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عهم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to swiftness and intensity, particularly in the context of animals like camels and in describing people. It also encompasses a specific place name and a term for a person who travels slowly or stops frequently.

Derived headwords

العيهمadjective
  1. 1.
    Swift (female camel)classical

    Describing a female camel that is fast and quick.

  2. 2.
    Intenseclassical

    Possessing great strength or severity.

وعيهمname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

العيهمانnoun
  1. 1.
    Slow travelerclassical

    A person who does not travel by night (i.e., does not make good progress) and tends to sleep on the road.

Parallel reading

العيهم من النوق: السريعة.
Al-'ayham of the female camels: the swift one.
وكور علافى وقطع ونمرق ووجناء مرقال الهواجر جئهم والعيهم
And how many a riding-camel, and how many a journey, and how many a cushion, and how many a swift-footed she-camel in the heat of noon, come to them, and the intense one.
والعيهم: الشديد.
And al-'ayham: the intense/strong.
وعيهم: موضع.
Wa'yam: a place.
والعيهمان: الرجل الذى لا يدلج ينام على ظهر الطريق.
And al-'ayhamān: the man who does not travel by night, sleeping on the roadside.
وقد أثير العيهمان الراقدا
And indeed the slow traveler was stirred up while he was sleeping.