بريمة

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word بريمة. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word بريمة, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say بريمة in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word بريمة you have here. The definition of the word بريمة will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofبريمة, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Arabic

Etymology

Variant of بِرِّينَة (birrīna), see it. Later reinterpreted as Egyptian Arabic tool noun from بَرَمَ (barama, to twist, to roll up etc.).

Root
ب ر م (b r m)
5 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bar.riː.ma/, /bir.riː.ma/

Noun

بَرِّيمة or بِرِّيمَة (barrīma or birrīmaf (plural بَرَارِيم (barārīm))

  1. drill, gimlet
  2. corkscrew

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “بريمة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “بريمة”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “بريمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “بريمة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

بريمة (barrīmef (plural برّيمات (barrīmāt), masculine برّيم (barrīm))

  1. feminine of برّيم (barrīm): talkative

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَرِّيمة (barrīma).

Pronunciation

Noun

برّيمة (barrīmef

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) corkscrew