ArabicGenius عَبْقَرِيُّ العَرَبِيَّةِ
karīm

distinguished, generous, noble, precious

كَرِيم

Word

Adjective · pattern فَعِيل

Root

ك ر م

In the library

وأنا إلى ودّك ومعروفك محتاج: لأنك كريم وأنا ملازم لبابك غير ذائق طعاماً حتى تؤاخيني.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • كرم Open entry
    See Supplement
  • كَرُمَ Form I It (a thing) was, or became, highly esteemed or prized or valued
    , inf. n. كَرَمٌ, It (a thing) was, or became, highly esteemed or prized or valued; excellent, precious, valuable, or rare: (Msb:) followed by عَلَيْهِ: see 1 in art. فجع. ― -b2- كَرُمَتْ أَرْضُهُ His land yielded increase of its seed-produce, (ISh, K,) and its soil became good, (ISh,) being manured; (ISh, K;) [or it was, or became, generous, or good; i. e., productive, or fertile]. ― -b3- كَرُمْتُ عَلَيْهِ, (S, K, art. عز,) I exceeded him in generosity, or nobleness. (TK, voce عَزٌّ.)
  • كَرَّمَهُ عَلَىَّ Form II He honoured him above me
    [He honoured him above me]. (Kur, xvii. 64). ― -b2- كَرَّمَهُ عَنْ كَذَا [He preserved him from such a thing]: see an ex. in a verse cited in art. عل (conj. 3): and see, here, 4 and 5. ― -b3- كَرَّمَ He highly regarded a horse or the like. ― -b4- See تَكْرِمَةٌ.
  • أَكْرَمَهُ Form IV He treated him with honour, or courtesy
    He treated him with honour, or courtesy. ― -b2- أَكْرَمَ, and ↓ اِسْتَكْرَمَ, He found a generous horse (فَرَسًا كَرِيمًا). (TA in art. ربط.) See رَبَطَ. ― -b3- أَكْرَمْتُ عَنْهُ عِرْضِى I preserved myself from it. (S in art. عرض. See also 2.)
  • تَكَرَّمَ عَنْهُ Form V He shunned it; avoided it; kept, or removed, himself far from it
    , and ↓ تَكَارَمَ, He shunned it; avoided it; kept, or removed, himself far from it; or preserved himself from it; (K;) for in stance, from foul speech. (TA in art. دقع.) ― -b2- تَكَرَّمَ He affected, or constrained himself, to be generous. (S.)
  • تَكَاْرَمَ Form VI Open entry
    see 5.
  • اِسْتَكْرَمَ الشَّىْءَ Form X Open entry
    : see 10 in art. فره. ― -b2- See also 4.
  • إِبْنُ الكَرْمِ grape, or bunch of grapes
    The قِطْف [i. e. grape, or bunch of grapes]. (T in art. بنى.)
  • كَرَمٌ generous quality
    in a horse, &c., generous quality. See حَسَبٌ; and see كَرِيمٌ, and مَكْرُمَةٌ, and شَرِيفٌ.
  • ذُو الجَلَالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ Possessed of majesty, or greatness, and bounty
    (Kur, lv. 27) Possessed of majesty, or greatness, and bounty: (Jel:) or, of absolute independence and universal bounty. (Bd.)
  • الكُرْكُمُ الصَّغِيرُ Open entry
    : see العُرُوقُ الصُّفْرُ.
  • كَرِيمٌ Generous; liberal; honourable: noble; high-born; contr. of لَيأِيمٌ
    Generous; liberal; honourable: noble; high-born; contr. of لَيأِيمٌ. (K, &c.) ― -b2- [A generous, a noble, a high-bred, a well-born, or an excellent, horse, &c.; of generous, high, or good, breed or quality.] ― -b3- A thing highly esteemed or prized or valued; excellent, precious, valuable, or rare. (Msb.) ― -b4- [أَرْضٌ كَرِيمَةٌ Productive land. See كَرُمَتْ أَرْضُهُ.] ― -b5- بَعِيرٌ كَرِيمٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ [A camel held in high estimation by his owner]. (TA in art. دفع.) ― -b6- [وَجْهُ ٱللّٰهِ الكَرِيمُ means The glorious face of God: see an ex. voce سُبْحَةٌ.] ― -b7- كَراَيأِمُ المَالِ (TA) or الأَمْوَالِ (Mgh, Msb) Such as are held in high estimation, precious, or excellent, of cattle or other possessions; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) the choice, or best, thereof. (Mgh, Msb.)

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