صمخ

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root صمخ (ṣmḵ) primarily relates to the inner part of the ear, specifically the ear canal, and by extension, the ear itself. It also extends to meanings of striking, damaging, or causing a deep impact, including a state of deep sleep or unconsciousness.

Derived headwords

الصِّمَاخnoun

1.
Ear canalboth
The inner passage of the ear that leads to the head.
2.
Earclassical
The ear itself, used as a synonym for the ear canal.
3.
Well with little waterclassical
A well that contains a small amount of water.

الصماخ من الأذن: الخرق الباطن الذي يفضي إلى الرأس — The ṣimākh of the ear: the inner opening that leads to the head.

السَّمَاخnoun

1.
Ear canalclassical
A variant pronunciation or term for the inner passage of the ear.

والسماخ لغة فيه — And al-samākh is a linguistic variant for it.

صُمِخَverb

1.
To strike the ear canalclassical
To hit or damage the ear canal.
2.
To be struckclassical
To be hit or affected by something.

صَمْخnoun

1.
A blowclassical
Any blow that leaves a mark or impact.
2.
Hardened substanceclassical
A dry substance found in the udder of a ewe at birth.

كل ضربة أثرت في الوجه فهي صمخ — Every blow that left a mark on the face is a ṣamḵ.

صَمَخَverb

1.
To strike the ear canalclassical
To hit someone's ear canal, often with an object.
2.
To injure the ear canalclassical
To inflict an injury upon the ear canal.
3.
To strike the eyeclassical
To hit the eye with a closed fist.
4.
To crush the noseclassical
To crush or break someone's nose.
5.
To strikeclassical
To hit or strike forcefully.

وصمخه يصمخه صمخا: أصاب صماخه — And ṣamḵa-hu yaṣmukhuhu ṣamḵan: to hit his ear canal.

صَمَخَهُverb

1.
To strike his ear canalclassical
To hit the ear canal of someone.
2.
To injure his ear canalclassical
To cause an injury to someone's ear canal.
3.
To strike his eyeclassical
To hit someone's eye.
4.
To crush his noseclassical
To crush someone's nose.
5.
To strike himclassical
To hit someone.
6.
To be struck by the sunclassical
To be intensely affected by the sun's heat.

وصمخت فلانا إذا عقرت صماخ أذنه بعود أو غيره — And I ṣamḵta fulānan if you injure his ear canal with a stick or something else.

صَمْخًاnoun

1.
Striking the ear canalclassical
The act of hitting or injuring the ear canal.
2.
Striking the eyeclassical
The act of hitting the eye with a closed fist.

صمخته الشمس أصابته — The sun ṣamḵathu-hu: it struck him.

أَصْمَخَverb

1.
To strike the ear canalclassical
To hit or strike the ear canal.
2.
To strike the eyeclassical
To hit the eye with a closed fist.

وأصمخ أصمخ: أصك الصماخ — And aṣmaḵa aṣmaḵa: to strike the ear canal.

أَصْمِخَةnoun

1.
Ear canalsclassical
Plural of ṣimākh, referring to the inner passages of the ears.
2.
Deep sleepclassical
A state of deep sleep or unconsciousness, metaphorically affecting the ears.

فضرب الله على أصمختنا فما انتبهنا حتى أضحَيْنا — And Allah struck our ears (aṣmḵatinā) with sleep, and we did not awaken until morning.

صَمَّخَهُverb

1.
To strike himclassical
To hit someone intensely, especially by the sun.

صمخته الشمس: اشتد وقعها عليه — The sun ṣammḵathu-hu: its impact on him intensified.

صَمِيخnoun

1.
Ear canalclassical
A term for the inner passage of the ear.

صَمِيغَةnoun

1.
Hardened substance in udderclassical
The dry substance found in a ewe's udder at birth, one unit.

الواحدة صمخة وصمغة — The singular is ṣamḵah and ṣamḡah.

صَمْغَةnoun

1.
Hardened substance in udderclassical
A dry substance found in a ewe's udder at birth.

يسمى الصمخ والصمغ، الواحدة صمخة وصمغة — Is called al-ṣamḵ and al-ṣamḡ, the singular is ṣamḵah and ṣamḡah.

صَمَائِحnoun

1.
Eavesdroppersclassical
A plural form related to listening or eavesdropping, derived from 'ear'.

أصخت لاستراق صمائخ الأسماع — I listened intently to steal the secrets of hearing (ṣamāʾiḵ al-asmāʿ).

Parallel reading

الصماخ من الأذن: الخرق الباطن الذي يفضي إلى الرأس، تميمية، والسماخ لغة فيه.

The ṣimākh of the ear: the inner passage that leads to the head, a Tamimi dialect term, and al-samākh is a linguistic variant for it.

ويقال: إن الصماخ هو الأذن نفسها؛ قال العجاج: حتى إذا صر الصماخ الأصمعا

And it is said: indeed, the ṣimākh is the ear itself; Al-ʿAjjāj said: until the ear canal cried out to the noble one.

وفي حديث الوضوء: فأخذ ماء فأدخل أصابعه في صماخ أذنيه ؛ قال: الصماخ ثقب الأذن؛

And in the Hadith of ablution: he took water and inserted his fingers into the ṣimākh of his ears; it was said: the ṣimākh is the hole of the ear;

وأصمخ أصمخ: أصك الصماخ، وهو ثقب الأذن الماضي إلى داخل الرأس.

And aṣmaḵa aṣmaḵa: to strike the ṣimākh, which is the hole of the ear leading into the head.

وصمخه يصمخه صمخا: أصاب صماخه.

And ṣamḵa-hu yaṣmukhuhu ṣamḵan: to hit his ear canal.

وصمخت فلانا إذا عقرت صماخ أذنه بعود أو غيره.

And I ṣamḵta fulānan if you injure his ear canal with a stick or something else.

ابن السكيت: صمخت عينه أصمخها صمخا، وهو ضربك العين بجمع يدك، ذكره بعقب: صمخت صماخه.

Ibn al-Sikkit: I ṣamḵtu his eye, I aṣmukhuhā ṣamḵan, which is hitting the eye with your closed fist, he mentioned it after: I ṣamḵtu his ear canal.

وصمخ أنفه: دقه؛ عن اللحياني.

And he crushed his nose: he broke it; according to Al-Lihyani.

ويقال للعطشان: إنه لصادي الصماخ.

And it is said of the thirsty person: he is indeed thirsty in his ear canal.

والصماخ: البئر القليلة الماء، وجمعه صمخ.

And al-ṣimākh: the well with little water, and its plural is ṣamḵ.

كل ضربة أثرت في الوجه فهي صمخ.

Every blow that left a mark on the face is a ṣamḵ.

أبو عبيد: صمخته الشمس أصابته.

Abu Ubayd: the sun ṣamḵathu-hu: it struck him.

شمر: صمخته، بالخاء، أصابت صماخه.

Shamir: I ṣamḵathu-hu, with kha, it struck his ear canal.

ويقال: صمخ الصوت صماخ فلان.

And it is said: the sound struck so-and-so's ear canal.

ويقال: ضرب الله على صماخه إذا أنامه.

And it is said: Allah struck his ear canal when He made him sleep.

فضرب الله على أصمختنا فما انتبهنا حتى أضحَيْنا ؛ وهو كقوله عز وجل: فضربنا على آذانهم في الكهف؛ ومعناه أنمناهم؛

And Allah struck our ears (aṣmḵatinā) with sleep, and we did not awaken until morning; and this is like His saying, the Almighty: So We struck them [with deafness] on their ears in the Cave; meaning We made them sleep;

وفي حديث علي، رضوان الله عليه: أصخت لاستراق صمائخ الأسماع ؛ هي جمع صماخ كشمال وشمائل.

And in the narration of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him: I listened intently to steal the secrets of hearing (ṣamāʾiḵ al-asmāʿ); it is a plural of ṣimākh like shimāl and shamāʾil.

وصمخته الشمس: اشتد وقعها عليه.

And the sun ṣammḵathu-hu: its impact on him intensified.

الشاة إذا حلبت عند ولادها يوجد في أحاليل ضرعها شيء يابس يسمى الصمخ والصمغ، الواحدة صمخة وصمغة، فإذا قطر ذلك أفصح لبنها بعد ذلك واحلولى؛

When a ewe is milked at the time of her giving birth, a dry substance is found in the teats of her udder called al-ṣamḵ and al-ṣamḡ, the singular is ṣamḵah and ṣamḡah, and when that drips, her milk becomes more fluent and sweeter afterwards;