فوم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to 'garlic' and 'wheat', with extensions to 'bread' and related concepts. It also encompasses specific agricultural terms and a place name.

Derived headwords

الفُومnoun

1.
garlic: wheatboth
garlic: wheat
2.
chickpeas, a Syrian dialectboth
chickpeas, a Syrian dialect

ثُومُهَاnoun

1.
its garlicclassical
Referring to garlic, specifically in the context of a Quranic recitation.

الفُومَةnoun

1.
ear of wheatclassical
The head or spike of a wheat plant, containing the grains.

فُومَتَانnoun

1.
two ears of wheatclassical
The dual form of 'fūmah', referring to two spikes of wheat.

فَامِيnoun

1.
seller of garlicclassical
A vendor who sells garlic, derived from 'fūm' with a modified nisba.

فَوَّمُواverb

1.
bake breadclassical
To bake bread, derived from the meaning of 'fūm' as bread.

الفَيُّومname

1.
Fayoum, from the land of Egyptboth
Fayoum, from the land of Egypt

Parallel reading

وفي قراءة عبد الله: (وثومها)

And in the recitation of Abdullah: (and its garlic).

ويقال: هو الحنطة.

And it is said: it is wheat.

قد كنت أحسبني كأغنى واحد نزل المدينة عن زراعة فوم

I used to think I was as rich as any one who settled in the city and did not need to cultivate wheat.

وقال ابن دريد: الفومة: السنبلة.

And Ibn Duraid said: Al-fūmah: the ear of wheat.

وقال بعضهم: الفوم الحمص، لغة شامية.

And some of them said: Al-fūm is chickpeas, a Levantine dialect.

وبائعه فامى، مغير عن فومى، لانهم قد يغيرون في النسب، كما قالوا سهلى ودهرى.

And its seller is fāmī, altered from fūmī, because they may alter the nisba, as they said sahlī and dahrī.

والفوم: الخبز أيضا.

And Al-fūm: is also bread.

ويقال فوموا لنا، أي اختبزوا.

And it is said 'fūmū lanā', meaning 'bake bread for us'.

وقال الفراء: هي لغة قديمة.

And Al-Farra' said: it is an old language.

والفيوم من أرض مصر.

And Fayoum is from the land of Egypt.

قتل فيها مروان ابن محمد آخر ملوك بنى أمية.

In it was killed Marwan ibn Muhammad, the last of the Umayyad kings.