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تخم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of boundaries, limits, and extremities, whether of a village, land, or even abstract concepts. It also extends to the idea of fullness or surfeit, particularly in relation to food.

Derived headwords

التُخُمnoun
  1. 1.
    with fatḥa: the boundary of every village or landboth

    with fatḥa: the boundary of every village or land

تُخومnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of takhm, like fals and fulūsboth

    plural of takhm, like fals and fulūs

تُخْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    indigestionboth

    indigestion

التُخُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Boundary, limitclassical

    A term used to denote a boundary or limit, similar to تخم (tukhmu).

Parallel reading

منتهى كل قرية أو أرض
The end of every village or land.
فلان على تخم من الأرض
So-and-so is at the boundary of a piece of land.
والجمع تخوم
And the plural is tukhūm.
يا بنى التخوم لا تظلموها
O sons of the boundaries, do not wrong them.
إن ظلم التخوم ذو عقال
Indeed, the injustice of boundaries has a restraint.
تخومها: حدودها
Its boundaries: its limits.
لا تظلموها
Do not wrong them.
هي تخوم الارض
They are the boundaries of the land.
والجمع تخم
And the plural is tukhum.
فإن أفخر بمجد بني سليم أكن منها التخومة والسرارا
If I boast of the glory of the sons of Sulaym, I shall be from it the boundary and the hidden.
والتخمة أصلها الواو، فتذكر ثمة
And al-tukhmah, its origin is the waw (و), so remember it there.