ع ص م

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root ع ص م (ʿ-ṣ-m) primarily relates to concepts of protection, prevention, and restraint. It encompasses meanings of holding onto, binding, and safeguarding, extending to the idea of being immune or divinely protected. It also covers physical binding and the resulting marks or residues.

Derived headwords

عَصَمَ يَعْصِمُverb

1.
to acquireclassical
To gain or obtain something.
2.
to preventboth
To stop or hinder someone or something from doing or happening.
3.
to protectboth
To keep safe from harm or injury.

عِصَامًاnoun

1.
binding ropeboth
A rope or strap used for tying, especially for a waterskin or saddle.
2.
kohlclassical
Eyeliner, specifically kohl, in some dialects.
3.
tail tipclassical
The slender end of a tail.

وقربة أقوام جعلت عصامها ... على كاهل مني ذلول مرحل — And I made the waterskin of a people its binding rope ... on my easy-going, well-traveled shoulder.

اِعْتَصَمَverb

1.
to hold fast toboth
To cling firmly to something, to take refuge in.
2.
to abstain from sinboth
To refrain from wrongdoing, often with divine assistance.

واعتصموا بحبل الله جميعا — And hold fast to the rope of Allah all together.

أَعْصَمَverb

1.
to prepare provisionsclassical
To make ready or provide something, especially equipment for riding.
2.
to hold onboth
To grasp or hold onto something firmly.
3.
to tieboth
To fasten or secure with a rope or strap.

العِصْمَةnoun

1.
protectionboth
Divine protection or safeguarding from harm or sin.
2.
preventionboth
The act of stopping or hindering something.
3.
bindingclassical
A tie, bond, or restraint.
4.
necklaceclassical
A necklace or collar.

والله يعصمك من الناس — And Allah will protect you from the people.

العَصِيمnoun

1.
dirtclassical
Dirt, grime, or dried urine, especially on camels.
2.
black hairclassical
Black hair that grows beneath a camel's outer hair.
3.
residueclassical
The remaining trace or mark of something, like dye.
4.
veinclassical
A vein, specifically in the context of sweat or blood.

وأضحى عن مواسمهم قتيلا ... بليته سرائح كالعصيم — And he became a casualty of their seasons, killed... by wounds like dried dirt.

العُصْمnoun

1.
residueclassical
The remaining trace or mark of something, like dye.

كساهن الهواجر كل يوم ... رجيعا بالمغابن كالعصيم — The midday heat covered them every day... with a residue in the folds like dried dirt.

المِعْصَمnoun

1.
wristboth
The part of the arm between the hand and the forearm.
2.
handclassical
The hand, sometimes used to refer to the entire hand.

وغدا لغيرك كفها والمعصم — And tomorrow your hand and wrist will be for another.

العَصِيمِيّname

1.
nameboth
A given name derived from the root.

العُصْمَةnoun

1.
white markingclassical
A white marking on the legs or arms of certain animals like gazelles or mountain goats.

يقال: أعصم بين العصم — It is said: having white markings between the white markings.

العَصُومadjective

1.
voracious eaterclassical
A very large eater, especially of camels.

العَوَاصِمname

1.
region nameclassical
A known region, with Antioch as its capital.

العَاصِمَةnoun

1.
capital citymodern
A capital city.

أبو عاصمname

1.
nicknameclassical
A kunya (nickname) for certain things, like 'sawīq' or 'suknāj'.

الغُرَابُ الأَعْصَمname

1.
white-winged crowclassical
A crow with white wings, considered rare.

لا يدخل الجنة منهن إلا مثل الغراب الأعصم — None of them shall enter Paradise except like the white-winged crow.

عُصِمَverb

1.
to be white-leggedclassical
To have white markings on the legs, used for animals like gazelles.

عَصِيمname

1.
nameboth
A given name derived from the root.

عَاصِمname

1.
nameboth
A given name derived from the root.

مُعْتَصِمname

1.
nameboth
A given name derived from the root, notably used for Abbasid caliphs.

مُسْتَعْصِمname

1.
nameboth
A given name derived from the root, notably used for Abbasid caliphs.

مَعْصُومname

1.
nameboth
A given name derived from the root.

عِصَامِيّadjective

1.
self-mademodern
One who achieves status or wealth through their own efforts.

كن عصاميا ولا تكن عظاميا — Be a self-made person, and do not be one who boasts of dead ancestors.

عِصَامname

1.
nameboth
A given name derived from the root.

عَصَمَةnoun

1.
necklaceclassical
A necklace or collar.

عَصِيمَةnoun

1.
dirtclassical
Dirt, grime, or dried urine, especially on camels.

عِصَامnoun

1.
strapboth
A strap or loop used for hanging or carrying.

فإذا جد بني عامر جمل آدم مقيد بعصم — And behold, the leader of the Bani 'Amir was a camel of Adam, tied with straps.

مِعْصَمname

1.
female goatclassical
A name for a female goat, called for milking.

Parallel reading

عصما: اكتسب

ʿiṣmā: acquired

و أيضا: منع

and also: prevented

عصم يعصم عصما: وقى

ʿaṣama yaʿṣimu ʿiṣmā: protected

إليه: اعتصم به

to him: sought refuge in him

عصم (القربة) يعصمها عصما: جعل لها عصاما، كأعصمها

ʿaṣama (the waterskin) yaʿṣimuhā ʿiṣmā: made a binding rope for it, like aʿṣamahā

وعصمه الطعام: منعه من الجوع

and food prevented him: kept him from hunger

والعصيم كأمير: العرق

and al-ʿuṣaym (like amīr): the vein

هناء ودرن ووسخ وبول ييبس على فخذ الإبل

a sticky substance, dirt, filth, and urine that dries on the thighs of camels

والعصيم: شعر أسود ينبت تحت وبر البعير إذا انتسل

and al-ʿuṣaym: black hair that grows beneath the camel's fur when it sheds

والعصيم: بقية كل شيء وأثره، من خضاب ونحوه

and al-ʿuṣaym: the remainder and trace of everything, like dye and the like

كالعصم، بالضم، وبضمتين

like al-ʿuṣum, with damma, and with two dammah

وأعصم إعصاما: لم يثبت على ظهر الخيل

and aʿṣama iʿṣāmā: did not stay firm on the back of the horse

أعصم فلانا إذا هيأ له في السرج والرحل ما يعتصم به، لئلا يسقط

aʿṣama someone: provided him with something in the saddle and pack to hold onto, so he would not fall

وأعصم بفلان إعصاما: أمسك

and aʿṣama with someone iʿṣāmā: held on

وأعصم القربة: شدها بالعصام وهو الوكاء

and aʿṣama the waterskin: tied it with the ʿiṣām, which is the tie

وأعصم بالفرس: أمسك بعرفه

and aʿṣama by the horse: held its mane

والعصمة: بالكسر: المنع

and al-ʿiṣmah (with kasrah): prevention

عصمه يعصمه عصما: منعه ووقاه

ʿaṣamahu yaʿṣimuhu ʿiṣmā: protected him and saved him

وقوله تعالى: {يعصمني من الماء}

and His saying, the Almighty: {It will protect me from the water}

وقوله تعالى: {لا عاصم اليوم من أمر الله}

and His saying, the Almighty: {There is no protector today from the decree of Allah}

والعصمة: القلادة

and al-ʿiṣmah: the necklace

والجمع الأعصام

and the plural is al-aʿṣām

والأعصم من الظباء والوعول: ما في ذراعيه بياض

and al-aʿṣam of gazelles and mountain goats: that which has white on its forelegs

والأعصم من المعز: الأبيض اليدين أو اليد، وسائره أسود، أو أحمر، وهي عصماء

and al-aʿṣam of goats: white-handed or white-handed, and the rest is black or red, and she is ʿaṣmāʾ

والعصام ككتاب: الكحل

and al-ʿiṣām (like kitāb): kohl

والعصام: مستدق طرف الذنب

and al-ʿiṣām: the slender tip of the tail

وعصام بن شهبر الجرمي: حاجب النعمان بن المنذر ملك العرب

and ʿiṣām ibn Shahbar al-Jarmī: the chamberlain of al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir, king of the Arabs

وفي المثل: " كن عصاميا ولا تكن عظاميا "

And in the proverb: "Be a self-made person and do not be one who boasts of dead ancestors."

والعصام من المحمل: شكاله وقيده الذي يشد في طرف العارضين في أعلاهما

and al-ʿiṣām of the litter: its frame and the tie that is fastened at the ends of the crossbars at their top

والعصام من الدلو والقربة والإداوة: حبل يشد به

and al-ʿiṣām of the bucket, waterskin, and flask: a rope by which it is tied

والمعصم: موضع السوار من اليد

and al-miʿṣam: the place of the bracelet on the hand

وربما جعلوا المعصم: اليد

and sometimes they made al-miʿṣam: the hand

ومعصم بلا لام: اسم للعنز، وتدعى للحلب فيقال: معصم معصم، مسكنة الآخر

and miʿṣam without 'al': a name for a female goat, called for milking, so it is said: miʿṣam miʿṣam, with the last letter subdued

العصوم: الأكول من النوق خاصة

al-ʿuṣūm: the voracious eater, especially of female camels

كالعيصوم وهو الأكول من الناس، للذكر والأنثى

like al-ʿayṣūm, which is the voracious eater among people, male and female

والعواصم: بلاد معروفة، قصبتها أنطاكية

and al-ʿawāṣim: known lands, its capital being Antioch

والعاصمة: المدينة

and al-ʿāṣimah: the city

والعصم بالضم: حصن باليمن لبني زبيد

and al-ʿuṣm (with damma): a fortress in Yemen belonging to the Banu Zayd

وسموا: عاصما، وأعصم، ومعتصما، ومستعصما، ومعصوما، وعصما، بالضم، وعصيما

and they named: ʿāṣim, aʿṣam, muʿtaṣim, mustaʿṣim, maʿṣūm, ʿuṣm (with damma), and ʿuṣaym

والغراب الأعصم قد جاء ذكره في عدة أحاديث

and the white-winged crow has been mentioned in several hadiths

قال ابن الأثير: هو الأبيض الجناحين

Ibn al-Athīr said: it is the one with white wings