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Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to crushing, grinding, or pulverizing something into fine particles. It also extends to concepts of giving from one's wealth, and has several derived nouns referring to specific types of trees, birds of prey, geographical features like sand dunes, and place names.

Derived headwords

هَثَمَهَ يَهْثِمُهُverb

1.
to crushboth
To crush something until it is pulverized or ground into fine dust.

هَثْمًاnoun

1.
crushingclassical
The act of crushing or pulverizing.

هَثَمَ لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِverb

1.
to give from his wealthclassical
To give a portion of one's wealth to someone, similar to the verb قثم (qathama).

الهَيْثَمُnoun

1.
a type of shrubclassical
A type of tree belonging to the genus Haloxylon (حمض), a variant pronunciation of الهيتم (al-haytam).
2.
young bird of preyboth
The young of a vulture or eagle; some say it refers to a falcon, or the prey of an eagle.
3.
red sand duneboth
A red sand dune.
4.
plainclassical
A plain or flat open area.
5.
place nameclassical
A place name located between Al-Qaa'ah and Zubaalah, six miles from Al-Qaa'ah, on the road to Mecca, containing a pool and a palace belonging to Umm Ja'far.
6.
male given nameboth
A male given name, derived from the name for the young of an eagle.

تنازع كفاه العنان كأنه ... مولعة فتخاء تطلب هيثما — (His hands struggled for the reins as if... an infatuated female bird seeking prey) — <English translation>

جوار غزلان لوى هيثم ... تذكرت فيقة أرآمها — (Beside gazelles whose sand dune... reminded them of their fawns' calls) — <English translation>

الهَيْثَمُ (كحيدر)noun

1.
a type of shrubclassical
A type of tree belonging to the genus Haloxylon (حمض), a variant pronunciation of الهيتم (al-haytam).

الهَيْثَمُ (بالتاء الفوقية)noun

1.
a type of shrubclassical
A type of tree belonging to the genus Haloxylon (حمض).

الهَيْثَمُ (فرخ النسر)noun

1.
young bird of preyboth
The young of a vulture or eagle.

الهَيْثَمُ (الكثيب الأحمر)noun

1.
red sand duneboth
A red sand dune.

الهَيْثَمُ (السهل)noun

1.
plainclassical
A plain or flat open area.

الهَيْثَمُ (اسم رجل)name

1.
male given nameboth
A male given name, derived from the name for the young of an eagle.

الهَثَمُ (بضمتين)noun

1.
pouring rainclassical
Heavy, pouring rain.

الهَيْثَمَةُnoun

1.
a type of herbclassical
A type of herb found in the Al-Nuhayl region.

الهَيْثَمُ (ضرب من الحبة)noun

1.
a type of grainclassical
A type of grain.

Parallel reading

هَثَمَهَ يَهْثِمُهُ هَثْمًا: دَقَّهُ حَتَّى انْسَحَقَ

Hathama yahthimuhu hathman: to crush it until it is pulverized.

وَهَثَمَ لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ كَمَا تَقُولُ قَثَمَ

And he gave from his wealth as you say qathama.

وَالهَيْثَمُ، كَحَيْدَرٍ: شَجَرٌ مِنَ الحَمْضِ، لُغَةٌ فِي الهَيْثَمِ بِالتَّاءِ الفَوْقِيَّةِ

And al-haytham, like haydar: a tree of the saltwort family, a dialectal variant of al-haytam with the upper ta'.

وَأَيْضًا: فَرْخُ النَّسْرِ، أَوْ فَرْخُ العُقَابِ

And also: the young of the vulture, or the young of the eagle.

وَقِيلَ: هُوَ الصَّقْرُ، وَقِيلَ: هُوَ صَيْدُ العُقَابِ

And it was said: it is the falcon, and it was said: it is the prey of the eagle.

تَنَازَعَ كَفَّاهُ العِنَانَ كَأَنَّهُ ... مُولَعَةٌ فَتْخَاءُ تَطْلُبُ هَيْثَمًا

His hands struggled for the reins as if... an infatuated female bird seeking prey.

وَأَيْضًا: الكَثِيبُ الأَحْمَرُ

And also: the red sand dune.

وَقِيلَ: الكَثِيبُ السَّهْلُ

And it was said: the plain.

جَوَارِ غِزْلَانٍ لَوَى هَيْثَمٍ ... تُذَكِّرُ فِيقَةَ أَرآمِهَا

Beside gazelles whose sand dune... reminded them of their fawns' calls.

وَهَيْثَمٌ: أَع، بَيْنَ القَاعَةِ وَزُبَالَةَ

And Haytham: a place name, between Al-Qaa'ah and Zubaalah.

وَالهَثَمُ، بِضَمَّتَيْنِ: القِرَانُ المُنْهَالُ

And al-hatham, with two dammah: pouring rain.

الهَيْثَمَةُ: بَقْلَةٌ مِنَ النَّحِيلِ

Al-haythamah: a herb from Al-Nuhayl.

وَالهَيْثَمُ: ضَرْبٌ مِنْ الحَبَّةِ

And al-haytham: a type of grain.