شمصر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of narrowness, constriction, and difficulty. It is also used to denote specific geographical locations, possibly mountains or valleys.

Derived headwords

الشَّمْصَرَةnoun

1.
narrownessboth
The state of being narrow, constricted, or difficult.

شمصرتverb

1.
to narrowclassical
To make something narrow or constricted, implying difficulty or hardship.

شمنصيرname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain or a valley, mentioned in poetry.

شماصيرname

1.
place nameclassical
An alternative form of the place name 'شمنصير'.

Parallel reading

الشمصرة: الضيق.

Al-shamṣarah: narrowness/difficulty.

يقال: شمصرت عليه أي ضيقت عليه.

It is said: 'shamṣartu 'alayhi' meaning 'I made it narrow/difficult for him'.

وشمنصير: موضع؛

And Shamṣīr is a place;

قال ساعدة بن جؤية: مستأرضا بين بطن الليث أيسره ... إلى شمنصير غيثا مرسلا معجا

Sa'idah ibn Ju'ayyah said: 'Seeking ground between the belly of Al-Layth to its left... towards Shamṣīr, a sent rain, abundant.'

فلم يصرفه، عنى به الأرض أو البقعة.

He did not divert it, meaning by it the land or the spot.

قال ابن جني: يجوز أن يكون محرفا من شمنصير «1».

Ibn Jinni said: 'It is permissible that it is a corruption of Shamṣīr.'

لضرورة الشعر لأن شمنصيرا بناء لم يحكه سيبويه،

Due to poetic necessity because Shamṣīr is a structure that Sibawayh did not record,

وقيل: شمنصير جبل من جبال هذيل معروف،

And it is said: Shamṣīr is a known mountain from the mountains of Hudhayl,

وقيل: شمنصير جبل بساية، وساية: واد عظيم، بها أكثر من سبعين عينا،

And it is said: Shamṣīr is a mountain in Sāyah, and Sāyah is a great valley, with more than seventy springs,

وقالوا شماصير أيضا.

And they also said Shamāṣīr.