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Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of breaking, chipping, or creating a gap, particularly along an edge or surface. It extends to describe damage, breaches, and even metaphorical losses or weaknesses.

Derived headwords

ثَلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to chipboth

    To break off a piece or edge from something, like a vessel or a sword.

يَثْلِمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    it chips itboth

    The imperfect form of the verb 'to chip', indicating an ongoing or future action.

ثَلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to chipboth

    The intensified form (Form II) of the verb, meaning to cause something to be chipped or broken along an edge.

انْثَلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be chippedboth

    The passive form (Form V) indicating that something has become chipped or broken along its edge.

تَثَلَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be chippedboth

    Another passive form (Form VI) indicating that something has become chipped or broken along its edge.

ثُلْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    breachboth

    A gap or opening created by breaking or demolition, especially in a wall or a broken edge of a vessel.

  2. 2.
    flawboth

    A defect or imperfection, particularly in a container, making it unusable or unhygienic.

ثُلَمnoun
  1. 1.
    breachboth

    A breach or gap, often referring to a collapsed section of an embankment, basin, or well.

المُثَلَّمnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a specific location.

المُتَثَلِّمnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, referring to a tract of land.

الأَثْلَمadjective
  1. 1.
    chippedclassical

    Describing a broken edge or side, similar to 'athram' (having a broken nose).

  2. 2.
    earth and stonesclassical

    Referring to loose earth and stones.

ثَلَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly another name for a location associated with 'al-Thalm'.

ثَلَمَ في مالهverb
  1. 1.
    lost from his wealthclassical

    Metaphorically, to lose something from one's wealth or possessions.

انْثَلَمَ الدينverb
  1. 1.
    debt was diminishedclassical

    Metaphorically, for a debt to be diminished or weakened.

يُثْلِمُ اليقينverb
  1. 1.
    undermines certaintyclassical

    Metaphorically, to weaken or undermine certainty or conviction.

ثُلْمَة في الإسلامnoun
  1. 1.
    a void in Islamclassical

    Metaphorically, a significant loss or void, particularly in the context of Islam, such as the death of a prominent figure.

انْثَلَمُوا عليهverb
  1. 1.
    they poured upon himclassical

    To descend upon someone suddenly and in large numbers, like a flood.

المُثَلِّمname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A proper name of a man.

أبو المثلمname
  1. 1.
    Abu al-Muthallimclassical

    The name of a poet from the Hudhayl tribe.

Parallel reading

ثلم الإناء والسيف ونحوه كضرب وفرح
He chipped the vessel, the sword, and the like, like 'daraba' and 'fariha'.
يثلمه ويثلمه ثلما
He chips it, and it chips it, a chipping.
وثلمه بالتشديد فانثلم وتثلم
And he intensified it (caused it to be chipped), so it was chipped and became chipped.
أي كسر حرفه فانكسر
Meaning its edge was broken, so it broke.
في الإناء ثلم: إذا انكسر من شفته شيء
In a vessel, a 'thalm' (chip) occurs if something breaks off from its rim.
والثلمة، بالضم: فرجة المكسور والمهدوم
And 'al-thalmah' (with dammah) is the gap of the broken and demolished.
وهو الموضع الذي قد انثلم، والجمع ثلم
And it is the place that has become chipped, and the plural is 'thulum'.
الثلمة: الخلل في الحائط وغيره
The 'thalmah' is the breach in a wall and elsewhere.
نهى أن يشرب من ثلمة القدح
He forbade drinking from the chipped part of the cup.
أي: موضع الكسر، أي: أنه لا يتماسك عليها فم الشارب وربما انصب الماء على ثوبه وبدنه
Meaning: the place of the break, i.e., the drinker's mouth cannot hold onto it, and water might spill onto his clothes and body.
وقيل: لأن موضعها لا يناله التنظيف التام إذا غسل الإناء
And it was said: because its place does not receive complete cleaning when the vessel is washed.
وقد جاء في الحديث: أنه مقعد الشيطان
And it has come in the hadith: it is a seat of Satan.
والثلم، محركة: أن ينثلم جرف الوادي
And 'al-thalm' (with harakah) is for the bank of a valley to collapse.
أي ينهار، وكذلك هو في النؤي والحوض
Meaning it collapses, and likewise it is in a cistern and a basin.
تربعت جو خوي فالثلم
We grazed in Jaw Khuy and Al-Thalm.
هل رام أم لم يرم ذو الجزع فالثلم
Did he intend or not intend the one with the gazelle, then Al-Thalm?
بحومانة الدراج فالمتثلم
In Humamat al-Darraj, then Al-Mutathallim.
بالجرف فالصمان فالمتثلم
In Al-Jurf, then Al-Summan, then Al-Mutathallim.
الأثلم في العروض مثل الأثرم
Al-Athlam in prosody is like Al-Athram.
وهو نوع من الخرم يكون في الطويل والمتقارب
It is a type of gap that occurs in the Tawil and Mutqārib meters.
الأثلم: التراب والحجارة، كالأثلب، عن الهجري
Al-Athlam: earth and stones, like Al-Athlab, according to Al-Hajari.
حوض أثلم: قد كسر جانبه
An 'athlam' basin: its side has been broken.
وثلم في ماله، كعني: إذا ذهب منه شيء، وهو مجاز
And he lost from his wealth, like 'ani: if something went from it, and this is metaphorical.
هذا مما يكلم الدين، ويثلم اليقين
This is something that weakens the debt, and undermines certainty.
موت فلان ثلمة في الإسلام لا تسد، وهو مجاز
The death of so-and-so is a void in Islam that cannot be filled, and this is metaphorical.
وانثلموا عليه: انصبوا وانهالوا كانثلوا
And they poured upon him: they rushed and descended like a flood.
والمثلم، كمعظم: اسم رجل
And Al-Muthallim, like 'Mu'dhim': is the name of a man.