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ثمغ

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root ثمغ primarily relates to the act of crushing, breaking, or smearing, particularly with wet substances. It extends to concepts of mixing colors, saturating with dye, and also refers to specific historical properties and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

ثَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    To break or crush something, especially a soft object.

  2. 2.
    to smearboth

    To smear or apply something thickly, like dye or oil.

  3. 3.
    to saturateclassical

    To saturate a fabric with dye.

ثَمْغًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingclassical

    The act of crushing, especially of something soft and moist.

  2. 2.
    smearingclassical

    The act of smearing or applying something thickly.

ثَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to crush (head)classical

    To crush someone's head with a stick, to the point of shattering.

ثَلَغَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to shatter (head)classical

    To shatter someone's head, similar to 'ثمغه'.

المُثَمَّغadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed (white and black)classical

    Describing hair that is mixed with white and black, i.e., streaked with grey.

ثَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to mix (colors)classical

    To mix white with black, referring to hair color.

اختَلَطَاverb
  1. 1.
    to mix (colors)classical

    For black and white to mix together, referring to hair color.

ثَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to dip (head)classical

    To dip one's head into something, especially a coloring agent like henna or perfume, and do so abundantly.

تَثْمَغُverb
  1. 1.
    to dip (beard)classical

    For a beard to be dipped into a coloring substance.

ثَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to saturate (fabric)classical

    To saturate a piece of cloth with dye.

ثَمَّغَverb
  1. 1.
    to saturate (fabric, intensified)classical

    To thoroughly saturate a fabric with dye (using the intensified form).

  2. 2.
    to dye (hair, intensified)classical

    To dye hair with henna (using the intensified form).

ثَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to moistenclassical

    To moisten something with oil or perfume.

ثَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakclassical

    To break something.

ثَمَغname
  1. 1.
    Thamagh (property)classical

    A property or estate belonging to Umar ibn al-Khattab, which he endowed as waqf (endowment).

ثَمَغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    summit (of a mountain)classical

    The upper part or summit of a mountain.

نَمَغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    summit (of a mountain)classical

    The upper part or summit of a mountain (variant with 'n').

Parallel reading

الكَسْرُ في الرُّطَبِ خاصَّةً
Crushing, specifically in moist dates.
ثَمَغَ رأْسَهُ بالعَصَا ثَمْغًا: شَدَخَهُ
He crushed his head with a stick, shattering it.
ثَمَغَ البياضَ بالسوادِ: خَلَطَهُ
He mixed white with black: he blended it.
أن لاحَ شَيْبُ الشَّمَطِ المُثَمَّغِ
Lest the grey streaks of mixed hair appear.
ثَمَغَ السَّوادُ والبياضُ: اخْتَلَطَا
The black and white mixed: they became blended.
ثَمَغَ رأْسَهُ بالحِنَّاءِ والخُلُوقِ يثمَغُهُ: غَمَسَهُ فأكْثَرَ
He dipped his head in henna and perfume, dipping it abundantly.
ولِحْيَةٍ تَثْمَغُ في خُلُوقِهَا
And a beard dipping into its perfume.
ثَمَغَ الثَّوْبَ: أشْبَعَ صِبْغَهُ
He saturated the garment: he made its dye abundant.
كَأَنَّ لِحاهُم ثُمِّغَتْ بُورِسٍ
As if their beards were saturated with madder dye.
ويجوزُ ثَمَّغَتِ الثَّوْبَ، بالتَّشْدِيدِ، وكذلكَ ثَمَّغَتِ الشَّعْرَ بالحِنَّاءِ
And it is permissible to say 'thammagha the garment', with the shadda, and likewise 'thammagha the hair with henna'.
ويُقالُ: ثَمَغَ رأْسَهُ بالدُّهْنِ أو بخُلُوقٍ بَلَّهُ
And it is said: he moistened his head with oil or perfume, wetting it.
ثَمَغَ الشَّيْءَ: كَسَرَهُ
He broke the thing: he fractured it.
إنَّ ثَمَغَا وصِرْمَةَ ابْنِ الأكْوَعِ وكذا وكذا جَعَلَهُ وَقْفًا
Indeed, Thamag and Sirmah of Ibn al-Akwa', and so forth, he made them endowments.
ثَمَغَةُ الجَبَلِ: أعْلاهُ
The summit of the mountain: its highest point.
سَمِعْتُ الكِسَائِيَّ يقولُ ثَمَغَةَ الجَبَلِ، بالثاءِ
I heard Al-Kisa'i say 'thamghat al-jabal', with the 'th'.