ءب م

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to specific geographical locations, namely two valleys or ravines in Yamama, and also serves as the name for several ancient Arab tribes and their ancestors. It appears to be a proper noun root with limited semantic extension.

Derived headwords

أَبَامname

1.
Valley/ravine nameclassical
A name for one of two valleys or ravines in Yamama, belonging to the tribe of Hudhayl.

أَبِيمname

1.
Valley/ravine nameclassical
A name for one of two valleys or ravines in Yamama, belonging to the tribe of Hudhayl.

أَبِيمَةname

1.
Valley/ravine nameclassical
A name for one of two valleys or ravines in Yamama, belonging to the tribe of Hudhayl.

أَبَامَةname

1.
Tribal ancestor nameclassical
The name of an ancestor of several Arab tribes, including a branch of Haram ibn Judham, and individuals within the tribes of Kinda and Khath'am.

أسَامَةname

1.
Name (with sin)classical
A name used for individuals other than those specified with the root 'abam', often implying a lion, and used for various tribal lineages.

Parallel reading

هما شعبان بنخلة اليمامة لهذيل بينهما جبل مسيرة ساعة من نهار

They are two valleys in Nakhlah of Yamama, belonging to Hudhayl, with a mountain between them a journey of an hour by day.

إن بذاك الشعب بين أبيم ... وبين أبام شعبة من فؤاديا

Indeed, in that valley between Abim... and between Abam is a branch of my heart.

وكأسامة أبامة بن غطفان في جذام

And Abamah bin Ghatafan, from Awsamah, is in Judham.

وهو بطن من حرام بن جذام

And he is a branch of Haram ibn Judham.

وأبامة بن سلمة، وأبامة بن ربيعة كلاهما في السكون بن أشرس بن كندة.

And Abamah bin Salama, and Abamah bin Rabi'ah, both are in As-Sakun bin Ashras bin Kinda.

وأبامة بن وهب الله في خثعم ولقب أبامة هذا الأسود.

And Abamah bin Wahb Allah is in Khath'am, and this Abamah was nicknamed Al-Aswad (the Black).

وأبامة بن جشم في قضاعة.

And Abamah bin Jusham is in Quda'ah.

وما سواهم فأسامة، بالسين

And whoever is other than them is Usamah, with the letter Sin.

وبنوا أبامة بالولية صرعوا ... ثملا يعالج كلهم أنبوبا

And the sons of Abamah were struck down at Al-Waliyyah, all of them groaning, treating their wounds.

جاؤوا لبيضتهم فلاقوا دونها ... أسدا تقب لدى السيوف قبيبا

They came for their eggs (or nest), but found before them lions, their faces bruised by the swords.

قسم المذلة بين نسوة خثعم ... فتيان أحمس قسمة تشعيبا

He divided humiliation among the women of Khath'am, the youths of Ahmas a dividing portion.