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شبرم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to smallness, specifically in stature and in a negative sense of stinginess. It also refers to a specific type of seed and a place name.

Derived headwords

الشِّبْرِمnoun
  1. 1.
    seedclassical

    A seed that resembles chickpeas.

شِبْرِمadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing a man who is short in stature.

  2. 2.
    stingyclassical

    Describing a man who is also stingy or miserly.

شِبْرِمَةname
  1. 1.
    male nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

شِبْرِمَانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper name for a location or place.

Parallel reading

حب شبيه بالحمص
A seed similar to chickpeas.
تسعى حلائلنا إلى جثمانه بجنى الأراك تفيئة والشبرم تفيئة من الفئ
Our womenfolk hasten to his corpse with the fruits of the Arak tree, a shade and the shabram, a shade from the shade.
والشبرم من الرجال: القصير، والبخيل أيضا
And 'shabram' among men refers to the short, and also the stingy.
ما منهم إلا لئيم شبرم
There is none among them but a base, short/stingy one.
شبرمة: اسم رجل
Shabramah: the name of a man.
شبرمان: موضع
Shabraman: a place.
ترفع في كل زقاق قسطلا فصبحت من شبرمان منهلا
She raises dust in every alley, so I quenched my thirst from Shabraman.