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صهج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something that is smooth, polished, or slick, particularly in reference to plants and rocks. It can also denote a large rock.

Derived headwords

صيهوجadjective
  1. 1.
    smooth, slickboth

    Describing a plant that is smooth and slick to the touch.

  2. 2.
    smooth, polishedboth

    Describing a surface, like a rock, that is smooth and polished.

صيهجnoun
  1. 1.
    large rockclassical

    A very large rock.

صلهجnoun
  1. 1.
    large rockclassical

    A very large rock, synonymous with صيهج.

جيحلnoun
  1. 1.
    large rockclassical

    A very large rock, also synonymous with صيهج and صلهج.

Parallel reading

نبت صيهوج إذا ملس
A plant is صيهوج when it is smooth.
وظهر صيهوج: أملس
And a surface is صيهوج: smooth.
على ضلوع نهدة المنافج، ... تنهض فيهن عرى النسائج، صعدا إلى سناسن صياهج
On the ribs of the prominent chest, ... rising within them are the straps of the weaving, ascending to the smooth ridges of the rocks.
الصيهج الصخرة العظيمة
The صيهج is the great rock.
وكذلك الصلهج والجيحل
And likewise the صلهج and the جيحل.