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Quranic root

برم

b · r · m

The root centers on making something tightly joined, firm, or decisively established, alongside established branches for vexation, two-colour mixture, and a class of plants.

The imagery of twisting strands into a firm cord extends to making an affair firm or settled. Other lexical branches develop independently around being wearied or at a loss, combining two colours or substances, and the names of certain plants and their products.

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Quran-attested forms
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Quran senses
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Quran occurrences

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

أَبْرَمَ

ʾabrama

Part of speech
Verb · Form IV
Form
IV
Quran occurrences
1 occurrence

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. To make an affair firm and decisive; to firmly determine, settle, or resolve a plan.

    In the Quranic construction, the object is an affair or plan, with emphasis on making it settled or decisive rather than merely considering it.

    • Lane · entry 36205
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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 43:79word 2

    have they determined

مُبْرِمٌ

mubrimun

Part of speech
Active participle
Quran occurrences
1 occurrence

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. One who firmly determines or settles an affair; one resolved on making it decisive.

    The Quran attests the masculine plural مُبْرِمُونَ; the active participle denotes those who have made an affair firm or determined.

    • Lane · entry 36205
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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 43:79word 5

    (are) determined

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 43:79أَبْرَمُوٓا۟have they determined
  • 43:79مُبْرِمُونَ(are) determined
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Broader Classical Arabic meanings

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 29 Classical meanings
  • بَرِمَ

    To become disgusted, loathing, vexed, grieved, or distressed in mind.

    Often construed with بِهِ, meaning to be affected by or disgusted with something.

    • Lane · entry 36204
    • Lane · entry 36209
  • بَرِمَ بِحُجَّتِهِ

    To be unable to produce an intended argument, allegation, or evidence.

    An idiomatic use for failing to bring forward the proof or argument one had intended to adduce.

    • Lane · entry 36204
  • أَبْرَمَ

    To make a rope, thread, or string from two strands or distinct twists and then twist it; to twist it well.

    The direct physical use is applied to cords, ropes, and similar spun materials.

    • Lane · entry 36205
  • أَبْرَمَ

    To think or deliberate about a matter with regard to its outcome, and to carry it out with consideration.

    A broader deliberative or purposive use, distinct from the Quranic construction of firmly settling an affair.

    • Lane · entry 36205
  • أَبْرَمَ

    To cause someone disgust, vexation, grief, or mental distress.

    A causative use with a person as the affected object.

    • Lane · entry 36205
  • أَبْرَمَ

    For a vine to put forth grapes at the stage called بَرَم.

    A specialized botanical use concerning the development of grapes.

    • Lane · entry 36205
  • اِنْبَرَمَ

    To be made from two strands or distinct twists and then twisted; to be well twisted.

    Used of a rope, thread, or string as the quasi-passive counterpart of the physical Form IV use.

    • Lane · entry 36207
  • اِنْبَرَمَ

    To become firm, solid, established, settled, or thoroughly arranged.

    Used figuratively of a thing, affair, or compact that has become firmly established.

    • Lane · entry 36207
  • بَرَمٌ

    The early fruit or flower-like growth of certain acacia-like trees; also early grapes.

    The term is applied to the fruit of various trees called عِضَاه and to grapes at an early stage of development.

    • Lane · entry 36208
  • بَرَمٌ

    A person who declines to participate or contribute in maysir yet eats from its meat; hence an avaricious, mean, sluggish, or otherwise unprofitable person.

    A conventional figurative use applied to a person who takes benefit without contributing, with related senses of niggardliness or lack of good.

    • Lane · entry 36208
  • بُرْمَةٌ

    A cooking pot, especially one made of stone or stones.

    The word may also be used more generally for a cooking pot of copper, iron, or another material.

    • Lane · entry 36210
  • بُرْمَةٌ

    A bracelet-like object worn by women on the arm.

    A distinct nominal use for an arm ornament.

    • Lane · entry 36210
  • بَرِيمٌ

    A rope, thread, or string made by twisting two strands, especially a two-coloured cord used as a woman's waist or upper-arm adornment.

    The cord may have two differently coloured yarns and may be ornamented with beads or jewels.

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  • بَرِيمٌ

    A mixture or combination of two colours or of two substances, including mixed water and tears mixed with antimony.

    The name highlights the joining or intermixture of unlike colours or materials.

    • Lane · entry 36212
  • بَرِيمٌ

    An amulet hung on a boy.

    This use is associated with the colours of the object.

    • Lane · entry 36212
  • بَرِيمٌ

    A garment or piece of cloth made with differently composed or twisted yarns, including silk and flax.

    A textile use based on the combination of distinct threads or fibres.

    • Lane · entry 36212
  • بَرِيمٌ

    The liver and hump of a camel, cut lengthwise and tied together.

    The designation is explained by the contrasting colours of the liver and hump and is commonly used in the dual.

    • Lane · entry 36212
  • بَرِيمٌ

    A mixed company or multitude; an army or mixed flock or herd, and also a herd of gazelles.

    The collective use refers to a group composed of differing elements, such as people, banners, livestock, or animals.

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  • بَرِيمٌ

    The first light of dawn, combining the darkness of night with the whiteness of day.

    A figurative designation based on the intermixture of the two colours at daybreak.

    • Lane · entry 36212
  • بَرِيمٌ

    Suspected, or inducing suspicion or an evil opinion.

    A figurative adjectival use explained through the image of something having two or conflicting aspects.

    • Lane · entry 36212
  • بَرِّيمَةٌ

    A naturally curled or spiral patch of hair on a horse, used in judging the animal's qualities.

    A specialized equine term.

    • Lane · entry 36213
  • بَيْرَمٌ

    A carpenter's auger, wimble, or gimlet; also a related tool for perforating leather or a hatchet-like implement.

    The word is identified as an Arabicized Persian term in the lexical tradition.

    • Lane · entry 36214
  • مُبْرَمٌ

    A garment or cloth whose thread is twisted from two yarns or distinct twists.

    This passive-participial nominal use describes a textile made from doubled or combined yarns.

    • Lane · entry 36215
  • مُبْرَمٌ

    Made firm, strong, solid, sound, established, settled, or thoroughly arranged.

    Used adjectivally of a thing, affair, or compact; this is the passive-participial counterpart of the broader Form IV meaning.

    • Lane · entry 36215
  • مُبْرَمٌ

    Ratified or irrevocable, as of a destiny rendered inevitable.

    A conventional figurative expression occurs with قَضَاءٌ for a destiny made unavoidable.

    • Lane · entry 36215
  • مُبْرِمٌ

    A gatherer of بَرَم fruit, especially the fruit of the arāk tree.

    A specialized occupational or descriptive use, distinct from the active participle meaning of firmly determining an affair.

    • Lane · entry 36216
  • مُبْرِمٌ

    A maker of stone cooking pots, including one who extracts, fashions, and hews their stones.

    A specialized agent noun associated with the manufacture of بِرَام.

    • Lane · entry 36216
  • مُبْرِمٌ

    A heavy or sluggish person; one whose discourse is bad, profitless, or meaningless, or who burdens a companion without benefit.

    A figurative characterization derived from the unprofitable or non-contributing person called بَرَمٌ.

    • Lane · entry 36216
  • مِبْرَمٌ

    A spindle used for performing the twisting called إِبْرَام.

    The term is the singular of the designated implements used for twisting yarn.

    • Lane · entry 36217