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صيح

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns loud vocalizations, cries, and shouts, often implying intensity or distress. It extends to encompass sudden calamities, destruction, and even the physical cracking or drying of objects.

Derived headwords

صَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to cry out loudlyboth

    To utter a loud sound with maximum effort, applicable to humans and other beings.

  2. 2.
    to crack/dry outclassical

    Used to describe a cluster of grapes when its emergence from its sheath is complete and it has elongated while still green.

الصِّيَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    loud cryboth

    A loud sound, or the sound of anything when it intensifies.

  2. 2.
    shoutingboth

    The act of shouting, often implying a collective or intense vocalization.

صَيْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a cryboth

    A single instance of a loud cry or shout.

  2. 2.
    calamityclassical

    Divine punishment or destruction that strikes suddenly.

  3. 3.
    raidclassical

    A sudden attack or raid that surprises a community.

صِيحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    loud cryboth

    A loud sound, or the sound of anything when it intensifies.

صَيْحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    loud cryboth

    A loud sound, or the sound of anything when it intensifies.

صِيحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    loud cryboth

    A loud sound, or the sound of anything when it intensifies.

صِيحverb
  1. 1.
    to cry out loudlyboth

    To utter a sound with maximum effort, applicable to humans and other beings.

المُصَايَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shouting at each otherboth

    The act of people shouting at one another.

التَّصَايُحnoun
  1. 1.
    shouting at each otherboth

    The act of people shouting at one another.

الصَّائِحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wailing cryclassical

    A cry uttered during mourning.

الصَّيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    shoutingboth

    The act of shouting or a loud cry.

تَصِيحverb
  1. 1.
    to crack and dryboth

    Used for plants, wood, or hair when they become cracked and dry.

صِيحَتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its cracking/dryingboth

    The effect of wind, heat, or sun causing something to crack or dry out.

انْصَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    Used for a garment that cracks or splits on its own.

انْصَاحَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be covered and splitclassical

    Used for land that becomes partially covered with vegetation, with some parts remaining bare, resembling a split garment.

الصَّيْحَانِيّname
  1. 1.
    a type of dateclassical

    A variety of date from Medina, characterized by being black and having a firm pulp.

Parallel reading

صاح يصيح صيحة وصياحا وصياحا، بالضم، وصيحا وصيحانا، بالتحريك، وصيح: صوت بأقصى طاقته، يكون ذلك في الناس وغيرهم
He cried out, crying out a cry and a loud cry (with damma), and a cry and a cry (with harakat): a sound with his utmost strength, this being in people and others.
وصاح غراب البين، وانشقت العصا
And the raven of separation cried out, and the staff split.
والمصايحة والتصايح: أن يصيح القوم بعضهم ببعض
And mutual shouting and shouting at each other: is for people to shout at one another.
والصيحة: العذاب، وأصله من الأول
And the cry: is the punishment, and its origin is from the first.
فأخذتهم الصيحة* ؛ يعني به العذاب
So the cry seized them; meaning by it the punishment.
ويقال: صيح في آل فلان إذا هلكوا
And it is said: 'So-and-so's family was destroyed' if they perished.
والصائحة: صيحة المناحة
And the wailing cry: is the cry of mourning.
ما ينتظرون إلا مثل صيحة الحبلى أي شرا سيعاجلهم
They await nothing but like the cry of a pregnant woman, meaning an evil that will hasten to them.
وأخذ الذين ظلموا الصيحة ؛ فذكر الفعل لأن الصيحة مصدر أريد به الصياح
And those who did wrong were seized by the cry; the verb was mentioned because the cry is a masdar intended to mean the shouting.
دع عنك نهبا صيح في حجراته
Leave aside plunder that was cried out in its chambers.
ولقيته قبل كل صيح ونفر
And I met him before every cry and dispersal.
وصاح العنقود يصيح إذا استتم خروجه من أكمته وطال، وهو في ذلك غض
And the cluster of grapes cried out, crying out when its emergence from its sheath was complete and it had elongated, while it was still green.
وتصيح البقل والخشب والشعر ونحو ذلك: لغة في تصوح تشقق ويبس
And plants, wood, hair, and the like crack and dry: is a dialectal variant of 'tasawwaha', meaning to crack and dry.
وصيحته الريح والحر والشمس: مثل صوحته
And its cracking by the wind, heat, and sun: is like its drying.
تكاد صياحي العين منه تصيح
The edges of the eyes almost crack from it.
وتصيح الشيء: تكسر وتشقق
And 'tasayaha' of a thing: means to break and crack.
وانصاح الثوب: تشقق من قبل نفسه
And the garment split: it cracked on its own.
وانصاحت الأرض: تغطى بعضها بالنبات وبقي بعضها فكانت كالثوب المنشق
And the land was partially covered and split: some of it was covered with vegetation and some remained bare, so it was like a split garment.
والصيحاني: ضرب من تمر المدينة
And the Sayhani: is a type of date from Medina.