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سمحق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes thin membranes or layers, particularly those found on the head, over bones, or in nature. It also extends to describe something slender and elongated.

Derived headwords

السَّمْحَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    thin membrane over skullboth

    A thin membrane situated above the skull bone. When a head wound reaches this layer, it is termed a 'samḥāq'.

  2. 2.
    thin membrane generallyboth

    Any thin membrane that resembles the one on the skull, such as the membranes over a fetus's skull.

  3. 3.
    thin layer on boneboth

    The thin membrane or periosteum that lies between the bone and the flesh.

  4. 4.
    thin layer of cloudboth

    A thin layer of clouds in the sky.

  5. 5.
    thin layer of fatboth

    A thin layer of fat, such as that found on the omentum of a sheep.

  6. 6.
    mark of circumcisionclassical

    The scar or mark left by circumcision.

السَّمْحُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    tall and slender personclassical

    A person who is tall and slender or thin.

Parallel reading

جلدة رقيقة فوق قحف الرأس إذا انتهت الشجة إليها سميت سمحاقا
A thin membrane over the skull bone; if a wound reaches it, it is called a samḥāq.
وكل جلدة رقيقة تشبهها تسمى سمحاقا
And every thin membrane resembling it is called a samḥāq.
نحو سماحيق السلا على الجنين
Like the thin membranes of the skull on a fetus.
السمحاق من الشجاج التي بينها وبين العظم قشرة رقيقة
The samḥāq is from the head wounds where there is a thin peel between it and the bone.
جلدة رقيقة
A thin membrane.
وكل قشرة رقيقة سمحاق
And every thin peel is a samḥāq.
السمحاق من الشجاج التي بلغت السحاءة بين العظم واللحم
The samḥāq is from the head wounds that have reached the layer between the bone and the flesh.
وتلك السحاءة تسمى السمحاق
And that layer is called the samḥāq.
السمحاق الجلدة التي بين العظم وبين اللحم فوق العظم ودون اللحم
The samḥāq is the membrane between the bone and the flesh, above the bone and below the flesh.
ولكل عظم سمحاق
And every bone has a samḥāq.
هي الشجة التي تبلغ تلك القشرة حتى لا يبقى بين اللحم والعظم غيرها
It is the head wound that reaches that peel until nothing remains between the flesh and the bone but it.
وفي السماء سماحيق من غيم
And in the sky are thin layers of clouds.
وعلى ثرب الشاة سماحيق من شحم
And on the omentum of a sheep are thin layers of fat.
أي شيء رقيق كالقشرة
Any thin thing like a peel.
وكلاهما على التشبيه
And both are by analogy.
السمحاق: أثر الختان
The samḥāq: the mark of circumcision.
والسمحوق الطويل الدقيق
And the samḥūq is the tall and slender one.