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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of tree known as 'al-tanawum', its characteristics, fruits, and uses. It also extends to the act of a camel eating this tree and a place name.

Derived headwords

التَّنُّومnoun

1.
treeboth
A type of tree found in thickets, characterized by its blackness and fruit that ostriches eat. It is described as a 'ghabraa' tree, eaten by ostriches and gazelles, with black seeds when its pods open. It has a root and can be used as a torch. It grows mostly on the banks of valleys.
2.
plantclassical
A shrub with seeds resembling 'shahdanj' (likely a type of seed), used for oil and as a condiment. It dries up in winter and disappears.

تَنُّورnoun

1.
ovenmodern
An oven, often used for baking.

تَنُومnoun

1.
treeclassical
A type of tree, similar to al-tanawum.

تَنُومَةnoun

1.
shrubclassical
A large shrub that produces seeds resembling 'shahdanj', used for oil and as a condiment.

تَنَمَverb

1.
to eatclassical
Said of a camel, meaning it ate (the tanawum tree).

تَنُومname

1.
place nameclassical
A place in Ta'if.

Parallel reading

التنوم، كتنور: شجر

Al-tanawum, like tanur: a tree.

من الأغلاث فيه سواد وله ثمر تأكله النعام

From the thickets, it has blackness and fruit that ostriches eat.

أصك مصلم الأذنين أجنى ... له بالسي تنوم وآء

Broad-browed, with blunt ears, he reaches... for him by the stream is tanawum and water.

شربه مع الحرف أي: حب الرشاد والماء يخرج الدود

Drinking it with al-hirf, meaning: garden cress seeds, and water expels worms.

والتضمد بورقه مع الخل يقلع الثآليل

And bandaging with its leaves along with vinegar removes warts.

التنوم: شجر له حمل صغار كمثل حب الخروع وينفلق عن حب تأكله أهل البادية

Al-tanawum: a tree with small fruit like castor beans, which splits open to reveal seeds eaten by the desert dwellers.

وكيفما زالت الشمس تبعها بأعراض الورق

And wherever the sun moved, it followed it with the edges of its leaves.

هي شجرة غبراء تأكلها النعام والظباء ولها حب إذا تفتحت أكمامه اسود

It is a greyish tree eaten by ostriches and gazelles, and it has seeds that turn black when its buds open.

وأكثر منابتها شطآن الأودية

And most of its habitats are the banks of valleys.

التنومة: شجرة من الجنبة عظيمة ينبت فيها حب كالشهدانج يدهنون به ويأتدمونه ثم ييبس عند دخول الشتاء ويذهب

Al-tanumah: a large shrub in which grows seeds like 'shahdanj', used for oil and as a condiment, then it dries up upon the arrival of winter and disappears.

إن الشمس كسفت على عهده فاسودت وآضت كأنها تنومة

Indeed, the sun was eclipsed during his time, and it became dark and red as if it were a tanumah.

وتنم البعير بتخفيف النون أي: أكله

And the camel 'tanama' (with a lightened noon) meaning: ate it.

تنمى، بالضم مقصورا موضع بالطائف

Tanamā, with a dammah and shortened, is a place in Ta'if.