صيص

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to things that are shriveled, shrunken, or dried out, particularly dates. It also extends to sharp or pointed objects, protective structures, and tools used in weaving.

Derived headwords

أَصَاصَتْverb

1.
became shriveledclassical
The palm tree became shriveled, indicating a state of dryness or lack of development.

إِصَاصَةًnoun

1.
shrivelingclassical
The state or process of becoming shriveled, specifically referring to a palm tree.

صِيصَتْverb

1.
became shriveledclassical
The palm tree became shriveled, indicating a state of dryness or lack of development.

تَصِييصًاnoun

1.
shrivelingclassical
The state or process of becoming shriveled, specifically referring to a palm tree.

شِيصًاnoun

1.
shriveled dateboth
A date that has shriveled and dried out, often before ripening fully.

شِيصَاءnoun

1.
shriveled datesboth
Plural of shriveled dates; also refers to the shriveled state of dates.

صِيصnoun

1.
hard dateclassical
In the dialect of Balḥarith ibn Kaʻb, it refers to the hard, unripe part of a date.
2.
shriveled dateclassical
A variant pronunciation or term for 'shîṣ' (شِيص) and 'shîṣā'' (شِيصَاء), referring to shriveled dates.

صِيصَاءnoun

1.
shriveled dateclassical
A variant pronunciation or term for 'shîṣā'' (شِيصَاء), referring to shriveled dates.
2.
bitter gourd seedclassical
The seed of the colocynth plant (ḥanẓal), specifically when it lacks a kernel.

صِيصَاء الهَبِيدnoun

1.
bitter gourd seedsclassical
Refers to the hollow seeds of the colocynth plant, described as meager and resembling the husks of bitter gourd seeds.

صِيصِيَّةnoun

1.
weaver's toolclassical
A tool used by a weaver to adjust the warp and weft threads.
2.
cock's spurboth
The sharp spur on a rooster's leg.

صَيَاصِي البَقَرnoun

1.
bulls' hornsboth
The horns of cattle, which can be sharp and formidable.
2.
spearheadsclassical
Sometimes used on spears in place of arrowheads, implying a sharp, piercing function.

صَيَاصِيnoun

1.
fortificationsclassical
Strongholds or fortresses; any structure or object used for defense and protection.
2.
sharp pointsclassical
Metaphorically refers to sharp, pointed things, like the styled mustaches of the Antichrist's followers.

صِيصَةnoun

1.
leverclassical
A stake or lever used to dislodge dates from a palm tree.
2.
spindleclassical
A spindle used in spinning and weaving.

صَأصَأَتْverb

1.
made a soundclassical
To make a sound, specifically a 'ṣayṣā'' (صَيْصَاء) sound.

صَيْصَاءnoun

1.
soundclassical
A specific type of sound, often associated with the verb 'ṣa'ṣa'a' (صَأْصَأَ).

Parallel reading

أصاصت النخلة إصاصة وتصيصت تصييصا إذا صارت شيصا

The palm tree became shriveled (iṣāṣatan) and underwent shriveling (taṣyīṣan) when it became a shriveled date (shîṣan).

وهذا من الصيص لا من الصيصاء

And this is from al-ṣîṣ (الصيص) and not from al-ṣayṣā' (الصيصاء).

يقال: من الصيصاء صأصت صيصاء

It is said: from al-ṣayṣā' (الصيصاء) one says ṣa'ṣa'at (صأصأت) ṣayṣā'an (صيصاء).

والصيص في لغة بلحرث بن كعب: الحشف من التمر

And al-ṣîṣ (الصيص) in the dialect of Balḥarith ibn Kaʻb is the hard, unripe part of a date.

والصيص والصيصاء: لغة في الشيص والشيصاء

And al-ṣîṣ (الصيص) and al-ṣayṣā' (الصيصاء) are a dialectal variation for al-shîṣ (الشيص) and al-shîṣā' (الشيصاء).

والصيصاء: حب الحنظل الذي ليس في جوفه لب

And al-ṣayṣā' (الصيصاء) is the seed of the colocynth which has no kernel inside it.

وكائن تخطت ناقتي من مفازة ... إليك، ومن أحواض ماء مسدم بأرجائه القردان هزلى، كأنها ... نوادر صيصاء الهبيد المحطم

And how many a desert my she-camel has crossed ... towards you, and from pools of water whose surroundings are infested with meager dung beetles, like ... the shriveled seeds of the crushed colocynth.

وصيصاء الهبيد مهزول حب الحنظل ليس إلا القشر وهذا للقراد أشبه شيء به

And the ṣayṣā' al-hubayd (صيصاء الهبيد) is the meager seed of the colocynth, nothing but the husk, and this is most like the tick.

قردانه، في العطن الحولي، ... سود كحب الحنظل المقلي

Its dung beetles, in the year-old watering place, ... are black like fried colocynth seeds.

والصيصية: شوكة الحائك التي يسوي بها السداة واللحمة

And the ṣîṣiyyah (الصيصية) is the weaver's tool with which he adjusts the warp and weft.

فكأنها ... نوادر صيصاء الهبيد المحطم

As if they were ... the shriveled seeds of the crushed colocynth.

فجئت إليه، والرماح تنوشه، ... كوقع الصياصي في النسيج الممدد

So I came to him, while spears were striking him, ... like the impact of weavers' tools (ṣayāṣī) on the stretched fabric.

ومنـه صيصية الديك التي في رجله

And from it is the cock's spur (ṣîṣiyyah) which is on its leg.

وصياصي البقر: قرونها وربما كانت تركب في الرماح مكان الأسنة

And the horns of cattle (ṣayāṣī al-baqar) are their horns, and sometimes they were mounted on spears in place of spearheads.

فأصبحت الثيران غرقى، وأصبحت ... نساء تميم يلتقطن الصياصيا

And the bulls became drowned, and the ... women of Tamīm began collecting the horns (al-ṣayāṣī).

والصياصي: الحصون

And al-ṣayāṣī (الصياصي) are fortifications.

أصحاب الدجال شواربهم كالصياصي

The followers of the Antichrist, their mustaches are like horns (al-ṣayāṣī).

والصيصة أيضا: الوتد الذي يقلع به التمر، والصنارة التي يغزل بها وينسج

And al-ṣîṣah (الصيصة) is also the stake with which dates are dislodged, and the spindle with which one spins and weaves.