طمي

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of rising, overflowing, and becoming abundant, often related to water or liquids. It can also extend to metaphorical senses of rising in status or intensity, or moving quickly.

Derived headwords

طَمَا الماءُverb

1.
to rise and overflowboth
The water rose, became abundant, and overflowed its banks.
2.
to riseboth
The water rose or became elevated.

طَمَا الماءُ يطمي طُمِيًّا — The water rose and overflowed.

طُمِيًّاnoun

1.
rising and overflowingboth
The act of water rising, becoming abundant, and overflowing.

طَمَا النبتُverb

1.
to grow tallboth
The vegetation grew tall and became elevated.

طَمَا النبتُ طُمِيًّا — The vegetation grew tall and high.

طَمَتْ بهِ هِمَّتُهُverb

1.
to be elevatedboth
His ambition or determination rose high or became elevated.

طَمَتْ بهِ هِمَّتُهُ — His ambition rose high with him.

طَمَا البحرُverb

1.
to be fullboth
The sea, river, or well became full.

طَمَا البحرُ أو النهرُ أو البئرُ — The sea, river, or well became full.

طَمَاverb

1.
to pass quicklyclassical
To move or pass by rapidly.

طَمَا يطمي مثل طَمَا يطِمُّ إذا مر مسرعًا — It means to pass quickly, like 'tama yatimm' when passing swiftly.

طَمَا الفرسُverb

1.
to run fastclassical
The horse ran swiftly or sped.

طَمَا الفرسُ — The horse ran fast.

طَمَا بهِ الهمُّverb

1.
to intensifyboth
Worries, grief, or fear became severe or intense.

طَمَا بهِ الهمُّ والغمُّ والخوفُ — Worries, grief, and fear intensified with him.

أَطْمَىverb

1.
to cause to intensifyclassical
To make worries, grief, or fear more severe or intense.

خوف ما يعقب المنية أَطْمَى — Fear of what follows death is more intense.

Parallel reading

طمى الماء يطمي طميا، بالفتح، هكذا هو مضبوط في كتاب ابن السكيت، وفي الصحاح والمحكم طميا، كعتي؛ (علا)

The water rose, it rises, with 'tamyā' (open vowel), as it is vocalized in the book of Ibn al-Sikkit, and in al-Sihah and al-Muḥkam 'tamyā', like 'ʿatyā'; (it rose high).

وفي الصحاح: ارتفع وملأ النهر.

And in al-Sihah: it rose high and filled the river.

وطمى النبت: طال وعلا.

And the vegetation rose: it grew tall and high.

وطمت به همته: أي علت به.

And his ambition rose with him: meaning it became elevated with him.

وطمى البحر أو النهر أو البئر: امتلأ؛ نقله الليث.

And the sea, river, or well rose: it became full; transmitted by al-Layth.

ومما يستدرك عليه: طمى يطمي: مثل طم يطم: إذا مر مسرعا؛ نقله الجوهري.

And among what is to be noted: 'tamyā' means 'yatmy': like 'tamma' 'yatimm': when passing quickly; transmitted by al-Jawhari.

ومنه طمى الفرس: إذا أسرع.

And from this is 'tamyā al-faras': when it runs fast.

وطمى به الهم والغم والخوف: اشتد؛

And worries, grief, and fear rose with him: they intensified;

وأنشد الزمخشري لنفسه: قد طما بي خوف المنية لكن خوف ما يعقب المنية أطمى

And al-Zamakhshari recited for himself: Indeed, fear of death has intensified within me, but the fear of what follows death is more intense.