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م ر ه م

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns ointments and medicinal compounds applied to wounds. It also extends to the application of such substances and, metaphorically, to the act of healing or soothing.

Derived headwords

المِرْهَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Ointmentboth

    A compound medicinal preparation, often soft and greasy, applied to wounds or sores.

  2. 2.
    Poulticeclassical

    The softest type of medicinal preparation used for bandaging a wound.

مِرْهَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To apply ointmentboth

    To apply an ointment or medicinal compound to a wound.

مرهمت الجرح — I applied ointment to the wound.
الملْهَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Ointment (variant)classical

    A variant or erroneous form for 'marham' (ointment).

المِرْهَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Ointment (variant)classical

    Another variant or erroneous form for 'marham' (ointment), possibly due to an interchange of letters.

مُرْهَمname
  1. 1.
    Name of a manboth

    A proper name for a male individual.

محمد بن مرهم الشروانيname
  1. 1.
    Muhammad ibn Marham al-Shirwaniclassical

    A specific individual, a traditionist (muhaddith) from Shirwan.

Parallel reading

وهو: (دواء مركب للجراحات)
It is: (a compound medicine for wounds).
هو الين ما يكون من الدواء الذي يضمد به الجرح
It is the softest type of medicine with which a wound is bandaged.
وفيه لغتان: الملهم، والمرهب
And it has two linguistic variations: al-mulham, and al-murhab.
وكلاهما لحن
And both of them are linguistically incorrect.
وجوز شيخنا في الأخيرة أنها من باب الإبدال
And our shaykh considered in the latter that it is from the chapter of substitution (ibdal).
والميم أصلية لقولهم: مرهمت الجرح
And the 'meem' is original because they say: 'marhamtu al-jarh' (I applied ointment to the wound).
ولو كانت زائدة لقالوا رهمت
And if it were an addition, they would have said 'rahamtu'.
هذا ليس بدليل، ولا نص فيه
This is not evidence, nor is there a clear text for it.
لأنهم قالوا: مسكن وتمسكن
Because they said: 'musakkin' (sedative) and 'tamassakana' (to act meek).
مرهم: اسم رجل.
Marham: the name of a man.
محمد بن مرهم الشرواني: محدث.
Muhammad ibn Marham al-Shirwani: a traditionist.