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صعع

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root صعع (ṣaʿʿ) primarily denotes movement, agitation, and dispersion. It extends to concepts of scattering, disturbing, and causing disarray, both physically and metaphorically. It also encompasses related ideas like fear, submission, and even specific terms for a bird and a tribal ancestor.

Derived headwords

الصَّعْصَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    movement and agitationboth

    Refers to a state of movement, disturbance, or commotion.

  2. 2.
    stirring, shakingboth

    The act of stirring, shaking, or causing something to move.

  3. 3.
    dispersion, scatteringboth

    The act of scattering or dispersing things or people.

  4. 4.
    clamor, noiseclassical

    Refers to loud noise or clamor.

  5. 5.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant that is used to aid in walking or movement.

صَعْصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to stir, to agitateboth

    To cause movement or agitation in something or someone.

  2. 2.
    to scatter, to disperseboth

    To cause people or things to separate and scatter.

  3. 3.
    to disturb, to disarrayclassical

    To throw into disorder or confusion.

صَعْصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to stir (for combat)classical

    To stir or move oneself into readiness for fighting.

صَعْصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter them, to separate themboth

    To cause a group of people to disperse or become separated.

صَعْصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter (things)both

    To scatter or disperse anything.

تَصَعْصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter, to disperseboth

    To become scattered or dispersed.

  2. 2.
    to move, to be agitatedclassical

    To move or be agitated.

  3. 3.
    to be humbled, to submitboth

    To become humbled, submissive, or abject.

  4. 4.
    to be cowardlyclassical

    To act cowardly or show fear.

الصَّعْصَعadjective
  1. 1.
    scattered, dispersedboth

    Describes something or someone that is scattered or dispersed.

صَعَاصِعnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered onesclassical

    Plural of 'صعصع', referring to scattered individuals or things.

  2. 2.
    birdsclassical

    A term used for birds, particularly those that scatter or are scattered.

صَعَاصِعnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of birdclassical

    A speckled bird that hunts locusts.

صَعْصَعَةname
  1. 1.
    tribal ancestorclassical

    The name of a tribal ancestor from the Hawazin tribe, specifically Sa'sa' ibn Mu'awiyah.

صَعْصَعَ رأسه بالدهنverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to anoint his head with oilclassical

    To thoroughly anoint or saturate one's head with oil.

Parallel reading

الصعصعة: الحركة والاضطراب.
Al-ṣaʿṣaʿah: Movement and agitation.
والصعصعة: التحريك؛ وأنشد لأبي النجم: تحسبه ينحي لها المغاولا ... ليثا، إذا صعصعته، مقاتلا
And al-ṣaʿṣaʿah: stirring; and he recited for Abu al-Najm: You think it is a lion preparing to strike... a lion, if you stir it, it fights.
أي حركته للقتال.
Meaning, moved it for combat.
وصعصعهم أي حركهم أو فرق بينهم، والزعزعة والصعصعة بمعنى واحد.
And he ṣaʿṣaʿa-ed them means he moved them or separated them, and al-zaʿzaʿah and al-ṣaʿṣaʿah have the same meaning.
وصعصعت القوم صعصعة وصعصاعا فتصعصعوا: فرقتهم فتفرقوا.
And I ṣaʿṣaʿa-ed the people with ṣaʿṣaʿah and ṣaʿṣāʿan, so they dispersed: I scattered them, so they scattered.
وكل ما فرقته، فقد صعصعته.
And whatever you scatter, you have ṣaʿṣaʿa-ed it.
والصعصعة: التفريق.
And al-ṣaʿṣaʿah: dispersion.
والصعصع: المتفرق؛ قال أبو النجم في التفريق: ومرثعن وبله يصعصع
And al-ṣaʿṣaʿ: the scattered one; Abu al-Najm said regarding dispersion: and its moisture scatters.
أي يفرق الطير وينفره؛
Meaning, it scatters the birds and scares them away;
وقال جرير: باز يصعصع بالدهنا قطا جونا
And Jarir said: A hawk scatters over al-Dahna, hunting bustards.
وفي الحديث: فتصعصعت الرايات أي تفرقت، وقيل: تحركت واضطربت.
And in the hadith: the banners dispersed, meaning they scattered, and it was said: they moved and were agitated.
وفي حديث أبي بكر، رضي الله عنه: تصعصع بهم الدهر فأصبحوا كلا شيء أي بددهم وفرقهم، ويروى بالضاد المعجمة، أي أذلهم وأخضعهم.
And in the narration of Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him: time scattered them, so they became nothing, meaning dispersed and separated them, and it is narrated with the unpointed ḍād, meaning it humbled and subjugated them.
وذهبت الإبل صعاصع أي متفرقة نادة.
And the camels went off scattered, meaning dispersed and straying.
والصعصعة: الجلبة،
And al-ṣaʿṣaʿah: clamor,
وقال أبو سعيد: الصعصعة نبت يستمشى به، وقيل: هو نبت يشرب ماؤه للمشي،
And Abu Sa'id said: Al-ṣaʿṣaʿah is a plant used to aid walking, and it was said: it is a plant whose water is drunk for walking,
وقال: تصعصع وتضعضع بمعنى واحد إذا ذل وخضع،
And he said: taṣaʿṣaʿa and taḍaḍaʿa have the same meaning when one is humbled and submissive,
وقال أبو السميدع: تصعصع الرجل إذا جبن،
And Abu al-Sumaydi' said: A man taṣaʿṣaʿa if he is cowardly,
قال: والصعصعة الفرق؛ قال ذو الرمة: واضطرهم من أيمن وأشأم ... صرة صعصاع عتاق قتم
He said: And al-ṣaʿṣaʿah is dispersion; Dhu al-Rummah said: And he drove them from right and left... a scattered flock of noble falcons.
أي يصعصع الطير فيفرقها.
Meaning, he scatters the birds and disperses them.
والعتاق: البزاة والصقور والعقبان.
And al-ʿitāq: falcons, hawks, and eagles.
والصعصع: طائر أبرش يصيد الجنادب، وجمعه صعاصع.
And al-ṣaʿṣaʿ: a speckled bird that hunts locusts, and its plural is ṣaʿāṣiʿ.
وصعصع رأسه بالدهن إذا رواه وروغه.
And he ṣaʿṣaʿa-ed his head with oil if he saturated it and rubbed it.
وقال أبو منصور: لا أعرف صع يصع في المضاعف وأحسب الأصل في الصعصعة من صاعه يصوعه إذا فرقه.
And Abu Mansur said: I do not know ṣaʿa yaṣūʿu in the geminate form, and I think the origin of al-ṣaʿṣaʿah is from ṣāʿa yaṣūʿu if it means to scatter.
وصعصعة: أبو قبيلة من هوازن وهو صعصعة بن معاوية بن بكر بن هوازن.
And Sa'sa'ah: the ancestor of a tribe from Hawazin, and he is Sa'sa' ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin.