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Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns entanglement, being stuck, or overwhelmed in a difficult situation, often metaphorically. It also extends to meanings related to sexual intercourse and, in a more classical context, specific physical attributes of women and animals, as well as silence.

Derived headwords

رَطَمَهُverb

1.
to entangleboth
To immerse someone in a matter from which they cannot escape.

يَرْطُمُهُverb

1.
to entangleboth
To immerse someone in a matter from which they cannot escape.

رَطْمًاnoun

1.
entanglementboth
The act of immersing someone in a matter from which they cannot escape.
2.
sexual intercourseclassical
The act of sexual intercourse.

ارْتَطَمَverb

1.
to get stuckboth
To become entangled or stuck in a matter from which there is no easy exit.
2.
to crowdclassical
To be crowded or congested.
3.
to pile upclassical
To accumulate or pile up.
4.
to be held backclassical
To be restrained or held back.

ارْتَطَمَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُverb

1.
to be overwhelmed by a matterclassical
When a matter becomes overwhelming, its paths are blocked, and one cannot find a way out except with great difficulty.

ارْتَطَمَ السَّلْحُverb

1.
to hold back dungclassical
To retain or hold back dung.

تَرَطَّمَهُverb

1.
to hold back dungclassical
To retain or hold back dung.

رَطَمَ البَعِيرُverb

1.
to be held backclassical
The camel was held back or restrained.

أَرْطَمَverb

1.
to be held backclassical
To be held back or restrained.
2.
to be silentclassical
To be silent.

الرَّطَامُnoun

1.
entanglementclassical
A difficult matter or entanglement.

الرَّطُومُadjective

1.
narrow-vagined womanclassical
A woman with a narrow vagina.
2.
shy female camelclassical
A shy female camel.
3.
stupidclassical
Foolish or stupid.
4.
white chickenclassical
A white chicken.

المَرْطُومَةُadjective

1.
accused of evilclassical
A woman who is accused of evil or suspected of wrongdoing.

الرَّطْمَةُnoun

1.
unclear matterclassical
A matter whose origin or nature is unknown; a confusing situation.

التَّرَاطُمُnoun

1.
piling upclassical
The act of piling up or accumulating.

Parallel reading

رَطَمَهُ في أمرٍ لا يَخْرُجُ منه

He entangled him in a matter from which he could not escape.

وهو مجاز، من قولهم: رَطَمَهُ في الوَحْلِ رَطْمًا

This is a metaphor, derived from their saying: he mired him in the mud.

فَارْتَطَمَ هو فيه أي: ارْتَبَكَ

And he became stuck in it, meaning: he was entangled.

وارْتَطَمَ في أمرٍ لا مَخْرَجَ له منه إلا بِغُمَّةٍ لَزِمَتْهُ

And he became stuck in a matter from which there was no escape except through a distress that befell him.

رَطَمَ جَارِيَتَهُ رَطْمًا إذا جامَعَها

He had sexual intercourse with his slave girl, meaning he had intercourse with her.

عينا أتانٍ تَبْتَغِي أن تُرَطَّمَا

The eyes of a female donkey seeking to be mounted.

وارْتَطَمَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ: عَيِيَ فيه وسُدَّتْ عليه مَذاهِبُهُ

And the matter became overwhelming to him: he was perplexed by it, and his ways of dealing with it were blocked.

وارْتَطَمَ الشيءُ: ازْدَحَمَ

And the thing became crowded: it was congested.

وارْتَطَمَ السَّلْحُ: حَبَسَهُ كَتَرْطُمِهِ

And the dung was held back: it was retained, like 'taratama'.

ورَطَمَ البَعِيرُ وأَرْطَمَ بِضَمِّهِمَا: احْتَبَسَ

And the camel held back and was held back (with the pronunciation of both): it was restrained.

والرَّطُومُ: المَرْأَةُ الضَّيِّقَةُ الجِهازِ

And 'ar-ratum' is: the woman with a narrow birth canal.

والرَّطْمَةُ، بالضَّمِّ: أَمْرٌ لا تُعْرَفُ جِهَتُهُ

And 'ar-ratmah', with the dammah: is a matter whose direction is unknown.

وقَعَ في رَطْمَةٍ أي: أَمْرٍ يَتَخَبَّطُ فيه

He fell into a 'ratmah', meaning: a matter in which he flounders.

وامْرَأَةٌ مَرْطُومَةٌ: مَرْمِيَّةٌ بِسُوءٍ مُتَّهَمَةٌ بِشَرٍّ

And a 'marṭūmah' woman: is one accused of evil, suspected of wickedness.

أَرْطَمَ الرَّجُلُ: إذا سَكَتَ

The man became silent: if he remained silent.

وارْتَطَمَتْ به فَرَسُهُ: ساخَتْ قَوائِمُهُ

And his horse became stuck with him: its legs sank.

وَقَعَ في رُطُومَةٍ أي: أَمْرٍ يَتَخَبَّطُ فيه

He fell into a 'ruṭūmah', meaning: a matter in which he flounders.