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سمغ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of feeding or causing something to be swallowed, often with a sense of force or abundance. It also extends to anatomical terms describing parts of the mouth.

Derived headwords

سَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to feed, to make swallowboth

    To cause someone to eat or drink something, to make them swallow it.

سَامَغَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to feed someoneclassical

    To feed someone, to make them swallow.

السَّامِغَانnoun
  1. 1.
    sides of the mouthclassical

    The two points where the mouth meets the lips, specifically under the edges of the mustache, on the right and left sides.

Parallel reading

سمغه: أطعمه وجرعه كسغمه؛ عن كراع.
He fed him and made him swallow, like making him swallow; according to Kra'a.
والسامغان: جامعا الفم تحت طرفي الشارب من عن يمين وشمال.
And the two samighan are the meeting points of the mouth under the edges of the mustache, from the right and from the left.