ف وم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the word 'fawm' and its various debated meanings, including garlic, wheat, and chickpeas. It also covers related terms for agricultural products, places, and descriptive nouns.

Derived headwords

الفُومnoun

1.
garlicclassical
A term used for garlic, though its primary meaning is debated.
2.
wheatclassical
The primary meaning of 'fawm' according to some linguists, referring to wheat.
3.
chickpeasclassical
A dialectal term, particularly from the Levant, for chickpeas.
4.
grains for bakingclassical
Encompasses wheat and other grains that are baked into bread.

فُومَانnoun

1.
wheat (plural)classical
A plural form of 'fawm' when referring to wheat.

فُومَةnoun

1.
clump of onion/garlic
A large clump or bulb of an onion, garlic, or similar plant.
2.
ear of grainclassical
Refers to an ear of grain, such as wheat.
3.
handfulclassical
The amount that can be held between two fingers.

فَامِيname

1.
seller of wheat/chickpeasclassical
A vendor of wheat or chickpeas, a derivative of 'fawm'.
2.
grocerclassical
A general term for a grocer.

الفَيُّومname

1.
Faiyum (city in Egypt)
A major city and governorate in Upper Egypt, historically significant.

أَفَامِيَةname

1.
Afamia (city in Syria)classical
A town or region in Syria, part of the Homs governorate.

فَامِيَةname

1.
Famia (town in Iraq)classical
A town located in Iraq, near Fam al-Sulh.

فَامِينname

1.
Famin (town in Bukhara)classical
A town in the region of Bukhara, from which a scholar was named.

فُومُواverb

1.
bake bread for usclassical
A command or request to bake bread for someone.

فُومًا فَومًاadverb

1.
piece by piececlassical
Describing something being cut or divided into small pieces.

كفُؤمadverb

1.
like piecesclassical
Similar to 'fawman fawman', meaning in pieces.

Parallel reading

الفوم بالضم: الثوم

Al-fawm, with damma, is garlic.

أراه على البدل

I consider it to be by substitution.

ذهب بعض أهل التفسير في قوله عز وجل { {وفومها وعدسها} إلى أنه أراد الثوم

Some exegetes, regarding God's saying {and their fawm and their lentils}, have held that it meant garlic.

فالفاء على هذا عنده بدل من الثاء

The faa, according to him, is a substitute for the thaa in this case.

والصواب عندنا: أن الفوم الحنطة

And the correct view with us is that al-fawm is wheat.

وليست الفاء على هذا بدلا من الثاء

And the faa is not a substitute for the thaa in this case.

وجمعوا الجمع فقالوا: فومان

And they pluralized the plural, saying: fawman.

والضمة في فوم غير الضمة في فومان

And the damma in fawm is different from the damma in fawman.

هو الثوم والفوم للحنطة

It is garlic, and al-fawm is for wheat.

قد كنت أحسبني كأغنى واجد ... نزل المدينة عن زراعة فوم

I used to think I was like the wealthiest person found... who settled in Medina and did not need to cultivate wheat.

كانت لهم جنة إذ ذاك ظاهرة ... فيها الفراريس والفومان والبصل

They had a garden then, apparent... in it were the onions, the wheat, and the onions.

الفوم: الحمص، لغة شامية

Al-fawm: chickpeas, a Levantine dialect.

الفوم مما يذكرون لغة قديمة وهي: الحنطة والخبز جميعا

Al-fawm is something they mention as an ancient term, which is: wheat and bread both.

لا اختلاف بين أهل اللغة أن الفوم الحنطة

There is no disagreement among linguists that al-fawm is wheat.

وكل عقدة من بصلة أو ثومة أو لقمة عظيمة: فومة

And every clump of an onion, or a garlic bulb, or a large bite: is a fawmah.

وبائعه أي: الحنطة أو الحمص فامي مغير عن فومي

And its seller, meaning of wheat or chickpeas, is 'fami', changed from 'fawmi'.

والفيوم، كتنور: د بمصر

And Al-Fayyum, like 'tannur': a city in Egypt.

معناه ألف يوم

Its meaning is a thousand days.

احتفر نهره يوسف عليه السلام بالوحي، وبنى سكنه بالآجر والكلس

He dug its canal, Joseph, peace be upon him, by revelation, and built his dwelling with bricks and lime.

سميت لبلوغ خراجها كل يوم ألف دينار

It was named for its revenue reaching a thousand dinars daily.

وهي كورة واسعة مشتملة على ما ينيف على ثلثمائة قرية، غالبها عامرة

And it is a vast district comprising over three hundred villages, most of them inhabited.

وأفامية: بلدة بالشام

And Afamia: a town in the Levant.

وهي كورة من كور حمص، وهي من بناء الإسكندر الرومي

And it is a district of the districts of Homs, and it is from the construction of Alexander the Roman.

ولولاك لم يسلم أفامية الردى

And were it not for you, Afamia would not have been saved from destruction.

وفامية: ة بالعراق بناحية فم الصلح

And Famia: a town in Iraq, in the vicinity of Fam al-Sulh.

وفامين: ة ببخاراء

And Famin: a town in Bukhara.

منها أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن أحمد الفاميني عن محمد ابن يحيى الذهلي

From it is Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Famini, from Muhammad bin Yahya al-Dhahli.

والفومة، بالضم: السنبلة

And al-fawmah, with damma: the ear of grain.

بلغة أزد السراة

In the dialect of Azd al-Sarat.

وقال رئيسهم لما أتانا ... بكفه فومة أو فومتان

And their chief said when he came to us... in his hand was an ear of grain or two ears of grain.

والفومة أيضا: ما تحمله بين إصبعيك

And al-fawmah also: what you can hold between your two fingers.

وقطعته فوما فوما

And I cut it piece by piece.

أي: قطعا قطعا

Meaning: piece by piece.

فوموا لنا، أي: اختبزوا لنا

Fawmu lana, meaning: bake bread for us.

والفامي السكري

And al-fami al-sukkari.

ما أراه عربيا محضا

I do not think it is purely Arabic.

والفامي: البقال

And al-fami: the grocer.