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علقم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to bitterness, encompassing bitter plants, substances, and by extension, hardship. It also appears in proper names, often associated with specific historical figures or tribes.

Derived headwords

العَلْقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    a bitter treeboth

    a bitter tree

  2. 2.
    it is said to be colocynthboth

    it is said to be colocynth

  3. 3.
    and for everything bitter, it is علقمboth

    and for everything bitter, it is علقم

عَلْقَمَةname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    A name given to a specific poet, known as 'al-Faḥl' (the stallion), who was from the tribe of Rabi'ah al-Ju' (Rabi'ah of Hunger).

  2. 2.
    eunuch's nameclassical

    A name given to a eunuch, also associated with Rabi'ah al-Ju'.

  3. 3.
    tribal nameclassical

    A name referring to a person from the Banu Ja'far tribe, specifically 'Alqamah ibn 'Alāthah.

Parallel reading

شجر مر
a bitter tree
ويقال للحنظل ولكل شئ مر: علقم
And colocynth and everything bitter is called 'al-'alqam.
علقمة بن عبدة الشاعر، وهو الفحل
Alqamah ibn 'Abdah the poet, who is 'al-Faḥl'.
وعلقمة الخصى
And Alqamah the eunuch.
وهما جميعا من ربيعة الجوع
And they are both from Rabi'ah al-Ju'.
وأما علقمة بن علاثة فهو من بنى جعفر
As for Alqamah ibn 'Alāthah, he is from the Banu Ja'far.