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تنم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific type of tree and its fruit, which is edible and consumed by desert dwellers. It also encompasses the concept of growth or increase, though this is less prominent in the provided text.

Derived headwords

التَّنُّومnoun
  1. 1.
    treeboth

    A type of tree that bears small fruit.

تَنُّومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fruit of the treeboth

    A single fruit from the tanūm tree.

تَنُومnoun
  1. 1.
    tree (poetic)classical

    Used poetically to refer to the tanūm tree.

Parallel reading

التنوم: شجر له حمل صغار
Al-tanūm: a tree that has small fruit.
ينفلق عن حب يأكله أهل البادية
it splits open to reveal seeds that are eaten by the people of the desert.
الواحدة تنومة
The singular [fruit] is tanūmah.
أصك مصلم الاذنين أجنى له بالسى تنوم وآء
A sturdy, thick-eared one, I gather for him from the tanūm tree and the ā' tree.