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ثرمل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to poor eating habits and the act of eating messily. It also has a secondary meaning referring to a female fox and a man's name.

Derived headwords

الثَّرْمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    messy eatingboth

    Poor eating habits where a person does not care how they eat, leading to food falling on their beard and hands.

الثَّرْمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female foxclassical

    The female of the fox.

ثرملهname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

Parallel reading

الثرملة: سوء الا كل وأن لا يبالى الانسان كيف كان أكله
Messy eating: poor eating and that a person does not care how they eat.
فتراه يتنائر على لحيته ويلطخ يديه
And you see him scattering [food] on his beard and soiling his hands.
والثرملة: بالضم: أنثى الثعالب
And al-tharmalah (with dammah): the female of the foxes.
واسم رجل
And the name of a man.
ذهب لما أن رآها ثرمله
He went away when he saw her, Tharmalah.
وقال يا قوم رأيت منكره
And he said, 'O my people, I have seen a monstrosity.'