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Root entry · 44 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of joining, repairing, collecting, and consuming. It extends to meanings of abundance, completeness, and also the act of uprooting or consuming plants. Figuratively, it relates to organizing affairs and the passage of time.

Derived headwords

ثَمَهَ يثُمُهُ ثَمًاverb

1.
to tread uponclassical
To tread upon something with one's foot.
2.
to repairclassical
To repair or mend something, often used figuratively for organizing one's affairs.
3.
to gatherclassical
To gather or collect something.

كَثَمَّهُverb

1.
to intensify gatheringclassical
Intensified form of gathering, indicating abundance or a large quantity.

ثَمَّمْتُ حَوَائِجِيverb

1.
I organized my needsclassical
I organized and mended my needs/affairs.

ثممت حوائجي ووذأت بشرا — فبئس معرس الركب السغاب — I organized my needs and prepared provisions, what a poor resting place for the hungry travelers.

ثُمَّةَparticle

1.
thereclassical
A particle used for pointing to a distant place, similar to 'there'.
2.
thenclassical
A particle indicating sequence and temporal distance, used in conjunction with other verbs or clauses.

وإذا رأيت ثم رأيت نعيما — And when you look, there you will see pleasure (i.e., in Paradise).

الثُّمَّةُnoun

1.
handful of grassclassical
A handful of dried grass or similar herbage.
2.
old manclassical
An old, decrepit man.

ثَمَّ يَدَهُ بِالْحَشِيشِverb

1.
to wipe his handclassical
To wipe one's hand with grass or the ground.

ثَمَّمْتُ يَدِيverb

1.
I wiped my handclassical
I wiped my hand.

ثَمَّهُا تَثُمُهُ ثَمًاverb

1.
to uproot with mouthclassical
To uproot or pluck something with the mouth, especially plants.

ثَمُومadjective

1.
uprooterclassical
An animal, especially a sheep, that uproots plants with its mouth.

الثموم من الغنم: التي تقلع الشيء بفيها — The 'thumoom' of sheep are those that uproot things with their mouths.

ثَمَّ الطَّعَامَverb

1.
to eat all of itclassical
To eat both the good and bad parts of food, consuming it thoroughly.

مِثَمٌّadjective

1.
one who consumes allclassical
A man who eats all of the food, good and bad.
2.
one who tends the neglectedclassical
One who tends to the affairs of those who have no one to care for them.

مَثَمَّةٌnoun

1.
excessive consumerclassical
Intensified form for a man who consumes all, good and bad.

انْثَمَّ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
to pour down uponclassical
To pour down or fall upon something in a mass.

انْثَمَّ جِسْمُهُverb

1.
his body wasted awayclassical
His body became weak or wasted away.
2.
he grew oldclassical
He became old, aged, and infirm.

ثَمٌّ وَرَمٌّnoun

1.
possessionsclassical
Possessions, belongings, or property; often used in the negative 'not a 'thamm nor a ramm' meaning nothing at all.

ما له ثم ولا رم — He has nothing at all.

ثُمَّparticle

1.
then (sequence)both
A conjunction indicating sequence and temporal distance between events or clauses.
2.
then (addition)classical
A conjunction that can sometimes indicate participation in a ruling or be superfluous.

وبدأ خلق الإنسان من طين ثم جعل نسله — And He began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his offspring...

أن لا ملجأ من الله إلا إليه ثم تاب عليهم — There is no refuge from Allah except to Him. Then He turned to them in forgiveness.

ثَمَّتْparticle

1.
then (with 'ta')classical
A variant of 'thumma' with an added 'ta', used similarly to indicate sequence or addition.

فمضيت ثمّت قلت لا يعنيني — So I passed by, and then I said, 'It does not concern me.'

ثَمَامnoun

1.
a type of grassboth
A well-known, weak type of grass with leaves resembling reeds, used for stuffing and thatching.
2.
weaknessclassical
Figuratively represents weakness or decline.

ولو أن ما أبقيت مني معلق — بعود ثمام ما تأود عودها — And if what remains of me were hanging on a stem of thumam, its stem would not bend.

ثُمَامَةnoun

1.
a single stalk of thumamclassical
A single stalk or plant of the thumam grass.
2.
eye ailmentclassical
A white film or ailment on the eye.

بَيْتٌ مَثْمُومٌadjective

1.
thatched houseclassical
A house covered or thatched with thumam grass.

عَلَى طَرَفِ الثُّمَامِphrase

1.
easily attainableclassical
Easily reachable or attainable, implying something is not tall or difficult to get.

صُخَيْرَاتُ الثُّمَامِname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location mentioned as one of the stages of the Prophet's journey to Badr.

ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أُثَالٍname

1.
a companion's nameclassical
A name of a companion of the Prophet, known for his role in Yamama.

ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أَبِي ثُمَامَةَname

1.
a historical figureclassical
A historical figure, known by the kunya Abu Suwada, mentioned in the history of Egypt.

ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ حَزْنٍname

1.
a companion's nameclassical
A companion who met the Prophet (peace be upon him).

ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّname

1.
a governorclassical
An emir of Sana'a in Syria during the time of Uthman, considered a Muhajir.

الثُّمَيْمَةُnoun

1.
stoppered waterskinclassical
A waterskin with a tightly closed head; also called 'thafal' or 'ibreeq'.

ثَمْثَمَverb

1.
to breakclassical
To break something, especially a bone.
2.
to pauseclassical
To pause or hesitate.
3.
to cover the head of a potclassical
To cover the opening of a pot or container.
4.
to hold backclassical
To hold back or restrain.

فورك لينا لا يثمثم نصله — إذا أصاب أوساط العظام صميم — Your spear is soft, its point does not bend when it strikes the core of the bones.

ثَمْثَامnoun

1.
hunter's dogclassical
A hunting dog.

ثَمْثَمَ العَبْدِيّname

1.
a poetclassical
A poet who lived during the time of Caliph Harun al-Rashid.

رَزِينُ بْنُ ثَمْثَمٍname

1.
a historical figureclassical
A person known for killing Sahm ibn Asram.

الثُّمْثَةُnoun

1.
covering of a potclassical
The act of covering the head of a pot or container.
2.
hesitationclassical
Holding back or pausing briefly.

انْثَمْثَمَ عَنْهُverb

1.
to stopclassical
To stop or refrain from doing something.

تَثَمْثَمَverb

1.
to not stammerclassical
To speak clearly without stammering.

تكلم وما تثمثم — He spoke without stammering.

المِثَمُّadjective

1.
one who tends the neglectedclassical
One who looks after those who have no guardian or care.

ثَمَّمْتُ السِّقَاءَverb

1.
to line a waterskinclassical
To line a waterskin with thumam grass to protect it from the sun.

الثُّمَّةُnoun

1.
a language variant of thimamaclassical
A variant pronunciation or spelling of 'thimama', referring to the grass.

ثُمٌّnoun

1.
a type of grassclassical
A variant term for thumam grass.

ثَمَّهُverb

1.
to breakclassical
To break something.

ثَمْثِمْverb

1.
to stopclassical
To stop or halt.
2.
to be pushed alongclassical
To be pushed or moved along.
3.
to be unbrokenclassical
Not to be broken or crushed.

جنثا طويل الفرع لم يثمثم — A long-branched camel that did not falter.

ثَمْثَامٌadjective

1.
overpoweringclassical
One who overpowers or conquers.

فهو لحولان القلاص ثمثام — He is an overpowering force for the young camels.

حُسَيْنُ بْنُ ثُمَامٍname

1.
a historical figureclassical
A figure from the Buyid dynasty.

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الثُّمَامِيُّname

1.
a narratorclassical
A narrator who resided in Damascus and transmitted hadith.

شَاةٌ ثَمُومٌadjective

1.
grass-eating sheepclassical
A sheep that eats thumam grass.

Parallel reading

ثمه يثمه ثما: (وطئه) برجله

Thama, yathumuhu, thaman: to tread upon it with his foot.

ثمه يثمه ثما: (أصلحه) ورمه

Thama, yathumuhu, thaman: to repair it and mend it.

ومنه قيل: ثممت أموري: إذا أصلحتها ورممتها.

And from this it is said: 'I thammamt my affairs' means if I repaired and mended them.

ثممت حوائجي ووذأت بشرا ... فبئس معرس الركب السغاب

I organized my needs and prepared provisions... what a poor resting place for the hungry travelers.

ثمه يثمه ثما: (جمعه)

Thama, yathumuhu, thaman: to gather it.

ويقال: ثم لها، أي: اجمع لها

And it is said: 'Thumm laha,' meaning: gather for her.

والثمة، بالضم: القبضة منه

And al-thumma, with damma: a handful of it.

ثم يده بالحشيش ثما: (مسحها) به

He thamma his hand with grass, thaman: he wiped it with it.

وكذلك ثم يده بالأرض

And likewise, he thamma his hand on the ground.

وثممت يد ي كذلك

And I thammamt my hand likewise.

ثمت الشاة الشيء و (النبت) تثمه ثما: (قلعته بفيها)

And she thammatt the sheep the thing and (the plant), tathumuhu, thaman: she plucked it with her mouth.

والثم القماش، الناس أساقيهم وآنيتهم

And al-thamm refers to possessions, people's waterskins and their vessels.

والرم مرمة البيت

And al-ram is the mending of the house.

وبدأ خلق الإنسان من طين (7) ثم جعل نسله

And He began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his offspring.

أن لا ملجأ من الله إلا إليه ثم تاب عليهم

There is no refuge from Allah except to Him. Then He turned to them in forgiveness.

أعجبني ما صنعت اليوم، ثم ما صنعت أمس أعجب

What you did today pleased me, then what you did yesterday pleased me more.

ولقد أمر على اللئيم يسبني ... فمضيت ثمّت قلت لا يعنيني

And I passed by a scoundrel who insulted me... So I went on, and then I said, 'It does not concern me.'

وإذا رأيت ثم رأيت نعيما

And when you look, there you will see pleasure (i.e., in Paradise).

فثم وجه الله

Then that is the face of Allah.

وتثميم العظم إبانته

And tathmeem of a bone is its separation.

والثمام: نبت معروف

And al-thumam: a known plant.

وفي حديث عمر: "اغزوا والغزو حلو خضر، قبل أن يصير ثماما، ثم رماما، ثم حطاما"

And in the hadith of Umar: 'Go forth to war, and war is sweet and green, before it becomes thumam, then ramam, then hatam.'

وبيت مثموم مغطى به

And a mithmum house is covered with it.

ويقال لما لا يعسر تناوله: هو على طرف الثمام

And it is said of something easily attainable: it is 'on the edge of the thumam'.

وصخيرات الثمام: إحدى مراحله صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى بدر

And Sukhayrat al-Thumam: one of his stages (peace be upon him) to Badr.

والثميمة: التامورة المشدودة الرأس

And al-thumeemah: the stoppered waterskin.

وثمثم كفدفد: كلب الصيد

And thamtham, like 'fadfad': a hunting dog.

والثمة، بالكسر: الشيخ الهرم

And al-thammah, with kasr: the old, decrepit man.

وانثم: شاخ

And inthamma: he grew old.

والثمثمة: تغطية رأس الإناء

And al-thathmath: covering the head of a pot.

وهو الترويح قليلا

And it is to rest a little.

يقال ثمثموا بنا ساعة

It is said: 'Thamthimu bina sa'ah' (Pause with us for a while).

هذا سيف لا يثمثم نصله

This is a sword whose blade does not bend.

ورجل مثم معم ملم، بكسرهن، للذي يصلح الأمر ويقوم به.

And a man mitham, mu'ammim, mulimm, with kasr for all of them, is one who sets matters right and manages them.

وإنه لمثم لأسافل الأشياء.

And indeed, he is mitham for the lowest of things.

جعجع بي الدهر عن ثمه ورمه

Time tossed me about, taking away my thamm and my ramm (my little and my much).

وما يملك ثما ولا رما؛ أي: قليلا ولا كثيرا

And he owns not thamm nor ramm; meaning: little nor much.

هو أبوه على طرف الثمة، إذا كان يشبهه.

He is like his father, 'ala taraf al-thumma,' if he resembles him.

وثمثم عن الشيء: توقف

And thamthama from a thing: he stopped.

فمر نضي السهم تحت لبانه ... وجال على وحشيه لم يثمثم

So the shaft of the arrow passed under its flank... and it moved on its wild parts without faltering.

فهو لحولان القلاص ثمثام

He is an overpowering force for the young camels.

وشاة ثموم: تأكل الثمام.

And a thumoom sheep: it eats thumam.