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هثم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of taking or gathering, and also to specific natural phenomena like a red sand dune and the young of an eagle. It also includes a proper name derived from one of these meanings.

Derived headwords

هثمverb
  1. 1.
    to takeclassical

    To take or gather from someone's property.

قثمverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather or collect, used in a similar context to 'هثم'.

الهيثمnoun
  1. 1.
    the chick of an eagleboth

    the chick of an eagle

هيثمname
  1. 1.
    male given nameboth

    A male given name, derived from the meaning 'young eagle'.

Parallel reading

هثم له من ماله
He took from his property.
كما تقول قثم
Just as you say 'qathama' (gathered).
حكاها ابن الاعرابي
Ibn al-A'rabi narrated it.
والهيثم: فرخ العقاب
And al-Haytham is the young of the eagle.
ومنه سمي الرجل هيثما
And from it, a man was named Haytham.
والهيثم: الكثيب الاحمر
And al-Haytham is the red sand dune.