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هرشم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes soft, easily excavated, or crumbling geological formations, particularly mountains and stones. It also extends to describe a generous or abundant quality, specifically in sheep.

Derived headwords

الهِرْشَمnoun
  1. 1.
    soft stoneclassical

    A type of stone that is soft and easily crumbled or excavated.

  2. 2.
    soft mountainclassical

    A mountain that is characterized by its soft, easily excavated, or porous nature.

هرشمother
  1. 1.
    soft, porousclassical

    An adjective describing something, likely a geological formation, as being soft and porous.

الهرشمةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance (of sheep)classical

    Referring to a flock of sheep that is large and abundant.

Parallel reading

الهرشم، بكسر الهاء وتشديد الميم: الحجر الرخو.
Al-harsham, with a kasra on the ha and a shadda on the mim: the soft stone.
وقال أبو زيد: الهرشم: الجبل اللين المحفر.
And Abu Zayd said: Al-harsham: the soft, excavated mountain.
هرشمة في جبل هرشم تبذل للجار ولابن العم
A softness in a soft mountain, given to the neighbor and the cousin.
والهرشمة من الغنم: الغزيرة، عن الفراء.
And al-harshamah from the sheep: the abundant, according to Al-Farra'.