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وض م

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of placing or laying something down, often with connotations of vulnerability, submission, or vulnerability. It extends to ideas of oppression, gathering, and even specific types of food or social groupings.

Derived headwords

الوِضَمnoun
  1. 1.
    platform for meatclassical

    A structure made of wood or matting used to keep meat elevated from the ground.

  2. 2.
    food tableclassical

    A table or platter for food.

ما وقيت به اللحم عن الأرض من خشب أو حصير — what you protect meat from the ground with, of wood or matting
الحي وضمة واحدة بالتسكين، أي: جماعة متقاربة — the tribe is one close-knit group, meaning: a closely gathered community
وضمverb
  1. 1.
    to place uponboth

    To lay or place something upon another thing.

  2. 2.
    to make a platformclassical

    To construct a platform or raised surface.

وضمه عليه — he placed it upon it
وضمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    placingboth

    The act of placing or laying something down.

أوضمهverb
  1. 1.
    to place uponclassical

    To place something upon another, similar to وضمه.

أوضم لهverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare a platform forclassical

    To prepare a platform or raised surface for someone.

الوضيمةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    A segment or group of people, numbering around two hundred or three hundred.

  2. 2.
    small group visitingclassical

    A small group of people who visit others and are treated kindly and generously.

  3. 3.
    funeral foodclassical

    Food prepared for a mourning gathering or funeral feast.

  4. 4.
    clump of grassclassical

    A cluster or clump of gathered herbage.

وضيمتهم لكيما يسألوني — their group came to me so that they might ask me
طعام المأتم — food of the mourning gathering
استوضمهverb
  1. 1.
    to oppressclassical

    To wrong or oppress someone, treating them as weak or vulnerable.

استوضمه واستضامه — he oppressed him and wronged him
توضمهاverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourse withclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

وقع عليها — he had intercourse with her
أوضامnoun
  1. 1.
    platformsclassical

    Plural of وضم, referring to raised platforms.

الإبل من أوضامها — camels from their platforms
أوضمةnoun
  1. 1.
    platformsclassical

    Another plural form of وضم, referring to raised platforms.

الوضمةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    A segment or group of people, similar to الوضيمة.

كالوضيمة — like the group
وضوماnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of gathering or coming together.

تجمعوا — they gathered
وضيمnoun
  1. 1.
    space between fingersclassical

    The space between the middle finger and the ring finger.

الأوضمnoun
  1. 1.
    placeclassical

    A location or place.

Parallel reading

ما وقيت به اللحم عن الأرض من خشب أو حصير
what you protect meat from the ground with, of wood or matting
لست براعي إبل ولا غنم ولا بجزار على ظهر وضم
I am not a tender of camels nor sheep, nor a butcher upon a platform
إن النساء لحم على وضم، إلا ماذب عنه
Indeed, women are like meat upon a platform, except for those who defend it
يقول: فهن في الضعف مثل ذلك اللحم، لا يمتنع من أحد، إلا أن يذب عنه ويدفع
He says: They are in weakness like that meat, not repelling anyone, except for one who defends and pushes away.
إن العين تدني الرجال من أكفانها، والإبل من أوضامها
Indeed, the eye brings men closer to their shrouds, and camels closer to their platforms.
وضعه عليه
he placed it upon it
عمل له وضما
he made a platform for him
تركهم لحما على وضم
he left them like meat upon a platform
إذا أوقعهم فذللهم، وأوجعهم
when he caused them to fall, thus humiliating and paining them
لحم على وضم، للذليل
meat upon a platform, for the humiliated
وأبو صبية بدوا مثل لحم على وضم
And the father of young children appeared like meat upon a platform
صرم من الناس يكون فيهم مئتا إنسان أو ثلاثمائة
A segment of people comprising two hundred or three hundred individuals
القوم القليل، ينزلون على قوم فيحسنون إليهم، ويكرمونهم
A small group of people who descend upon a people and they treat them well and honor them
أتتني من بني كعب بن عمر و وضيمتهم لكيما يسألوني
A group from Banu Ka'b bin 'Amr came to me so that they might ask me
طعام المأتم
food of the mourning gathering
شبه الوثيمة من الكلأ المجتمع
like a clump of gathered herbage
ظلمه واستضامه
he wronged him and oppressed him
وجعله كالوضم في الذل
and made him like the platform in humiliation
جامعها
he had intercourse with her
وقع عليها
he had intercourse with her
الحي وضمة واحدة بالتسكين، أي: جماعة متقاربة
The tribe is one close-knit group, meaning: a closely gathered community
وضم بنو فلان على بني فلان: إذا حلوا عليهم
So-and-so's sons settled upon so-and-so's sons: meaning, they descended upon them
وضم القوم: تجمعوا
The people gathered
وإن في جفيره لوضمة من نبل، أي جماعة
And in his quiver is a cluster of arrows, meaning: a group