برشم

Arabic

Etymology

Dissimilated from بَشِمَ (bašima).[1]

Verb

بَرْشَمَ • (baršama) Iq, non-past يُبَرْشِمُ‎ (yubaršimu)

  1. to stare at with a piercing gaze; to pull a wry face
  2. to rivet (to apply بُرْشام (buršām, rivet) to)

Conjugation

Noun

بَرْشَم • (baršam) m (Sudan, Chad, Nigeria)

  1. scabbard
  2. hilt
    • p. 1897, a. 1917, “Gifts worthy of kings: An episode in Dār Fūr-Taqalī relations”, in Lidwien Kapteijns and Jay Spaulding, editors, Sudanic Africa, volume 1, published 1990, pages 61–70:
      ١ سيف بلدي مفضه ببرشم فضه وتوم ومحاره وخروس فضه وكستبانه فضه مجلد مدس
      ١ حربة شلكاية كبيرة مسلكة بفضه
      ١ تركاس داخله سبعه حراب طبايق مسلكين بفضه
      ٢ كواكب مسلكين بفضه
      1 native silvered Sword with hilt of silver, decorative silvern beads, nacre, silver rings, a silver pommel, and tanned leather.
      1 large long jagged spear wired in silver
      1 quiver wherein there are seven short throwing spears wired with silver
      2 spears of wide and jagged blade wired with silver

Declension

References

  1. Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 188
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