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سنت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَنُّوتٌ ذ , also pronounced سِنَّوْتٌ, (S, M, K,) the latter a dial. var. mentioned by Kr, (M,) and سُنُّوتٌ, a form mentioned by IAth and others, but the first is that which is commonly known, and the most chaste; (TA;) a word of which the meaning is differently explained, as follows: (M, TA:) Honey: (S, M, A, K:) i. q. رُبٌّ [i. e. rob, or inspissated juice, &c.]: (M, K:) a species of dates: fresh butter; syn. زُبْدٌ: cheese: (K:) i. q. كَمُّونٌ [i. e. cumin, or cumin-seed ]; (Yaakoob, S, M, K;) so in the dial. of El-Yemen: (M:) or a certain plant resembling the كَمُّون: (IAar, M:) i. q. سِبِتٌّ [i. e. anethum graveolens, or dill, of the common garden-species; in the CK شِبِتّ]: and i. q. رَازِيَانَجٌ; (M, K;) which last is what is called in the Egyptian dial. شَمَرٌ [a name given in Egypt to the anethum graveolens, above mentioned, and to its seed; and also to the anethum fæniculum, or fennel ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

سَنُّوتٌ
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