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طرمح

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes tallness, height, and elevation, often associated with physical stature, lineage, or ambition. It also extends to concepts of arrogance, pride, and a long stride, with specific applications to a type of plant and a famous poet.

Derived headwords

الطرموحadjective
  1. 1.
    tallboth

    Describing something or someone as tall or lengthy, similar to the word 'zunbur' (wasp).

طرماحadjective
  1. 1.
    tallboth

    Tall, lengthy, or elevated in stature.

  2. 2.
    high-born, famousclassical

    Referring to someone of high lineage, renowned, and of elevated reputation.

  3. 3.
    ambitiousboth

    One who is ambitious or ventures boldly into an undertaking.

  4. 4.
    arrogantboth

    One who lifts their head in pride or arrogance.

معتدل الهادي طرماح العصب — Moderate in the head, with strong sinews.
الطرماحname
  1. 1.
    Al-Tirmāḥboth

    The name of a poet, specifically Al-Tirmāḥ bin Hakim, known for his eloquence and teaching abilities.

طمحverb
  1. 1.
    to be ambitiousboth

    To venture boldly into an undertaking or to aspire greatly.

طرماحانadjective
  1. 1.
    ambitious (dual)both

    A dual form referring to two individuals who are ambitious or venture boldly into an undertaking.

الطرمحadjective
  1. 1.
    long-stridingboth

    Describing someone or something that takes long strides, indicating a far reach or extended movement.

الطرمحانيةnoun
  1. 1.
    arroganceboth

    The quality of being arrogant, characterized by pride and haughtiness.

مشية طرمحانيةnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    arrogant walkboth

    A manner of walking that exhibits pride, haughtiness, or arrogance.

طرمحnoun
  1. 1.
    tallness, heightboth

    The state of being tall, having great height, elevation, or loftiness.

Parallel reading

الطرموح، كزنبور: الطويل
Al-Tarmūḥ, like zunbūr (wasp): tall.
كالطرماح والطرحوم.
Like al-ṭarmāḥ and al-ṭarḥūm.
في بني فلان: (: العالي النسب المشهور) المرتفع الذكر، وهو أيضا الطويل.
Among the people of so-and-so: (the high-born, famous) of elevated reputation, and he is also tall.
معتدل الهادي طرماح العصب
Moderate in the head, with strong sinews.
السجلاط: لضرب من النبات
Al-Sijallāṭ: a type of plant.
وهو بالرومية سجلاطس
And it is, in Roman, sijallāṭus.
وقالوا: سنمار، وهو أعجمي أيضا.
And they said: Sinnamār, and it is also non-Arabic.
والطرماح الطامح في الأمر
And al-ṭarmāḥ is the one who is ambitious in an undertaking.
إنك لطرماح. وإنهما لطرماحان، وذاك إذا طمح في الأمر.
Indeed, you are ambitious. And they are both ambitious, and that is when one ventures into an undertaking.
الطرماح: هو الرافع رأسه زهوا.
Al-Ṭarmāḥ: is the one who lifts their head in arrogance.
الطرماح بن الجهم: الشاعر، و شاعر آخر.
Al-Tirmāḥ bin al-Jahm: the poet, and another poet.
والميم زائدة على ما ذهب إليه ابن القطاع.
And the 'mīm' is an addition according to what Ibn al-Qaṭṭāʿ concluded.
والطرمحانية: التكبر.
And al-ṭarmāḥāniyyah: arrogance.
ومشية طرمحانية، إذا كان فيها زهو.
And an arrogant walk, if it contains pride.
وطرمح بناءه: طوله وعلاه ورفعه.
And ṭarmāḥ is its structure: its length, its height, and its elevation.
طرمح أقطارها أحوى لوالدة صحماء
It filled its regions, dark-skinned, for a mother with a dark complexion.
والفحل للضرغام ينتسب
And the stud belongs to the lion.
ومنه سمي الطرماح بن حكيم
And from this, Al-Tirmāḥ bin Ḥakīm was named.
فللندى المتولي شطر ما حملت وللذي هي فيه عانك عجب
So for the generosity that takes charge, half of what she carried, and for what she is in, your eye is amazed.
والصواب: طحماء: أي سوداء، يعني الحابة؛ كذا في هامش نسخة (الصحاح)
And the correct reading is: ṭaḥmāʾ: meaning black, referring to the rain clouds; thus it is in the margin of the Ṣiḥāḥ manuscript.