Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كركب كرم كرمح


1. ⇒ كرم

كَرُمَ, inf. n. كَرَمٌ, It (a thing) was, or became, highly esteemed or prized or valued; excellent, precious, valuable, or rare: (Mṣb:) followed by عَلَيْهِ: see 1 in art. فجع.

Root: كرم - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

كَرُمَتْ أَرْضُهُ His land yielded increase of its seed-produce, (ISh, Ḳ,) and its soil became good, (ISh,) being manured; (ISh, Ḳ;) [or it was, or became, generous, or good; i. e., productive, or fertile].

Root: كرم - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

كَرُمْتُ عَلَيْهِ, (Ṣ, Ḳ, art. عز,) I exceeded him in generosity, or nobleness. (TḲ, voce عَزٌّ.)


2. ⇒ كرّم

كَرَّمَهُ عَلَىَّ [He honoured him above me]. (Ḳur, xvii. 64).

Root: كرم - Entry: 2. Signification: A2

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.

Root: كرم - Entry: 2. Signification: A3

كَرَّمَ He highly regarded a horse or the like.

Root: كرم - Entry: 2. Signification: A4

4. ⇒ اكرم

أَكْرَمَهُ He treated him with honour, or courtesy.

Root: كرم - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

أَكْرَمَ, andاِسْتَكْرَمَ↓, He found a generous horse (فَرَسًا كَرِيمًا). (TA in art. ربط.) See رَبَطَ.

Root: كرم - Entry: 4. Signification: A3

أَكْرَمْتُ عَنْهُ عِرْضِى I preserved myself from it. (Ṣ in art. عرض. See also 2.)


5. ⇒ تكرّم

تَكَرَّمَ عَنْهُ, andتَكَارَمَ↓, He shunned it; avoided it; kept, or removed, himself far from it; or preserved himself from it; (Ḳ;) for in stance, from foul speech. (TA in art. دقع.)

Root: كرم - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

تَكَرَّمَ He affected, or constrained himself, to be generous. (Ṣ.)


6. ⇒ تكارم


10. ⇒ استكرم

اِسْتَكْرَمَ الشَّىْءَ: see 10 in art. فره.

Root: كرم - Entry: 10. Signification: A2

الكَرْمِ

إِبْنُ الكَرْمِ The قِطْف [i. e. grape, or bunch of grapes]. (T in art. بنى.)


كَرَمٌ

كَرَمٌ in a horse, &c., generous quality. See حَسَبٌ; and see كَرِيمٌ, and مَكْرُمَةٌ, and شَرِيفٌ.


الإِكْرَامِ

ذُو الجَلَالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ (Ḳur, lv. 27) Possessed of majesty, or greatness, and bounty: (Jel:) or, of absolute independence and universal bounty. (Bḍ.)


الكُرْكُمُ

الكُرْكُمُ الصَّغِيرُ: see العُرُوقُ الصُّفْرُ.


كَرِيمٌ

كَرِيمٌ Generous; liberal; honourable: noble; high-born; contr. of لَئِيمٌ. (Ḳ, &c.)

Root: كرم - Entry: كَرِيمٌ Signification: A2

[A generous, a noble, a high-bred, a well-born, or an excellent, horse, &c.; of generous, high, or good, breed or quality.]

Root: كرم - Entry: كَرِيمٌ Signification: A3

A thing highly esteemed or prized or valued; excellent, precious, valuable, or rare. (Mṣb.)

Root: كرم - Entry: كَرِيمٌ Signification: A4

[أَرْضٌ كَرِيمَةٌ Productive land. See كَرُمَتْ أَرْضُهُ.]

Root: كرم - Entry: كَرِيمٌ Signification: A5

بَعِيرٌ كَرِيمٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ [A camel held in high estimation by his owner]. (TA in art. دفع.)

Root: كرم - Entry: كَرِيمٌ Signification: A6

[وَجْهُ ٱللّٰهِ الكَرِيمُ means The glorious face of God: see an ex. voce سُبْحَةٌ.]

Root: كرم - Entry: كَرِيمٌ Signification: A7

كَراَئِمُ المَالِ (TA) or الأَمْوَالِ (Mgh, Mṣb) Such as are held in high estimation, precious, or excellent, of cattle or other possessions; (Mgh, Mṣb, TA;) the choice, or best, thereof. (Mgh, Mṣb.)


كَرَامَةٌ

حُبًّا وَكَرَامَةٌ, see حُبٌّ.

Root: كرم - Entry: كَرَامَةٌ Signification: A2

لَا وَلَا كَرَامَةً No; nor a jar-cover: i. e., No: (I will not give thee, or I will not do, what thou requirest,) nor anything else. See حُبٌّ; and see تَكْرِمَة.

Root: كرم - Entry: كَرَامَةٌ Signification: A3

كَراَمَةٌ, the kind of miracle so called: pl. كَرَامَاتٌ; like the term χαρίσματα as used by St. Paul in 1 Cor. xii. 9: it may be well rendered thaumaturgy: and صاَحِبُ كَراَمَاتٍ a thaumaturgus, or thaumaturgist: see مُعْجِزَهٌ, and قَرَاسَةٌ.


أَكْرَمُ

أَكْرَمُ in the sense of كَرِيمٌ, as in أَكْرَمُهُمْ أَبًا: see بَيَاضٌ.


تَكْرِمَةٌ

تَكْرِمَةٌ syn. with تَكْرِيمٌ; (Mgh;) subst. from كَرَّمْتُهُ; as alsoكَرَامَةٌ↓. (Mṣb.)


مَكْرَمَةٌ

مَكْرَمَةٌ A means. or cause, of attaining honour. (Mgh, Mṣb.)


مَكْرُمٌ


مَكْرُمَةٌ

مَكْرُمَةٌ A generous, or honourable, quality or action. (Mṣb, &c.)

Root: كرم - Entry: مَكْرُمَةٌ Signification: A2

عَلِىَ فِى المَكَارِمِ [He became eminent in generous, or honourable, actions or practices or qualities or dispositions]. (Mṣb in art. علو.)

Root: كرم - Entry: مَكْرُمَةٌ Signification: A3

مَكَارِمُ may often be rendered Excellencies.


مَكْرُمَةٌ

أَرْضٌ مَكْرُمَةٌ andكَرَمٌ↓Generous, good, land: (Ḳ, TA:) [good and fertile land:] or dunged and tilled land. (TA.) And أَرْضٌ مَكْرُمَةٌ لِلنَّبَاثِLand producing good herbage or plants. (Ṣ, TA. [In some copies of the Ṣ, good for herbage or plants.])


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