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ب ض م

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of breath, life, and the swelling or thickening of grains. It encompasses the act of breathing, the vital spirit, and the physical expansion of plant matter.

Derived headwords

البَضْمnoun
  1. 1.
    breathclassical

    The act of breathing or respiration; the vital spirit or life force.

  2. 2.
    swelling of grainclassical

    The swelling of a grain head as it emerges from the husk, becoming larger.

بَضَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to breatheclassical

    To inhale and exhale; to possess life.

  2. 2.
    to swellclassical

    To become thick or swollen, referring to grain.

بضم الزرع: غلظ حبه — The grain of the plant thickened.
بضم الحب: اشتد قليلا — The grain intensified slightly.

Parallel reading

هو (النفس)
It is the breath.
ما له بضم أي: نفس
He has no breath, meaning no life.
نفس السنبلة حين تخرج من الحبة فتعظم
The swelling of the grain head as it emerges from the husk and becomes larger.
بضم الزرع: غلظ حبه
The thickening of the grain of the plant.
يبضم بضما، من حد نصر
It thickens with a thickening, from the pattern of naṣara.
بضم الحب: اشتد قليلا
The grain intensified slightly.