سمح

Root entry · 43 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns generosity, ease, and yielding. It encompasses concepts of giving freely, being lenient, agreeable, and compliant. It also extends to notions of spaciousness and ease in practical matters.

Derived headwords

السماحnoun

1.
generosityboth
Generosity, liberality, and munificence.
2.
leniencyboth
Ease, leniency, and facilitation in matters.

السماحةnoun

1.
generosityboth
Generosity, liberality, and munificence.
2.
leniencyboth
Ease, leniency, and facilitation in matters.

سمحverb

1.
to be generousboth
To be generous, liberal, and giving freely.
2.
to be easyboth
To be easy, lenient, or agreeable.
3.
to yieldboth
To yield, become compliant, or be easy to manage.

سموحةnoun

1.
generosityclassical
Generosity, liberality, and munificence.

سماحاnoun

1.
generosityclassical
Generosity, liberality, and munificence.

سمحadjective

1.
generousboth
A person, male or female, who is generous and liberal.
2.
easygoingboth
A person, male or female, who is easygoing, lenient, and agreeable.

سمحةadjective

1.
generousboth
A person, male or female, who is generous and liberal.
2.
easygoingboth
A person, male or female, who is easygoing, lenient, and agreeable.

سماحadjective

1.
generousboth
Plural adjective for men and women who are generous and liberal.

سماحاءadjective

1.
generousclassical
Plural adjective for men and women who are generous and liberal.

سميحadjective

1.
generousboth
A person who is generous and liberal.
2.
easygoingboth
A person who is easygoing, lenient, and agreeable.

مسمحadjective

1.
generousboth
A person who is generous and liberal.
2.
easygoingboth
A person who is easygoing, lenient, and agreeable.

مسماحadjective

1.
very generousboth
An intensive form, indicating a person who is extremely generous and liberal.

مساميحadjective

1.
generousboth
Plural adjective for men and women who are very generous and liberal.

أسمحverb

1.
to be generousboth
To be generous, liberal, and giving freely.
2.
to complyboth
To comply, be agreeable, or submit willingly.

إسماحnoun

1.
generosityclassical
A variant pronunciation or form of 'samah', meaning generosity and giving.
2.
complianceclassical
Compliance, agreeableness, or submission.

سامحverb

1.
to agreeboth
To agree with someone on a request or demand; to be agreeable.
2.
to be lenientboth
To be lenient, easygoing, or accommodating.

المسامحةnoun

1.
leniencyboth
The act of being lenient, easygoing, or accommodating.
2.
agreementboth
The act of agreeing or consenting.

تسامحواverb

1.
to be lenient with each otherboth
They were lenient, easygoing, or accommodating with one another.
2.
to agree with each otherboth
They agreed or consented with one another.

تسمحverb

1.
to make easyboth
To do something in an easy or facilitated manner.
2.
to yieldboth
To yield, become compliant, or be easy to manage.

سمحverb

1.
to make easyboth
To do something in an easy or facilitated manner.

الحنيفية السمحةphrase

1.
the Hanifite way, the easy oneclassical
Refers to the monotheistic religion (Islam) characterized by ease and lack of hardship.

سمحadjective

1.
easygoingboth
Describing something that is not difficult or strict.

سماحةnoun

1.
generosityboth
The quality of being generous and liberal.

أسمحت الدابةverb phrase

1.
the animal yieldedboth
The animal became soft, compliant, and easy to manage after being difficult.

سمح البعيرverb phrase

1.
the camel yieldedboth
The camel became submissive and easy to control after being difficult.

أسمحت قرونتهverb phrase

1.
its leader compliedboth
Its leader (of animals) became obedient and compliant.

أسمحت قرينتهverb phrase

1.
its companion yieldedboth
Its companion (of animals) became submissive and compliant.

سمحت الناقةverb phrase

1.
the she-camel yieldedboth
The she-camel became compliant and sped up.

أسمحت قرونتهverb phrase

1.
its leader yieldedboth
Its leader (of animals) became submissive and compliant.

سامحتverb

1.
yieldedboth
Became submissive and compliant.

سميح لميحphrase

1.
easy and quickclassical
A descriptive phrase for someone who is easygoing and quick to respond or act.

سمح لمحphrase

1.
easy and quickclassical
A descriptive phrase for someone who is easygoing and quick to respond or act.

المسامحةnoun

1.
leniency in combatclassical
Leniency or ease in fighting, striking, or confronting.

مسمحاnoun

1.
room forclassical
Space, room, or opportunity for something.

السباحnoun

1.
tentsclassical
Tents made of tanned hides.

السماحnoun

1.
tentsclassical
Tents made of tanned hides.

عود سمحphrase

1.
straight woodclassical
Wood that is straight and without knots, referring to its even growth.

سمحةadjective

1.
straightclassical
Describing wood that has even growth, is straight, and without knots.

تسميح الرمحnoun phrase

1.
straightening a spearclassical
The process of straightening or making a spear supple.

قوس سمحةphrase

1.
supple bowclassical
A bow that is supple and easy to draw, as opposed to stiff.

رمح مسمحphrase

1.
supple spearclassical
A spear that has been straightened and made supple.

التسميحnoun

1.
speedclassical
Speed or swiftness.
2.
easy paceclassical
A smooth and easy pace of travel.

سمحverb

1.
to fleeclassical
To flee or escape.

Parallel reading

السماح والسماحة: الجود.

Generosity and liberality: munificence.

سمح سماحة «1» وسموحة وسماحا: جاد؛

He was generous, liberal, and munificent;

ورجل سمح وامرأة سمحة من رجال ونساء سماح وسمحاء فيهما،

And a generous man and a generous woman, among men and women are generous (plural) and generous (plural) in them,

ورجل سميح ومسمح ومسماح: سمح؛

And a generous man, and a man who is generous, and a very generous man: he is generous;

غلب المساميح الوليد سماحة، ... وكفى قريش المعضلات، وسادها

The very generous ones overcame Al-Walid in generosity, ... and sufficed for the difficult matters of Quraish, and led them.

في فتية بسط الأكف مسامح، ... عند الفضال نديمهم لم يدثر

Among youths with open hands, generous, ... when virtues are present, their companion is not diminished.

يقول الله عز وجل: أسمحوا لعبدي كإسماحه إلى عبادي ؛

Allah the Almighty says: Be lenient to My servant as I am lenient to My servants;

الإسماح: لغة في السماح؛

Al-Ismah: a dialectal variant of Al-Samah;

يقال: سمح وأسمح إذا جاد وأعطى عن كرم وسخاء؛

It is said: he was generous and he was generous if he gave generously and bestowed from nobility and liberality;

ويقال: سمح لي فلان أي أعطاني؛

And it is said: so-and-so gave to me, meaning he gave to me;

وسمح لي بذلك يسمح سماحة.

And he was generous to me with that, he is generous with generosity.

وأسمح وسامح: وافقني على المطلوب؛

And he was agreeable and he was agreeable: he agreed with me on what was requested;

المسامحة: المساهلة.

Al-Musamahah: leniency.

وتسامحوا: تساهلوا.

And they were lenient with each other: they were easygoing.

السماح رباح أي المساهلة في الأشياء تربح صاحبها.

Generosity brings profit, meaning leniency in matters brings profit to its owner.

وفعل شيئا فسهل فيه؛

And he did something and made it easy;

ولكن إذا ما جل خطب فسامحت ... به النفس يوما، كان للكره أذهبا

But if a great matter occurred and the soul was lenient ... with it for a day, it would remove aversion.

سمح له بحاجته وأسمح أي سهل له.

He made his need easy for him and facilitated it, meaning he made it easy for him.

أن سئل عن رجل شرب لبنا محضا أيتوضأ؟ قال: اسمح يسمح لك ؛

When asked about a man who drank pure milk, should he perform ablution? He said: Be lenient, and it will be made easy for you;

قال شمر: قال الأصمعي معناه سهل يسهل لك وعليك؛

Shamir said: Al-Asma'i said its meaning is: be easy, and it will be easy for you and upon you;

فلما تنازعنا الحديث وأسمحت

And when we discussed the talk and it became easy

قال: أسمحت أسهلت وانقادت؛

He said: it became easy, it became easy and compliant;

اسمح يسمح لك بالقطع والوصل جميعا.

Be lenient, and it will be made easy for you, both separation and connection.

وفي حديث عطاء: اسمح يسمح بك.

And in the narration of 'Ata': Be lenient, and you will be made easy.

الحنيفية السمحة ؛ ليس فيها ضيق ولا شدة.

The Hanifite way, the easy one; there is no hardship or severity in it.

وما كان سمحا، ولقد سمح، بالضم، سماحة وجاد بما لديه.

And he was not easygoing, and indeed he was easygoing, with the vowel 'damma', with generosity and he gave generously from what he had.

أسمحت الدابة بعد استصعاب: لانت وانقادت.

The animal became compliant after difficulty: it softened and yielded.

ويقال: سمح البعير بعد صعوبته إذا ذل،

And it is said: the camel yielded after its difficulty if it became submissive,

وأسمحت قرونته لذلك الأمر إذا أطاعت وانقادت.

And its leader became compliant for that matter if it obeyed and yielded.

ويقال: أسمحت قرينته إذا ذل واستقام،

And it is said: its companion became compliant if it became submissive and upright,

وسمحت الناقة إذا انقادت فأسرعت،

And the she-camel yielded if it became compliant and sped up,

وأسمحت قرونته وسامحت كذلك أي ذلت نفسه وتابعت.

And its leader became compliant and agreeable likewise, meaning its soul became submissive and it followed.

وفلان سميح لميح وسمح لمح.

And so-and-so is easygoing and quick, and easygoing and quick.

المسامحة: المساهلة في الطعان والضراب والعدو؛

Al-Musamahah: leniency in fighting, striking, and confronting;

وسامحت طعنا بالوشيج المقوم

And I was lenient with a thrust of well-formed woven material

عليك بالحق فإن فيه لمسمحا أي متسعا،.

Adhere to the truth, for in it there is ample room, meaning spaciousness,

إذا جاء باغي العرف، أن أتعذرا

When the seeker of kindness comes, that I should make an excuse.

السباح والسماح بيوت من أدم؛

Al-Subbah and Al-Samah are houses made of tanned hides;

إذا كان المسارح كالسماح

If the grazing lands are like the tents

وعود سمح بين السماحة والسموحة: لا عقدة فيه.

And a straight piece of wood between generosity and liberality: there is no knot in it.

وكل ما استوت نبتته حتى يكون ما بين طرفيه منه ليس بأدق من طرفيه أو أحدهما؛ فهو من السمح.

And everything whose growth is even until what is between its ends is not thinner than its ends or one of them; it is from Al-Samh.

تسميح الرمح: تثقيفه.

Tasmiah of the spear: straightening it.

وقوس سمحة: ضد كزة؛

And a supple bow: the opposite of stiff;

وسمحة من قسي زارة حمراء ... هتوف، عدادها غرد

And a supple one from the bows of Zara, red ... resounding, its count is sung

ورمح مسمح: ثقف حتى لان.

And a supple spear: it was straightened until it became soft.

التسميح: السرعة؛

Al-Tasmiah: speed;

سمح واجتاب بلادا قيا

He traveled swiftly and traversed vast lands

وقيل: التسميح السير السهل.

And it was said: Al-Tasmiah is easy travel.

وقيل: سمح هرب.

And it was said: he fled.