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سردح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are long, large, or abundant, particularly in the context of animals (camels) and land features. It can also refer to a place that is soft, level, and fertile.

Derived headwords

السَّرْدَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    Long she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is long in stature.

  2. 2.
    Fat she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is abundant in flesh or meat.

  3. 3.
    Large/strong thingclassical

    Used as an adjective to describe something as large, strong, or complete.

إن تركب الناجية السرداحا — If you ride the long-surviving, tall she-camel
السَّرْدَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Long she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is long in stature.

  2. 2.
    Fat she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is abundant in flesh or meat.

  3. 3.
    A plant (singular)classical

    A single plant of the type referred to by 'al-sirdaah' (a collective noun).

السَّرَادِحnoun
  1. 1.
    Long she-camelsclassical

    The plural of 'al-sirdaah', referring to long she-camels.

  2. 2.
    Groups of treesclassical

    A collective noun referring to a group or collection of 'talh' trees.

  3. 3.
    Soft, level placesclassical

    Places that are soft, level, and fertile, often growing specific types of plants.

عليك سرداحا من السرادح — Upon you are soft, level places of the fertile lands
سَرْدَحnoun
  1. 1.
    Soft, level groundclassical

    Refers to land that is soft, level, and even.

  2. 2.
    Distant placeclassical

    An adjective describing land as being far away.

وديمومة سردح — And a vast, level plain
السَّرْدَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, strong, completeclassical

    Describing something as large, strong, robust, and fully developed.

وكأني في فحمة ابن جمير، ... في نقاب الأسامة السرداح — As if I were in the dark of Ibn Jumayr, ... in the covering of the strong lion

Parallel reading

السرداح والسرداحة: الناقة الطويلة، وقيل: الكثيرة اللحم
Al-sirdaah and al-sirdaahah: the long she-camel, and it is said: the abundant in flesh.
إن تركب الناجية السرداحا
If you ride the long-surviving, tall she-camel.
وجمعها السرادح
And its plural is al-saradih.
والسرداح أيضا: جماعة الطلح، واحدته سرداحة
And al-sirdaah also: a group of talh trees, its singular is sirdaahah.
والسرداح: مكان لين ينبت النجمة والنصي والعجلة، وهي السرادح
And al-sirdaah: a soft place that grows al-najmah, al-nasii, and al-'ajalah, and it is al-saradih.
عليك سرداحا من السرادح
Upon you are soft, level places of the fertile lands.
ذا عجلة، وذا نصي واضح
This one with 'ajalah, and this one with clear nasii.
هي أماكن مستوية تنبت العضاه، وهي لينة
They are level places that grow thorny trees, and they are soft.
وديمومة سردح
And a vast, level plain.
السردح الأرض اللينة المستوية
Al-sardah is the soft, level ground.
الصردح، بالصاد، هو المكان المستوي، فأما بالسين، فهو السرداح وهي الأرض اللينة
Al-sardah, with a sad, is the level place, but as for with a sin, it is al-sirdaah, which is the soft ground.
وأرض سرداح: بعيدة
And a 'ardah sardahah: a distant land.
والسرداح: الضخم؛ عن السيرافي
And al-sirdaah: the huge; according to Al-Sairafi.
وكأني في فحمة ابن جمير، ... في نقاب الأسامة السرداح
As if I were in the dark of Ibn Jumayr, ... in the covering of the strong lion.
وهو القوي الشديد التام
And it is the strong, the mighty, the complete.