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غرم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of enduring hardship, punishment, debt, and the obligation to pay. It extends to being passionately attached or obsessed with something, and the act of imposing or incurring a financial obligation or penalty.

Derived headwords

الغرامnoun
  1. 1.
    perpetual evil and tormentboth

    perpetual evil and torment

  2. 2.
    passion, infatuationboth

    passion, infatuation

غَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    he paid the blood money, with a kasra, as a fineboth

    he paid the blood money, with a kasra, as a fine

أَغْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, he became infatuated with itboth

    meaning, he became infatuated with it

مُغْرَمadjective
  1. 1.
    in love with womenboth

    in love with women

  2. 2.
    from debt and obligationboth

    from debt and obligation

رجل مغرم بالحب حب النساء — A man obsessed with the love of women.
رجل مغرم من الغرم والدين — A man indebted from debt and obligation.
الغريمnoun
  1. 1.
    the one who owes a debtboth

    the one who owes a debt

  2. 2.
    the one to whom a debt is owedboth

    the one to whom a debt is owed

خذ من غريم السوء ما سنح — Take from the bad debtor what is available.
الغرامةnoun
  1. 1.
    what must be paidboth

    what must be paid

المغرمnoun
  1. 1.
    what must be paidboth

    what must be paid

عَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To pay blood moneyclassical

    To pay the 'diya' or blood money as compensation.

Parallel reading

الغرام: الشر الدائم والعذاب.
Al-gharam: the lasting evil and torment.
ويوم النسار ويوم الجفار كانا عذابا وكانا غراما
And the day of Al-Nusar and the day of Al-Jifar were torment and they were a lasting affliction.
إن يعاقب يكن غراما وإن يعط جزيلا فإنه لا يبالى
If He punishes, it is a lasting affliction, and if He gives abundantly, He is not concerned.
(إن عذابها كان غراما)
(Its torment was a lasting affliction)
أي هلاكا ولزاما لهم.
Meaning destruction and a permanent burden upon them.
ومننه رجل مغرم بالحب حب النساء.
And from it is a man obsessed with the love of women.
ومننه قولهم: رجل مغرم من الغرم والدين.
And from it is their saying: a man indebted from debt and obligation.
والغرام: الولوع وقد أغرم بالشئ أي أولع به.
And al-gharam: infatuation, and one may be أغرم by a thing, meaning infatuated by it.
والغريم: الذي عليه الدين.
And al-ghareem: he who has the debt upon him (the debtor).
يقال: خذ من غريم السوء ما سنح.
It is said: take from the bad debtor what is available.
وقد يكون الغريم أيضا الذي له الدين.
And al-ghareem can also be he who has the debt (the creditor).
قضى كل ذي دين فوفى غريمه وعزه ممطول معنى غريمها
Every person with a debt fulfilled his creditor, and his honor was prolonged, meaning her creditor.
وأغرمته أنا وغرمته بمعنى.
And I made him incur debt, and he incurred debt, meaning the same.
والغرامة: ما يلزم أداؤه وكذلك المغرم والعزم.
And al-gharamah: what is obligatory to pay, and likewise al-maghram and al-'azm.
وقد عرم الرجل الدية.
And the man paid the blood money.