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Root entry · 37 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of extreme old age, its effects, and related states. It also extends to meanings of greatness, importance, and specific ancient structures, as well as certain plants and abstract concepts.

Derived headwords

الهَرَمُnoun

1.
extreme old ageboth
The utmost limit of old age, signifying extreme decrepitude.
2.
cause of old ageclassical
A potential cause or sign of reaching extreme old age.

المُهَرَّمُnoun

1.
extreme old ageclassical
Synonymous with الهرم (al-haram), referring to extreme old age.

المُهَرَّمَةُnoun

1.
extreme old ageclassical
Synonymous with الهرم (al-haram), referring to extreme old age.

هَرِمَverb

1.
to become oldboth
To reach extreme old age and become decrepit.

هَرِمٌadjective

1.
agedboth
Extremely old, decrepit due to age.

هَرِمِينَnoun

1.
aged peopleboth
Plural of هَرِمٌ (haram), referring to extremely old people.

هَرْمَىnoun

1.
aged peopleclassical
Plural of هَرِمٌ (haram), referring to extremely old people, often used in a context of misfortune.

هَرِمَةٌadjective

1.
aged (female)both
Extremely old and decrepit, referring to a female.

هَرِمَاتٌnoun

1.
aged womenboth
Plural of هَرِمَةٌ (harimah), referring to extremely old women.

أَهْرَمَهُverb

1.
to make oldclassical
To cause someone to become extremely old, often due to time or hardship.

الهِرْمَانُnoun

1.
intellectclassical
Intellect, mind, or understanding.
2.
pyramidsclassical
The ancient Egyptian pyramids, specifically the Great Pyramids of Giza.

الهِرْمَانُnoun

1.
ancient structuresclassical
Two ancient, eternal structures in Egypt, believed to have been built for specific purposes like preserving knowledge.

الهَرَمُnoun

1.
plantboth
A weak plant that camels graze on, or a type of salty herb.

الهَرَمَةُnoun

1.
plantboth
A single stalk or plant of الهرم (al-haram).
2.
foolish plantclassical
A worthless or foolish plant, also known as حيهلة (haylalah).

هَوَارِمُadjective

1.
grazing on al-haramclassical
Describing animals, particularly camels, that graze on the plant الهرم (al-haram).

ذُو الهَرَمِname

1.
wealthclassical
A name for wealth or property, specifically associated with Abd al-Muttalib or Abu Sufyan in Ta'if.

الهَرَمُnoun

1.
mindclassical
The mind, intellect, or one's inner self.

الهَرِمُnoun

1.
horseclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Abu Za'nah the poet.

الهَرِمَةُnoun

1.
lionessclassical
A female lion.

التَّهْرِيمُnoun

1.
exaggerationclassical
To magnify or exaggerate the importance of a matter or news.
2.
cuttingclassical
The act of cutting something into very small pieces, like meat.

هَرْمِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِname

1.
companionclassical
A companion (tabi'i) whose name is recorded, though the pronunciation might be debated.

هَرِمُ بْنُ حِبَّانَname

1.
companionclassical
A companion (tabi'i) known for his piety and service, who lived during the time of Umar.

هَرِمُ بْنُ قُطْبَةَname

1.
companionclassical
A companion (sahabi) known for his role during the Ridda wars.

هَرِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِname

1.
companionclassical
A companion (sahabi) from the Ansar, known as one of the 'weepers'.

هَرِمُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَname

1.
companionclassical
A companion (sahabi) mentioned by Ibn al-Kalbi.

هَرِمُ بْنُ هِنِيname

1.
companionclassical
A companion (sahabi) from the tribe of Bali.

هُرَيْمُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَname

1.
narratorclassical
A hadith narrator.

الهَرْمَىadjective

1.
dry firewoodclassical
Old, dry, and brittle firewood.

الهَرُومُadjective

1.
wicked womanclassical
A woman who is malicious and ill-mannered.

ذُو أَهْرَمَname

1.
man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man.

تَهَارَمَverb

1.
to feign old ageclassical
To pretend to be old when one is not.

قَدَحٌ هَرِمٌnoun

1.
chipped cupclassical
A cup that is chipped or has a broken rim.

بَعِيرٌ هَارِمٌnoun

1.
old camelclassical
A camel that has become old and weak.

الأَهْرَمَانِnoun

1.
pyramidsclassical
The two great pyramids, referring to both the structures and possibly wells associated with them.

الهِرْمُnoun

1.
good opinionclassical
Excellent or sound opinion or judgment.

هَرَامٌname

1.
nameclassical
A given name, like 'Haram'.

هَرِمُ بْنُ سِنَانَname

1.
poet's subjectclassical
A person named Harim ibn Sinan, who is the subject of a poem by Zuhayr.

Parallel reading

ترك العشاء مهرمة

Skipping dinner is a potential cause of old age.

إذا ليلة هرمت يومها ... أتى بعد ذلك يوم فتى

If a night has aged its day... a day of youth will come after that.

ما له هرمان

He has no intellect.

بناهما هرمس الأول، المدعو: المثلث بالحكمة

They were built by Hermes the First, known as the Trismegistus.

لحفظ صحائف العلوم والأموال فيهما من الطوفان

To preserve the scrolls of knowledge and wealth within them from the Flood.

بناء سنان بن المشلشل

The construction of Sinan bin al-Mishalshal.

ولا كسنان بن المشلل عندما ... بنى هرميها من حجارة لابها

And not like Sinan bin al-Mishallal when he built its two pyramids from its stones.

وفيهما كل طب وسحر وطلسم وهندسة ومعرفة النجوم وعللها وغير ذلك من العلوم الغامضة

And within them is every medicine, magic, talisman, geometry, knowledge of stars and their causes, and other obscure sciences.

أو أي شيء أغرب وأعجب بعد مقدورات الله عز وجل ومصنوعاته من القدرة على بناء جسم من أعظم الحجارة، مربع القاعدة، مخروط الشكل

Or what is stranger and more wondrous after the decrees and creations of God Almighty, than the ability to build a body from the greatest stones, square-based, cone-shaped.

وهو مع هذا العظم، من إحكام الصنعة، وإتقان الهندام، وحسن التقدير، بحيث لم يتأثر، إلى هلم جرا، بتضاعف الرياح، وهطل السحاب، وزعزعة الزلازل

And it is, with this greatness, from the perfection of craftsmanship, the mastery of design, and the excellence of estimation, such that it has not been affected, up to this day, by the multiplication of winds, the downpour of clouds, and the shaking of earthquakes.

بعيشك هل أبصرت أحسن منظرا ... على طول ما أبصرت من هرمي مصر

By your life, have you seen a more beautiful sight... throughout all you have seen of the pyramids of Egypt?

أنافا بأعنان السماء وأشرفا ... على الجو إشراف السماك أو النسر

They reached the heavens and overlooked the sky like the Pleiades or the Eagle.

حسرت عقول ذوي النهي الأهرام ... واستصغرت لعظيمها الأحلام

The pyramids have astonished the minds of the intelligent, and dreams have shrunk before their greatness.

ابن هرمة، بالفتح: آخر ولد الشيخ والشيخة

Ibn Harmah, with a fatha: the last child of the old man and the old woman.

قيل لابن هرمة: قد هرمت أشعارك، قال: كلا، ولكن هرمت مكارم الأخلاق بعد الحكم بن المطلب

It was said to Ibn Harmah: Your poems have become old. He replied: No, but the noble qualities of character have become old after Al-Hakam bin Al-Muttalib.

ووطئتنا وطأ على حنق ... وطء المقيد يابس الهرم

And they trampled us with a trampling born of anger, like the trampling of a hobbled beast on dry al-haram.

أكلن هرما فالوجوه شيب

They ate al-haram, and their faces became gray.

والبيت والحرم: أن المال ذا الهرم، للقرشي ذي الكرم.

And the House and the Sanctuary: that the wealth, Dhu al-Haram, belongs to the generous Quraishi.

لا تدري علام ينزأ هرمك، ولا تدري بم يولع هرمك

You do not know what your mind is agitated by, nor what your mind is preoccupied with.

جاء فلان يهرم علينا الأمر والخبر، أي: يعظمه ويصفه فوق قدره

So-and-so came exaggerating the matter and the news to us, meaning: he magnifies it and describes it beyond its capacity.

هرمت اللحم تهريما: إذا قطعته قطعا صغارا أمثال الوذرة

You cut the meat into small pieces, like the tip of a camel's ear.

وجدت فيه خشبا هرمى وعشبا شرمى

I found in it dry wood and withered grass.

أرى من نفسه أنه هرم وليس به

He shows himself as if he is old, but he is not.

لا ناقش ولا هرم

Neither scratched nor chipped.

إن البخيل ملوم حيث كان ... ولكن الجواد على علاته هرم

Indeed, the miser is blamed wherever he is... but the generous man, despite his shortcomings, is 'haram' (meaning, perhaps, esteemed or beyond reproach).