Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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فرك فرم فرن


2. ⇒ فرّم

تَفْرِيمٌ [as an inf. n. of which the verb is فَرَّمَت] signifies A woman's contracting her فَلْهَم (or قُبُل, TA) [i. e. vulva or vagina] with the stones of raisins [which were supposed to have an astringent property, or with some other medicament: see فَرْمٌ: and see also 10]: and so تَفْرِيبٌ. (IAạr, T.)


3. ⇒ فارم

فِرَامٌ [app. as an inf. n. of which the verb is فَارَمَت] signifies A woman's menstruating, and stuffing her vulva with a piece of rag: and one says of her who has done this, اِفْتَرَمَت↓ [and app. also فَاَرَمَت]. (T, Ḳ.) [See also فِرَامَةٌ.]

Root: فرم - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

It occurs in a trad. [as an inf. n.] used in the sense of مُجَامَعَة [meaning ‡ The act of compressing]. (IAth, TA.)


4. ⇒ افرم

افرم He filled (T, Ṣ, Ḳ) a watering-trough (T, Ḳ) or a vessel: (Ṣ:) of the dial. of Hudheyl. (T, Ṣ.)


8. ⇒ افترم

اِفْتَرَمَت, said of a woman: see 3.


10. ⇒ استفرم

اِسْتَفْرَمَت She (a woman) applied a medicament to her vulva, or vagina, to contract it: (Ṣ, Ḳ:*) or she stuffed her vulva, or vagina, (T, TA,) with the stones of raisins, and the like: (TA:) the women of [the tribe of] Thakeef, having a wideness in that part, made this use of the stones of raisins, desiring thereby to contract it: (M, TA:*) [see also 2: and see فَرْمٌ:] the epithet فَرْمَآءُ↓ is applied to her who does thus; as alsoمُسْتَفْرِمَةٌ↓. (M, Ḳ.)

Root: فرم - Entry: 10. Signification: A2

And [hence] one says of a mare, اِسْتَفْرَمَتْ بِالحَصَى, meaning † She caused the pebbles to enter her vulva by her vehement running. (TA. [And the same is implied in the Ṣ by an ex. and explanation of the part. n.])


فَرْمٌ

فَرْمٌ, (T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) andفَرْمَةٌ↓, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) andفِرَامٌ↓, (M, Ḳ,) A medicament, or remedial application, (T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) such as the stones of raisins, (T, M,) used by a woman for the purpose of contracting her vulva, or vagina. (T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ.)


فَرَمٌ

فَرَمٌ The rag that is used on the occasion of menstruation: (IAth, TA:) andمَفَارِمُ↓ signifies the rags used on the occasion thereof; and [may be an irreg. pl. of فَرَمٌ, like as مَشَابِهُ is held to be of شَبَهٌ, but it is said that it] is a pl. having no sing.: (M, TA:) [in the Ḳ, in art. حشو, the مَفَارِمُ↓ (there in the CK erroneously written مَقَارِم) are said to be used by the مُسْتَحَاضَة: see 8 in that art.]


فَرْمَةٌ

فَرْمَةٌ: see فَرْمٌ.


فَرْمَآءُ

فَرْمَآءُ: see 10.


فِرَامٌ

فِرَامٌ: see فَرْمٌ:

Root: فرم - Entry: فِرَامٌ Dissociation: B

فِرَامَةٌ

فِرَامَةٌ The piece of rag which a woman bears [stuffed] in her vulva, or vagina: (AZ, T, Ḳ:) or her menstruating, and stuffing her vulva with a piece of rag; likeفِرَامٌ↓ [as expl. above: see 3]. (Ḳ.)


أَفْرَمُ

أَفْرَمُ A man (TA) whose teeth become much broken. (Ḳ, TA.)


مُفْرَمٌ

مُفْرَمٌ Filled with water (T, M), &c.: (M:) mentioned by AʼObeyd, as applied to a wateringtrough: (T:) and applied also to a شِعْب [or road in a mountain, &c.,] as meaning filled with men, or people: (M:) of the dial. of Hudheyl. (T, M.)


مَفَارِمُ

مَفَارِمُ: see فَرَمٌ, in two places.


مُسْتَفْرِمَةٌ

مُسْتَفْرِمَةٌ: see 10.


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