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ثوم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to the common bulbous plant, garlic. It also extends to a specific part of a sword's hilt.

Derived headwords

ثُومnoun
  1. 1.
    garlic, well-knownboth

    garlic, well-known

ثُومةnoun
  1. 1.
    pommel of a swordclassical

    The knob or swelling at the end of the hilt of a sword.

Parallel reading

الثوم معروف.
Garlic is well-known.
ويقال لقبيعة السيف ثومة.
And the pommel of the sword is called a 'thūmah'.