ول م

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of gathering, assembling, and joining. It extends to describe physical objects used for binding or securing, and metaphorically to the gathering of one's faculties or the completion of something. It also denotes a specific type of celebratory feast.

Derived headwords

الْوَلَمُnoun

1.
saddle girthboth
A strap used to secure a saddle or pack to an animal.
2.
fetterclassical
A restraint or chain used to bind the legs of an animal or person.
3.
securing strapclassical
A rope that is tied from the saddle's front part (tasdeer) to the hind part (sanaaf) to prevent instability.

الْوَلِيمَةُnoun

1.
wedding feastboth
A feast prepared for a wedding ceremony.
2.
banquetboth
Any food prepared for an invitation or any other occasion.
3.
feast for engagementclassical
Food prepared for an engagement ceremony, as opposed to a wedding feast.

أَوْلَمَverb

1.
to prepare a feastboth
To make or prepare a feast, particularly a wedding feast.
2.
to gather oneselfclassical
When a person's character and intellect are gathered or perfected.

إِيلَامًاnoun

1.
preparing a feastboth
The act of preparing a feast, used as the masdar of 'awlama'.

الْوَلْمَةُnoun

1.
completenessclassical
The state of being complete or perfected.
2.
gatheringclassical
The state of being gathered or assembled.

وَلْمَةُname

1.
a fortress nameclassical
The name of a fortress located in Al-Andalus, in the region of Shimrit.

Parallel reading

الْوَلَمُ: جِزَامُ السِّرْجِ، وَالرَّحْلِ

Al-walam: the girth of the saddle and the pack-saddle.

وَأَيْضًا: الْقَيْدُ

And also: the fetter.

وَأَيْضًا: حَبْلٌ يُشَدُّ مِنَ التَّصْدِيرِ إِلَى السَّنَافِ، لِئَلَّا يَقْلَقَا

And also: a rope that is tied from the front part of the saddle to the hind part, so that they do not become unstable.

كُلُّ ذَلِكَ فِي الْمُحْكَمِ

All of that is in Al-Muhkam.

وَالْوَلِيمَةُ: طَعَامُ الْعُرْسِ

And the walimah: the feast of the wedding.

أَوْ كُلُّ طَعَامٍ صُنِعَ لِدَعْوَةٍ وَغَيْرِهَا

Or any food prepared for an invitation or otherwise.

يُسَمَّى الطَّعَامُ الَّذِي يُصْنَعُ عِنْدَ الْعُرْسِ: الْوَلِيمَةَ، وَالَّذِي عِنْدَ الْإِمْلَاكِ: النَّقِيعَةَ

The food prepared at the wedding is called: the walimah, and that prepared at the engagement: the naqi'ah.

الْوَلِيمَةُ: مَا يُطْعَمُ فِي الْإِمْلَاكِ، مِنَ الْوَلْمِ، وَهُوَ الْجَمْعُ؛ لِأَنَّ الزَّوْجَيْنِ يَجْتَمِعَانِ

The walimah: what is eaten at the engagement, from al-walm, which is gathering; because the couple are brought together.

وَأَوْلَمَ إِيلَامًا: صَنَعَهَا

And 'awlama' (to prepare a feast) - iylaman: he prepared it.

أَوْلِمْ، وَلَوْ بِشَاةٍ

Prepare a feast, even if it be with a sheep.

أَيْ: اصْنَعْ وَلِيمَةً

Meaning: prepare a feast.

وَأَوْلَمَ فُلَانٌ: اجْتَمَعَ خُلُقُهُ، وَعَقْلُهُ

And so-and-so 'awlama': his character and his intellect gathered.

وَالْوَلْمَةُ: تَمَامُ الشَّيْءِ، وَاجْتِمَاعُهُ

And al-walmah: the completeness of a thing, and its gathering.

وَلْمَةُ: حِصْنٌ بِالْأَنْدَلُسِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ شَنْتَمِرِيَّةَ

Walmah: a fortress in Al-Andalus, from the districts of Shimrit.