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ثرم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the breaking or chipping of teeth, specifically the incisors. It extends to the state of having a broken tooth and the act of causing such damage, either accidentally or intentionally.

Derived headwords

الثَّرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    chipped incisorboth

    The breaking or chipping of an incisor tooth.

ثَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be chippedboth

    To have an incisor tooth chipped or broken.

أَثْرَمadjective
  1. 1.
    chipped-toothedboth

    A person who has a chipped or broken incisor tooth.

ثَرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to chip (someone's tooth)both

    To cause someone's incisor tooth to chip or break, typically by striking them on the mouth.

ثَرْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    chipping (of a tooth)both

    The act of chipping or breaking an incisor tooth.

انْثَرَمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become chippedboth

    To become chipped or broken; used reflexively for a tooth.

أَثْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to make chippedclassical

    To cause someone to have a chipped tooth, often attributed to divine will.

Parallel reading

الثرم، بالتحريك: سقوط الثنية.
Al-tharm, with vowel movement, is the falling out of the incisor.
تقول منه: ثرم الرجل بالكسر، فهو أثرم.
You say from it: The man's tooth chipped, so he is chipped-toothed.
وثرమته أنا بالفتح ثرما، إذا ضربته على فيه فثرم.
And I chipped it (his tooth) with the fath, a chipping, if you strike him on his mouth and it chips.
ويقال أيضا: ثرمت ثنيته فانثرمت.
It is also said: His incisor chipped, and it became chipped.
وأثرمه الله سبحانه، أي جعله أثرم.
And Allah, the Exalted, made him chipped-toothed, meaning He made him chipped-toothed.