ع ل ق م

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root 'ʿ-l-q-m' primarily denotes intense bitterness, often associated with plants or substances. It extends to describe things that are extremely bitter, the act of making something bitter, and also appears in place names and personal names.

Derived headwords

العَلْقَمnoun

1.
bitter plantboth
Refers to a bitter plant, specifically identified as the colocynth (الحنظل).
2.
bitter substanceboth
Used to describe anything intensely bitter.
3.
colocynth pulpclassical
Specifically, the pulp of the colocynth plant.

الحِنْظَلnoun

1.
colocynthboth
A plant known for its bitter fruit, often used medicinally. It is equated with العلقم.

عَلْقَمَverb

1.
to make bitterboth
To add something bitter to food or a substance.

وقد علقم طعامه: إذا أمره — And he made his food bitter: meaning he made it intensely bitter.

العَلْقَمَةnoun

1.
bitter fruitclassical
Specifically, a bitter nabq (fruit of the Rhamnus tree).
2.
extreme water bitternessclassical
The most intense bitterness of water.
3.
gallbladderclassical
The organ containing bile, representing bitterness.
4.
act of making bitterclassical
The act of adding bitterness to something.
5.
stallionclassical
A male horse, specifically a stud horse.
6.
place nameboth
A place name, including a location in Morocco and one east of Bilbays in Egypt.

عَلْقَمَةname

1.
personal nameboth
A given name, borne by several individuals including poets and companions.

العَلَاقِمَةname

1.
place nameboth
A place name in Egypt, east of Bilbays, a large inhabited village.

عَلْقَمَاءname

1.
place nameboth
A place name, indicated by 'ʿ'.

عَلْقَامname

1.
place nameboth
A village in Egypt.

العَلْقَمِيُّونname

1.
tribal nameclassical
A branch of the Tamim tribe, descended from 'Alqamah ibn Zurarah.

Parallel reading

العَلْقَمُ: مَرٌّ

Al-'alqam: bitter.

ويقال: هو شجر مر

And it is said: it is a bitter tree.

ويقال: هو الحنظل بعينه

And it is said: it is the colocynth itself.

وقيل: كل شيء مر علقم

And it is said: everything bitter is 'alqam.

هو شحم الحنظل

It is the pulp of the colocynth.

ولذلك يقال لكل شيء فيه مرارة شديدة: كأنه العلقم

And for that reason, it is said of everything with intense bitterness: as if it were al-'alqam.

العلقمة: النبقة المرة

Al-'alqamah: the bitter nabq.

العلقم: أشد الماء مرارة

Al-'alqam: the most intense bitterness of water.

والعلقمة: المرارة

And al-'alqamah: the bitterness (gall).

وأيضاً: جعل الشيء المر في الطعام

And also: making something bitter in food.

وقد علقم طعامه: إذا أمره

And he made his food bitter: meaning he made it intensely bitter.

العلقمة: الفحل

Al-'alqamah: the stallion.

علقمة بن علاثة: شعراء

'Alqamah ibn 'Ilathah: a poet.

العلاقمة: د، دون بلبيس شرقي مصر

Al-'Alaqamah: a village, east of Bilbays in Egypt.

العلقمة: اختلاط الماء وخثورته

Al-'alqamah: the mixing and turbidity of water.