shirdhima
gang, group
شِرْذِمَة
Word
NounRoot
ش ر ذ مForms
- Plurals
- شَراذِم، شَراذِيم
In the library
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ
The Qurʾān, page 369 →From the same root
- تَشَرْذَمَbe jagged, indented
- تَشَرْذَمَdivide into groups or factions
- تَشَرْذُمdividing into groups or factions
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry-
شِرْذِمَةٌ A party, or company
A party, or company, (طَايأِفَةٌ,) of men, or people: (S:) or a small company: (TA:) or a small number of men, or people: (K:) and so شِرْدِمَةٌ, with the unpointed د, on the authority of AA: (IB, TA:) the former occurring in the Kur xxvi. 54. (TA.) ― -b2- A piece, or portion, (S, K,) of a thing, (S,) of a quince &c.: pl. شَرَاذِمُ and شَرَاذِيمُ. (K.) ― -b3- [Hence,] ثَوْبٌ شَرَاذِمُ, (S,) or ثِيَابٌ شَرَاذِمُ, (K,) A garment, or garments, old and worn out, (S, K,) much rent. (K.)
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