سمهر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of hardness, rigidity, intensity, and extension. It is often applied to weapons like spears, but also to abstract concepts like darkness, matters, and even physical attributes like stoutness and distance.

Derived headwords

السَّمْهَرِيّadjective

1.
hardy, strongboth
Describing a spear with a strong, solid shaft. It can also describe a string that is taut and strong like a spear.

السمهري: الرمح الصليب العود — The S. is the spear of solid shaft.

وتر سمهري شديد كالسمهري من الرماح — A taut string, strong like the S. spear.

اسْمَهَرَّverb

1.
to become dry and hardclassical
Used to describe thorns that have become dry and rigid.
2.
to become dark and obscureclassical
Used to describe darkness that has intensified and become obscure.
3.
to become firm and steadyclassical
Used to describe a man who is firm and steady in combat, or a rope or matter that has become strong and difficult.

واسمهر الشوك: يبس وصلب — And the thorns became dry and hard.

واسمهر الظلام: تنكر — And the darkness became obscure.

واسمهر الحبل والأمر: اشتد — And the rope and the matter became strong.

إذا اسمهر الحلس المغالث — when the rough blanket becomes firm.

مُسْمَهَرّadjective

1.
dry and hardclassical
Describing thorns that are dry and rigid.
2.
slow and deliberateclassical
Describing someone who proceeds slowly and deliberately, or a place that is vast and level, causing the eye to wander.

وشوك مسمهر: يابس — And dry thorns: rigid.

وعرد مسمهر إذا اتمهل — And a camel that is slow and deliberate when it proceeds slowly.

المُسْمَهَرّnoun

1.
erect male organclassical
A term for a male organ that is erect and firm.
2.
moderateclassical
Describing something that is moderate or balanced.

والمسمهر: الذكر العرد — And the M. is the erect male organ.

والمسمهر أيضا: المعتدل — And the M. also: the moderate.

الاسْمِهْرَارnoun

1.
hardness and intensityclassical
The state of being hard, rigid, and intense.

والاسمهرار: الصلابة والشدة — And the I. is hardness and intensity.

السَّمْهَرِيَّةnoun

1.
hard spearsclassical
A type of strong, hard spears, possibly named after a man named Samhar who made them.

والسمهرية: القناة الصلبة — And the S. are the hard shafts.

ورماح سمهرية — and S. spears.

سَمْهَدَرَverb

1.
to be distant and vastclassical
Used to describe a land that is distant, vast, and potentially misleading.

السَّمْهَدَرnoun

1.
stout and fleshyclassical
Describing a male or a boy who is stout and has a lot of flesh.
2.
distant and vast landclassical
Describing a land that is distant, vast, and difficult to traverse.

السمهدر: الذكر: وغلام سمهدر: سمين كثير اللحم — The S.: the male: and a S. boy: fat and fleshy.

وبلد سمهدر: بعيد مضلة واسع — And a S. land: distant, misleading, and vast.

غلام سمهدرnoun phrase

1.
fat and fleshy boyclassical
A boy characterized by being stout and having abundant flesh.

وغلام سمهدر: سمين كثير اللحم — And a S. boy: fat and fleshy.

بلد سمهدرnoun phrase

1.
distant and vast landclassical
A land that is far away, extensive, and potentially disorienting.

ودون ليلى بلد سمهدر — And beyond Layla is a S. land.

سمهر الزرعverb phrase

1.
to grow sparselyclassical
Used to describe crops that grow sparsely, with each grain appearing isolated.

وسمهَرَ الزرع إذا لم يتوالد كأنه كل حبة برأسها — And the crops S. when they do not grow densely, as if each grain is on its own.

Parallel reading

السمهري: الرمح الصليب العود.

The S. is the spear of solid shaft.

يقال: وتر سمهري شديد كالسمهري من الرماح.

It is said: a taut string, strong like the S. spear.

واسمهر الشوك: يبس وصلب.

And the thorns became dry and hard.

وشوك مسمهر: يابس.

And dry thorns: rigid.

واسمهر الظلام: تنكر.

And the darkness became obscure.

والمسمهر: الذكر العرد.

And the M. is the erect male organ.

والمسمهر أيضا: المعتدل.

And the M. also: the moderate.

وعرد مسمهر إذا اتمهل؛

And a camel that is slow and deliberate when it proceeds slowly;

إذا اسمهر الحلس المغالث أي تنكر وتكره.

when the rough blanket becomes firm, meaning it becomes obscure and disliked.

واسمهر الحبل والأمر: اشتد.

And the rope and the matter became strong.

والاسمهرار: الصلابة والشدة.

And the I. is hardness and intensity.

واسمهر الرجل في القتال؛

And the man became firm in combat;

والسمهرية: القناة الصلبة،

And the S. are the hard shafts,

ويقال هي منسوبة إلى سمهر اسم رجل كان يقوم الرماح؛

and it is said to be attributed to Samhar, a man who used to make spears;

يقال: رمح سمهري، ورماح سمهرية.

It is said: a S. spear, and S. spears.

وسمهَرَ الزرع إذا لم يتوالد كأنه كل حبة برأسها.

And the crops S. when they do not grow densely, as if each grain is on its own.

السمهدر: الذكر: وغلام سمهدر: سمين كثير اللحم.

The S.: the male: and a S. boy: fat and fleshy.

وبلد سمهدر: بعيد مضلة واسع؛

And a S. land: distant, misleading, and vast;

ودون ليلى بلد سمهدر،

And beyond Layla is a S. land,

وسمهدر يكسوه آل أبهق،

and a S. land that the family of Abhaq covers,