طمحنا لامرئ القيس بعدما * رجا الملك بالطماح نكبا على نكب.
And we aspired for Imru' al-Qays after * the king hoped through Al-Ṭammāḥ for disaster upon disaster.
وطمحات الدهر: شدائده.
And the ṭamḥāt of time: its hardships.
وطمح ببوله، إذا رماه في الهواء.
And he urinated forcefully, if he projected it into the air.