Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَثْلَمُ

Root: ثلم

Full Definition

أَثْلَمُ A thing [such as a vessel and a sword and the like] broken in its edge: a wateringtrough, or tank, broken in its side.

def.2 أَثْلَمٌ Dust, or earth; 'and stones; like أَثْلَبٌ; accord. to El-Hejeree: but [ISd adds,] whether it be a dial. var. or formed by substitution, I know not.


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