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Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the anatomy of the throat and neck, specifically the upper part of the throat or the junction of the head and neck. It also extends metaphorically to concepts of gathering, abundance, and high status within a group.

Derived headwords

الغُلْصُمَةnoun

1.
upper throatboth
The flesh between the head and the neck, or the uvula area at the junction of the soft palate and the esophagus.
2.
base of the throatboth
The prominent part of the throat.
3.
root of the tongueclassical
The part connecting the pharynx to the throat, especially when swallowing.
4.
groupclassical
A gathering or assembly of people.
5.
prominent partclassical
The upper or most distinguished part of a group.

غَلْصَمَهُverb

1.
to cut the throatclassical
To cut the glusmah (upper throat area).
2.
to seize by the throatclassical
To take hold of someone by the throat.

مُغَلْصَمnoun

1.
one seized by the throatclassical
Someone who has been seized or grabbed by the throat.

مُغَلْصِمَاتadjective

1.
stiff-neckedclassical
Describing animals or people with strong, stiff necks.

ذو الغلصمةname

1.
Harmalah ibn Abdullah al-Ajliclassical
A poet and warrior named after his prominent throat.

في غلصمة من قومهphrase

1.
in honor and numbersclassical
To be in a position of high status, honor, and large numbers within one's people.

الغلاصمnoun

1.
groupsclassical
Plural of 'ghulsumah', referring to gatherings or assemblies.

Parallel reading

الغلصمة: اللحم الذي بين الرأس والعنق

The ghulsumah: the flesh between the head and the neck.

أو هي العجرة التي على ملتقى اللهاة والمريء

Or it is the uvula at the junction of the soft palate and the esophagus.

أو هي رأس الحلقوم بشواربه وحرقدته

Or it is the top of the throat with its appendages.

وهو الموضع الناتئ في الحلق

And it is the prominent place in the throat.

أو أصل اللسان

Or the root of the tongue.

غلصمة مجتمعة بما حولها

A ghulsumah gathered with what is around it.

عنى أعاليهم وجلتهم

He meant their highest ranks and their distinguished people.

يقال: غلصمه غلصمة

It is said: he cut his ghulsumah.

فهو مغلصم

So he is one seized by the throat.

فالأسد من مغلصم وخرس

The lion is among those seized by the throat and the mute.

وذو الغلصمة: حرملة بن عبد الله العجلي: فارس شاعر، كني به لعظم غلصمته

And Dhu al-Ghulsumah: Harmalah ibn Abdullah al-Ajli: a knight and poet, nicknamed so because of his prominent throat.

أي: مشدودات الأعناق

Meaning: stiff-necked.

غداة عهدتهن مغلصمات لهن بكل محنية نحيم

The morning I knew them to be stiff-necked, with a mournful sound at every bend.

أي في شرف وعدد

Meaning: in honor and numbers.

أبي لجيم واسمه ملء الفم في غلصم الهام وهام الغلصم

My father is Lajim, and his name fills the mouth, in the prominence of the heads and the heads of the prominent.

أراد أنه في معظم قومه وشرفهم

He meant that he was among the most numerous and honorable of his people.