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طمو

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of rising, overflowing, or exceeding a limit. It is often used to describe water levels, but can also refer to a woman's elevated status relative to her husband or a place's prominence.

Derived headwords

طَمَا، يَطْمُوverb
  1. 1.
    to rise, to overflowboth

    To rise in level, especially of water, to overflow its banks.

طُمُوٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    rising, overflowingboth

    The act or state of rising or overflowing, particularly of water.

طامٍadjective
  1. 1.
    overflowing, abundantboth

    Describing water that is abundant and overflowing its banks.

الطَّامِيname
  1. 1.
    The Overflowing Seaclassical

    A name or description for the sea when it is abundant and overflowing.

طَمِيَ، يَطْمَىverb
  1. 1.
    to rise, to overflowclassical

    Similar to طما, referring to the rising or overflowing of water.

طَمْوِيَةname
  1. 1.
    Tamuyaboth

    A name of a village or place in Egypt.

طُمَيَّةname
  1. 1.
    Tumiyaboth

    A name for a mountain in the desert, associated with the tribe of Asad.

  2. 2.
    Tumiyaboth

    A name for a place on the Nile in Egypt, near Fayoum.

طَمِيٌّname
  1. 1.
    Tamiboth

    A name of a mountain or valley near Ajā'.

طَمُوهname
  1. 1.
    Tamuwboth

    A village in Giza, Egypt.

طَمَا، بالكسرname
  1. 1.
    Tuma (with kasra)both

    A village in the Assiut region of Egypt.

Parallel reading

كأن طمية المجمر غدوة من السيل والأغثاء فلكة مغزل
It was like the Tumiya of the censer in the morning, from the flood and debris, the whorl of a spindle.
البحر الطامي: هو الغزير
The overflowing sea: it is the abundant one.
وطمت المرأة بزوجها: ارتفعت به
And a woman rose high with her husband: she became elevated with him.
نشزت عليه، وهو مجاز
She became defiant towards him, and this is metaphorical.
وطما، بالكسر: قرية من أعمال أسيوط، وقد وردتها
And Tuma, with a kasra: a village in the region of Assiut, and I have visited it.
وطمي كسمي جبل أو واد بقرب أجأ
And Tami, like 'sumi', a mountain or valley near Ajā'.
وطموه: قرية بجيزة مصر
And Tamuw: a village in Giza, Egypt.