hashīm

straw, chaff

هَشِيم

Word

Noun · pattern فَعِيل

Root

ه ش م

In the library

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِرًا

The Qurʾān, page 298 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • هَشَمَهُ Form I He crushed it
    He crushed it.
  • هَشَّمَهُ Form II He broke it
    , inf. n. تَهْشِيمٌ, He broke it [much, or so crushed it]; (TA;) namely, a dry thing, and anything hollow, such as the head, and the like. (TA in art. شدخ.)
  • تَهَشَّمَ Form V It (a plant, or herbage,) became هَشِيم
    It (a plant, or herbage,) became هَشِيم, i. e. dry, and broken in pieces.
  • هَشِيمٌ that is dry, and breaks, or is broken, in pieces
    A plant that is dry, and breaks, or is broken, in pieces. (S, Msb, K.)
  • هَاشِمَةٌ A wound in the head which breaks the bone
    A wound in the head which breaks the bone: see شَجَّةٌ.
  • الكُرُّ الهَاشِمِىُّ Open entry
    : see كُرٌّ.

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