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سمهد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large, heavy, and substantial, particularly in the context of camels. It can also refer to hardness and solidity.

Derived headwords

السَّمْهَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat, heavy camelclassical

    A camel that is abundant in flesh and large in size.

اسمهدَverb
  1. 1.
    To become largeclassical

    The hump of a camel becomes large and prominent.

السَّمْهَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard, dry thingclassical

    Refers to an object that is solid and dry.

Parallel reading

السمهد: الكثير اللحم الجسيم من الإبل.
Al-samhad: The abundant in flesh and large of the camels.
واسمهد سنامه إذا عظم.
And its hump became large if it grew big.
والسمهد: الشيء الصلب اليابس.
And al-samhad: the hard, dry thing.