هشم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root 'hashama' (هشم) primarily denotes the act of breaking something brittle or dry. This extends to concepts of crushing, breaking down, and by extension, generosity and compassion, as well as physical frailty.

Derived headwords

هَشَمَverb

1.
he brokeboth
he broke

الهَشْمnoun

1.
breaking a dry thingboth
breaking a dry thing

هاشِمname

1.
a man's nameboth
a man's name

الهَشِيمnoun

1.
from plants: dry and brokenboth
from plants: dry and broken
2.
the worn-out tree afflicted by diseaseboth
the worn-out tree afflicted by disease

هشيمةadjective

1.
generousclassical
Used metaphorically to describe someone who is generous and giving, like broken pieces of something abundant.
2.
fragileclassical
Weak or frail in body.

تَهَشَّمَverb

1.
to be compassionate towardsclassical
To show compassion or kindness towards someone.

اِهْتَشَمَverb

1.
to milkclassical
To milk a female animal, specifically extracting all the milk from its udder.

Parallel reading

الهشم: كسر الشئ اليابس.

Breaking: the breaking of something dry.

يقال: هشم الثريد.

It is said: he broke the tharid (a dish of crumbled bread and broth).

ومن سمى هاشم بن عبد مناف، واسمه عمرو.

And from this, Hashim bin Abd Manaf was named, whose name was Amr.

عمرو العلا هشم الثريد لقومه ورجال مكة مسنتون عجاف

Amr the exalted broke the tharid for his people, while the men of Mecca were in a time of drought and hunger.

والهشيم من النبات: اليابس المتكسر، والشجرة البالية يأخذها الحاطب كيف يشاء.

And al-Hashim from plants: the dry, broken ones, and the withered tree which the woodcutter takes as he wishes.

ومن قولهم: ما فلان إلا هشيمة كرم، إذا كان سمحا.

And from their saying: So-and-so is nothing but a 'hashimah' of generosity, if he is generous.

ورجل هشيم: ضعيف البدن.

And a 'hashim' man: weak of body.

وتهشم عليه فلان، إذا تعطف.

And so-and-so showed compassion towards him, if he was compassionate.

واحتشم ما في ضرع الناقة، إذا احتلبه.

And he milked what was in the udder of the she-camel, if he milked it.