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صعت

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something small, shriveled, or insignificant, particularly in relation to the texture or condition of a camel's hump or a date.

Derived headwords

صَعَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shriveledclassical

    To be small, shriveled, or dried up.

صَعْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shriveled thingclassical

    A small, shriveled, or insignificant thing.

صَعْتَةُ الرِّبَّةِnoun
  1. 1.
    shriveled humpclassical

    A camel's hump that is small, shriveled, or lacking in fat.

Parallel reading

جمل صعت الربة إذا كان لطيف الجفرة
A camel is 'ṣaʿt al-ribbah' if it has a small hump.
هل لك، يا خدلة، في صعت الربه، ... معرنزم، هامته كالجبجبه؟
Do you want, O Khadlah, a shriveled hump, ... a tall one, its head like a small hill?
الربة العقدة
The ribbah is the knot.
وهي هاهنا الكوسلة
And it here means the shriveled part.
وهي الحشفة
And it is the shriveled date.