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سنسق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to small, fragrant plants, specifically myrtle, and by extension, to pleasant scents and fine, delicate things.

Derived headwords

سِنِسْقnoun
  1. 1.
    small myrtleclassical

    Refers to the young or small branches and leaves of the myrtle tree, known for its fragrance.

  2. 2.
    fragrant plantclassical

    A general term for a small, fragrant plant, often associated with myrtle.

سِنِسْقnoun
  1. 1.
    pleasant scentclassical

    By extension, the term can refer to a delightful and pervasive fragrance emanating from plants.

Parallel reading

روي أن خالد بن صفوان دخل على يزيد بن المهلب وهو يتغدى فقال: يا أبا صفوان، الغداء
It is narrated that Khalid bin Safwan entered upon Yazid bin Al-Muhallab while he was having lunch and said: 'O Abu Safwan, lunch?'
فقال أيها الأمير، لقد أكلت أكلة لست ناسيها، أتيت ضيعتي إبان العمارة فجلت فيها جولة، ثم ملت إلى غرفة هفافة تخترقها الرياح فرشت أرضها بالرياحين: من بين ضيمران نافح، وسنسق فائح، وأتيت بخبز أرز كأنه قطع العقيق، وسمك بناني بيض البطون سود المتون عراض السرر غلاظ القصر، ودقة وخل ومري؛
He replied, 'O Prince, I have eaten a meal I will not forget. I came to my estate during the time of cultivation and walked around it for a while, then I turned to a light chamber through which the winds blew. I spread its floor with fragrant plants: among them, fragrant wild marjoram, and fragrant small myrtle, and I was brought rice bread as if it were pieces of agate, and fish from Banan with white bellies, black backs, wide fins, and thick tails, and salt, vinegar, and marri sauce.'
من بين ضيمران نافح، وسنسق فائح
among them, fragrant wild marjoram, and fragrant small myrtle
فرشت أرضها بالرياحين
I spread its floor with fragrant plants
أتيت بخبز أرز كأنه قطع العقيق
I was brought rice bread as if it were pieces of agate
وسمك بناني بيض البطون سود المتون عراض السرر غلاظ القصر
and fish from Banan with white bellies, black backs, wide fins, and thick tails
ودقة وخل ومري
and salt, vinegar, and marri sauce
السنسق صغار الآس
The sinisq are the small myrtles
والدقة الملح
And the dqqah is salt