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هرم

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts related to aging, senility, and the passage of time. It also extends to botanical terms for certain plants and can refer to specific individuals or abstract qualities like intellect.

Derived headwords

الهَرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    old ageboth

    old age

هَرِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    single plantclassical

    The singular form of الهرم, referring to one plant of the saltwort type.

هَارِمadjective
  1. 1.
    grazingclassical

    Describing a camel that is grazing, implying it is being tended to or is feeding.

هَوَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    camelsclassical

    Plural of هارم, referring to camels that are grazing.

ابن هَرِمَةname
  1. 1.
    poetclassical

    A specific poet known by this name.

الهَرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    old ageboth

    old age

هَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    he became oldboth

    he became old

  2. 2.
    old (person)both

    old (person)

أَهْرَمَهُ اللهverb
  1. 1.
    God made oldclassical

    God caused someone to become old.

هَرِمadjective
  1. 1.
    he became oldboth

    he became old

  2. 2.
    old (person)both

    old (person)

هَرْمَىnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of harim (old people)both

    plural of harim (old people)

مَهْرَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    that which causes old ageboth

    that which causes old age

هَرَمname
  1. 1.
    he became oldboth

    he became old

  2. 2.
    old (person)both

    old (person)

الهِرْمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a building in Egypt (the Pyramids)both

    a building in Egypt (the Pyramids)

يَتَهَارَمverb
  1. 1.
    to feign old ageclassical

    To pretend to be old or senile when one is not.

Parallel reading

الهرم بالتسكين: نبت، وهو ضرب من الحمض، الواحدة هرمة.
Al-haram (with sukun): a plant, which is a type of saltwort; the singular refers to one plant (harimah).
ويقال: بعير هارم، للذي يرعاه.
And it is said: a camel is harim, meaning one that is grazing.
وإبل هوارم.
And camels are hawarim.
هو أذل من هرمة.
He is more abject than a harmah.
وابن هرمة: شاعر.
And Ibn Hirmah: a poet.
والهرم بالتحريك: كبر السن.
And al-haram (with harakah): old age.
وقد هرم الرجل بالكسر، وأهرمه الله سبحانه، فهو هرم وقوم هرمى.
And the man became old (harima) with kasr, and God Almighty made him old (ahramahu), so he is old (harim) and a people are old (harma).
وترك العشاء مهرمة.
And leaving the evening meal is mahramah.
وهرم أيضا: اسم رجل.
And Haram is also: a man's name.
إنك لا تدري علام ينزأ هرمك، ولا تدري بم يولع هرمك.
You do not know what your intellect (haramuk) makes you restless about, nor do you know what your intellect (haramuk) is preoccupied with.
والهرمان بالضم: العقل.
And al-hirman (with dammah): intellect.
وفلان يتهارم: يرى من نفسه أنه هرم وليس به.
And so-and-so is yataharam: he considers himself old but is not.
والهرمان: بناءان بمصر.
And al-Hirman: two buildings in Egypt.