خ ث م

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

The root خ ث م (kh-th-m) primarily relates to concepts of wideness, thickness, and shortness, particularly in physical features like the nose, ears, and hooves. It extends to describe broadness in objects like swords and tools, and can also refer to shortness or blockage.

Derived headwords

خَثَمَهُverb

1.
to make wideboth
To make something wide or broad, especially a physical feature.

تَخْثِيمًاnoun

1.
making wideboth
The act of making something wide or broad.

الخَثْمُnoun

1.
width of the noseboth
The width of the nose, or specifically the width of the tip of the nose (arnaba).
2.
width of earboth
The width of the upper part of the ear or similar features.
3.
thicknessclassical
Thickness or coarseness, particularly of the tip of the nose.

أَخْثَمُadjective

1.
broad-nosedboth
Having a broad nose, especially a broad tip.
2.
broad swordclassical
A broad sword, used metaphorically.
3.
thick/broad riderclassical
A thick, broad, and elevated rider or mount, metaphorically.
4.
lionclassical
A lion, due to the thickness of its nose.

خَثْمَاءadjective

1.
broad-tipped noseboth
Describing a nose that is broad at the tip.
2.
broad-earedboth
Describing an ear that is broad.
3.
broad-hoofed camelclassical
A female camel with broad, round hooves and short nose-tips.

خَثِيمٌadjective

1.
swollenclassical
Swollen, distended, or wide, often referring to a gap or opening.

مِخْثَمَةٌnoun

1.
shoe without a tipclassical
A shoe that is wide and lacks a pointed tip.

خُثْمَةٌnoun

1.
short nose (bull)classical
Shortness in the nose of a bull.
2.
thickness and shortnessclassical
Thickness, shortness, and flatness.

خَيْثَمَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِname

1.
Companion of the Prophetboth
A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad who was martyred at Uhud.

خَيْثَمَةname

1.
male given nameboth
A male given name derived from the root.

خَثُمَ الْمِعْوَلُverb

1.
chisel became flatclassical
The edge of a chisel or pickaxe became wide and flat.

خَثَمَتْ أَخْلَافُ النَّاقَةِverb

1.
udder became blockedclassical
The teats of a female camel's udder became blocked or obstructed.

خَثَمَ أَنْفَهُverb

1.
to crush noseclassical
To crush or break the nose, causing it to become flat or wide.

ابْنُ خُثَيْمٍname

1.
Abdullah ibn Uthmanboth
Abdullah ibn Uthman ibn Khuthaym al-Makki, a transmitter of Hadith.

ثَوْرٌ أَخْثَمُnoun

1.
broad-nosed bullclassical
A bull with a broad nose.

بَقَرَةٌ خَثْمَاءُnoun

1.
broad-nosed cowclassical
A cow with a broad nose.

الخَثْمَةُnoun

1.
thickness and flatnessclassical
Thickness, shortness, and flatness.

الخَيْثَمَةُnoun

1.
female leopardclassical
A female leopard.

نِصَالٌ خَثْمٌnoun

1.
broad bladesclassical
Broad sword blades.

أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَname

1.
Abdullah ibn Khaythamaboth
A Companion of the Prophet, also known as Abu Khaythama al-Ansari.
2.
Zuhayr ibn Harbboth
A famous Hadith scholar (Hafiz) who died in 234 AH.
3.
Zuhayr ibn Mu'awiyaboth
A reliable Hadith scholar (Hafiz) who died in 173 AH.

خُثَيْمُ بْنُ عَمْرٍوname

1.
Tabi'iboth
A Tabi'i (follower of the Companions) from the lineage of Khuthaym.

خَيْثَمَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِname

1.
Tabi'iboth
A Tabi'i from the lineage of Khaythama.

ابْنُ أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَname

1.
Basri Tabi'iboth
A Tabi'i from Basra.

خَثَمَ الْمِعْوَلَverb

1.
to flatten the pickaxeclassical
To make the edge of a pickaxe or similar tool wide and flat.

خُثَيْمُ بْنُ عَمْرٍوname

1.
Tabi'iboth
A Tabi'i from the lineage of Khuthaym.

خُثَيْمُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَname

1.
Tabi'iboth
A Tabi'i from the lineage of Khuthaym.

خُثَيْمُ بْنُ قَيْسٍname

1.
Tabi'iboth
A Tabi'i from the lineage of Khuthaym.

خُثَيْمُ بْنُ عِرَاكٍname

1.
followerboth
A follower of the Tabi'in.

خَثَمَverb

1.
to be wideboth
To be wide or broad.

خَثِيمٌadjective

1.
wideboth
Wide, broad, or swollen.

خَثْمَةُ بْنُ السَّدَمِname

1.
Ancestor of a Tabi'iboth
An ancestor of the Tabi'i Hamid ibn Malik al-Khathmi.

خُثَيْمُ بْنُ عَمْرٍوname

1.
Thaqafi poetclassical
A poet from the tribe of Thaqif.

Parallel reading

خثمه تخثيما: عرضه

He made it wide, a making wide: he made it broad.

والخثم محركة: عرض الأنف

And al-khathm (with vowel movement) is the width of the nose.

أو عرض أرنبته

Or the width of its tip.

خثم كفرح فهو أخثم

Khathima (as faraha), so he is akhtham.

وأذن خثماء، وأنف أخثم: عريض الأرنبة

And a khathma' (broad) ear, and an akhtham (broad-tipped) nose: broad at the tip.

والأخثم: الأسد

And al-akhtham: the lion.

والأخثم: السيف العريض

And al-akhtham: the broad sword.

بالموت من حد الصفيح الأخثم

With death from the edge of the broad blade.

وإذا لمست لمست أخثم جاثما

And if you touched, you would touch a broad, settled one.

فرج أخثم: منتفخ حزقة قصير السمك خناق ضيق

A wide gap: swollen, constricted, short in thickness, constricting and narrow.

ونعل مخثمة كمعظمة: معرضة بلا رأس

And a makhthama (like mu'aththama) shoe: wide without a tip.

وقد خثم النعال صدرها تخثيما

And the front of the shoes was made wide, with widening.

والخثمة، بالضم: قصر في أنف الثور

And al-khuthma (with damma): shortness in the nose of a bull.

والخثماء: الناقة المستديرة الخف القصيرة المناسم

And al-khathma': the she-camel with round hooves and short nose-tips.

وخثمها: استدارة خفها وانبساطه وقصر مناسمه

And its khathama: the roundness of its hoof, its flatness, and the shortness of its nose-tip.

وخثم المعول، كفرح: صار مفلطحا

And the pickaxe became khathima (as faraha): it became wide and flat.

ردت معاوله خثما مفللة

His pickaxes returned wide and blunt.

وخثمت أخلاف الناقة: انسدت

And the teats of the she-camel became blocked: they were obstructed.

وخثم أنفه، خثما: دقه وكسره فصار مفرطحا

And he crushed his nose, khathman: he struck and broke it so it became wide and flat.

وابن خثيم، كزبير: هو عبد الله ابن عثمان

And Ibn Khuthaym (like Zubayr): he is Abdullah ibn Uthman.

ثور أخثم، وبقرة خثماء

A broad-nosed bull, and a broad-nosed cow.

كأني ورحلي والفتان ونمرقي على ظهر طاو أسفع الخد أخثما

As if I, my baggage, the two lovers, and my cushion were on the back of a dark-faced, broad-nosed bird.

والخثمة، بالضم: غلظ وقصر وتفرطح

And al-khuthma (with damma): thickness, shortness, and flatness.

والخيثمة، كحيدرة: أنثى النمر

And al-khaythama (like haydara): the female leopard.

ونصال خثم: عراض

And khathm blades: wide.

وهو الذي قال له النبي يوم تبوك حين تخلف ولحقه: " كن أبا خيثمة "

And he is the one to whom the Prophet said on the day of Tabuk, when he lagged behind and caught up: 'Be Abu Khaythama'.