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صعنب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something small or pointed, particularly a small or pointed head. It extends to concepts of being constricted or gathered, and also refers to a specific place name.

Derived headwords

الصَّعْنَبadjective
  1. 1.
    small-headedboth

    Describing something or someone with a small head.

مُصَعْنَبadjective
  1. 1.
    pointed-headedboth

    Having a head that is sharp or pointed.

صَعْنَبِيّname
  1. 1.
    village/land nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a village or land in the Al-Yamamah region.

الصَّعْنَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering/pilingboth

    The act of gathering or piling something, specifically referring to the preparation of a dish like thareedah by gathering its sides and forming a mound.

  2. 2.
    stinginessclassical

    The constriction or parsimony of a stingy person when asked for something.

صَعْنَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather/pileboth

    To gather the sides of something, like a thareedah, and form a mound or peak in the center.

Parallel reading

يتبعن عودا، كاللواء، مسأبا، ... ناج، عفرنى، سرحانا أغلبا رحب الفروج، ذا نصيع منهبا، ... يحسب، بالليل، صوى مصعنبا أي يأتي منزله.
They follow a sturdy, like a banner, a swift one, ... a survivor, a wild, roaming, dominant one, wide of flanks, with a pure, swift path... it thinks, at night, of a pointed-headed one, meaning it comes to its dwelling.
والمصعنب: الذي حدد رأسه.
And al-musanab: he whose head is pointed.
يقال: إنه لمصعنب الرأس إذا كان محدد الرأس.
It is said: he is pointed of head if his head is pointed.
وصعنبى قرية باليمامة
And Sa'anabi is a village in Al-Yamamah.
وما فلج، يسقي جداول صعنبى، ... له شرع سهل على كل مورد
And not a stream, watering the streams of Sa'anabi... it has an easy channel to every watering place.
والصعنبة: أن تصعنب الثريدة، تضم جوانبها، وتكوم صومعتها، ويرفع رأسها؛ وقيل: رفع وسطها، وقور رأسها؛ يقال: صعنب الثريدة.
And al-sa'nabah: is the preparation of thareedah, where its sides are gathered, its peak is piled, and its head is raised; and it was said: its middle is raised, and its head is formed; it is said: 'sa'nab the thareedah'.
أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، سوى ثريدة فلبقها بسمن ثم صعنبها.
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, prepared a thareedah, seasoned it with ghee, then 'sa'nab-ed' it.
يعني رفع رأسها؛
Meaning to raise its head;
يعني جعل لها ذروة؛
Meaning to make a peak for it;
هو أن يضم جوانبها، ويكوم صومعتها.
It is to gather its sides and pile its peak.
والصعنبة: انقباض البخيل عند المسألة.
And al-sa'nabah: is the stinginess of a miser when asked.
الصعنبة الانقباض.
Al-sa'nabah is constriction.