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ذ ر م

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a place name, 'Adhramah', a fortified town near the Syrian frontier. It also contains a rare verb usage related to a woman's action towards her child, though its meaning is debated and possibly a scribal error.

Derived headwords

ذَرَمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to act towardsclassical

    A verb used in a specific context, possibly meaning 'to act towards' or 'to treat' a child, though its exact meaning is unclear and debated.

أَذْرَمَةname
  1. 1.
    Adhramahclassical

    A fortified town and a strategic location in the Syrian frontier, near Mopsuestia, mentioned in historical accounts.

الأَذْرَمِيّname
  1. 1.
    Adhramiclassical

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from or association with the town of Adhramah.

الأُذْنِيّname
  1. 1.
    Udhniclassical

    A nisba (attribution) indicating association with the town of Udhnah, which was confused with Adhramah.

Parallel reading

ذرمت المرأة بولدها
The woman acted towards her child.
أي: رَمَتْ به.
Meaning: she threw him.
أذرمة بفتح فسكون فكسر الراء كما في النسخ، والصواب فتحها: ة بأذنة
Adhramah, with a fatha on the alif, sukun on the dhāl, and kasra on the rā' as in the manuscripts, but the correct pronunciation is fatha on the rā': a town in Udhnah.
أذرمة من ديار ربيعة قرية قديمة
Adhramah is an ancient village from the lands of Rabi'ah.
أخذها الحسن بن عمر بن الخطاب التغلبي من صاحبها، وبنى بها قصرا وحصنها.
Al-Hasan ibn 'Umar ibn al-Khattab al-Taghlibi took it from its owner, built a palace there, and fortified it.
إن بينها وبين برقعيد خمسة فراسخ، وبينها وبين سنجار عشرة فراسخ
The distance between it and Burqayid is five parasangs, and between it and Sinjar is ten parasangs.
وفيها نهر يشقها وينفذ إلى آخرها، وعليه في وسط المدينة قنطرة معقودة بالصخر والجص.
It has a river that cuts through it and runs to its end, and upon it in the middle of the city is a bridge built of stone and gypsum.
وهي اليوم من أعمال الموصل من كورة تعرف ببين النهرين، بين كورة البلقاء ونصيبين.
Today it is part of the province of Mosul, in a region known as Mesopotamia, between the provinces of Balqa and Nisibis.
وإليهما ينسب أبو عبد الرحمن عبد الله بن محمد بن إسحاق الأذرمي النصيبيني.
And Abu 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Adhrami al-Nisibini is attributed to them (i.e., Nisibis and Adhramah).
أذرمة من قرى نصيبين، انتقل إلى الثغر فأقام بأذنة حتى مات، وكان سمع ابن عيينة وغندرا، وعنه أبو حاتم الرازي وأبو داود، وقدم بغداد، وحدث بها.
Adhramah is one of the villages of Nisibis. He moved to the frontier and resided in Udhnah until he died. He heard from Ibn 'Uyainah and Ghundar, and Abu Hatim al-Razi and Abu Dawud heard from him. He came to Baghdad and narrated hadith there.
وقد غلط الحافظ أبو سعد بن السمعاني في ثلاثة مواضع: أحدها أنه مد الألف وهي غير ممدودة، وحرك الذال وهي ساكنة، وقال: هي من قرى أذنة، وهي كما ذكرنا من قرى النهرين
Al-Hafiz Abu Sa'd ibn al-Sam'ani erred in three places: one is that he lengthened the alif, which is not lengthened, and vocalized the dhāl, which is silent, and said: 'It is from the villages of Udhnah,' whereas, as we mentioned, it is from the villages of Mesopotamia.
وإنما غره أن أبا عبد الرحمن كان يقال له: الأذني أيضا، لمقامه بأذنة.
He was misled only because Abu 'Abd al-Rahman was also called 'al-Udhni' due to his stay in Udhnah.
فكأن قول المصنف: قرية بأذنة خطأ تبع فيه ابن السمعاني
So the author's statement: 'a village in Udhnah' is an error, in which he followed Ibn al-Sam'ani.
وكذا ما نقل شيخنا عن مختصر الأنساب ما نصه: هذه النسبة إلى أذرم، وظني أنها من قرى أذنة بلدة من اليمن، خلط وتصحيف.
Similarly, what our shaykh transmitted from Mukhtasar al-Ansab states: 'This attribution is to Adhram, and I suspect it is from the villages of Udhnah, a town in Yemen,' which is confusion and textual corruption.