سهك

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns unpleasant odors, particularly those associated with sweat, rancid meat, or fish. It also extends to meanings related to rapid, light movement, crushing, and strong winds.

Derived headwords

السَّهْكnoun

1.
foul odorboth
A foul odor detected from a person due to sweat.
2.
rancidityclassical
The unpleasant smell of meat when it becomes rancid.
3.
fishy smellclassical
The smell of fish.
4.
rust smellclassical
The smell of rust on iron.

سَهَكَverb

1.
to sweat foullyboth
To emit a foul odor from sweat.
2.
to run lightlyclassical
The wind or an animal ran with a light, swift gait.
3.
to crushclassical
To crush or grind something.
4.
to blow dustclassical
The wind blew dust away from the face of the earth.

سَهْكًاnoun

1.
foul odorboth
A foul odor, as from sweat.
2.
light runningclassical
A light, swift gait or movement.
3.
crushingclassical
The act of crushing or grinding.

سَهْكadjective

1.
foul-smellingboth
Having a foul odor, especially from sweat.

السَّهْكَةnoun

1.
foul odorclassical
A foul odor, particularly the rancidity of meat.

سُهُوكُهَاnoun

1.
gaitclassical
The manner of running or moving, especially of a horse, characterized by swiftness and side-to-side motion.

المَسْهَكnoun

1.
wind passageclassical
A passage or path for the wind.

مَسْهَكadjective

1.
swift-runningclassical
Describing a horse that runs swiftly.

تَسَهَّوَكَverb

1.
to perishclassical
To turn away, perish, or be destroyed.

سَحَقَهُverb

1.
to crushclassical
A variant pronunciation or usage for 'to crush' or 'to grind'.

سَهْكnoun

1.
breaking and grindingclassical
The act of breaking and grinding, especially after initial crushing.

سَاهِكadjective

1.
dust-blowingclassical
Describing wind that blows dust.

سَوَاهِكnoun

1.
dust stormsclassical
Winds that blow dust; dust storms.

سَاهِكَةadjective

1.
strong windclassical
A strong, sweeping, and intensely moving wind.

سُهُوكadjective

1.
strong windclassical
A strong, sweeping, and intensely moving wind.

سَيْهَكadjective

1.
strong windclassical
A strong, sweeping, and intensely moving wind.

سَيْهُوجadjective

1.
strong windclassical
A strong, sweeping, and intensely moving wind.

سَهُوجadjective

1.
strong windclassical
A strong, sweeping, and intensely moving wind.

سَيْهَجadjective

1.
strong windclassical
A strong, sweeping, and intensely moving wind.

المِسْهَكَةnoun

1.
wind passageclassical
A passage or path for the wind.

سَاهِكnoun

1.
eye ailmentclassical
An eye ailment similar to 'a'ir' (redness and itching).

سَهَّاكadjective

1.
eloquentclassical
A fluent and eloquent speaker.

السَّهُوكnoun

1.
eagleclassical
An eagle.

السُّهُوكَةnoun

1.
epilepsyclassical
Epilepsy or a seizure.

تَسَهَّوَكَverb

1.
to have epilepsyclassical
To be afflicted with epilepsy or a seizure.

سَهَاكَةnoun

1.
pretextclassical
A pretext or excuse, akin to a lie.

سَحَقْتَهُverb

1.
to crush itclassical
To crush it, often with a stone or pestle.

يَسْهَكْنَverb

1.
to tread downclassical
They tread down the pile of fabrics until the fibers detach.

Parallel reading

إنه لسهك الريح

He has a foul odor from sweat.

وقد سهك سهكا

And he emitted a foul odor.

وهو سهك

And he is foul-smelling.

سهكين من صدإ الحديد كأنهم، ... تحت السنور، جنة البقار

Two foul-smelling things from the rust of iron, as if they were... under the cat, the armor of the cattle.

والسهك والسهكة: قبح رائحة اللحم إذا خنز.

And 'al-sahk' and 'al-sahkah' refer to the foul smell of meat when it becomes rancid.

وسهكت الريح، وسهكت الدابة سهوكا: جرت جريا خفيفا

And the wind ran, and the animal ran with a light gait.

وقيل سهوكها استنانها يمينا وشمالا

And it was said that its 'suhuk' is its darting right and left.

وأساهيكها ضروب جريها واستنانها

And its 'asahik' are the ways of its running and darting.

أذرى أساهيك عتيق أل

It scattered the ways of its running, an old, swift one.

والمسهك: ممر الريح.

And 'al-mas-hak' is the passage of the wind.

وفرس مسهك أي سريع الجري.

And a 'mas-hak' horse means one that runs swiftly.

والسهك، بالتحريك، ريح السمك وصدأ الحديد.

And 'al-sahk', with vowelization, is the smell of fish and rust of iron.

يقال: يدي من السمك وصدإ الحديد سهكة، كما يقال يدي من اللبن والزبد وضرة، ومن اللحم غمرة.

It is said: My hands have a 'sahkah' from fish and rust of iron, just as one says my hands have a 'durrah' from milk and butter, and a 'ghamrah' from meat.

وسهوكته فتسهوك أي أدبر وهلك.

And his 'suhukah' led him to 'tasehwak', meaning he turned away and perished.

وسهكه يسهكه: لغة في سحقه.

And 'sahakahu yashkuhu' is a dialectal variant for 'sahakahu' (to crush it).

وسهك الشيء يسهكه سهكا: سحقه

And 'sahaka al-shay'a yashkuhu sahkan' means to crush it.

وقيل: السهك الكسر والسحق بعد السهك.

And it was said: 'Al-sahk' is the breaking and grinding after the initial crushing.

وسهكت الريح التراب عن وجه الأرض تسهكه سهكا: كسحقته

And the wind blew the dust from the face of the earth, 'tashkuhu sahkan', meaning it crushed it.

وذلك التراب سيهك.

And that dust is 'sayhak' (blown away).

ويقال: سهكت الريح إذا أطارت ترابها؛

And it is said: The wind 'sahakat' when it blows away its dust.

رمادا أطارته السواهك رمددا

Ashes that the dust storms blew away, causing redness.

وريح ساهكة وسهوك وسيهك وسيهوك وسهوج وسيهج وسيهوج ومسهكة: عاصف قاشرة شديدة المرور؛

And a 'sahikah', 'sahuk', 'sayhak', 'sayhuk', 'sahuj', 'sayhaj', and 'mas-hakah' wind is a violent, sweeping, intensely moving storm.

بساهكات دقق وجلجال

With dust storms of fine and coarse particles.

وبوارح الأرواح كل عشية، ... هيف تروح وسيهك تجري

And the morning winds every evening, ... light ones that go and 'sayhak' ones that run.

وسهكت الريح أي مرت مرا شديدا

And the wind 'sahakat' means it passed with great force.

والمسهكة: ممرها؛

And 'al-mas-hakah' is its passage.

جمر بمسهكة تشب لمصطلي

Embers in a wind passage, kindled for one seeking warmth.

وبعينه ساهك مثل العائر أي رمد وحكة، ولا فعل له أنما هو من باب الكاهل والغارب.

And in his eye is a 'sahik', like 'al-'a'ir', meaning redness and itching; it has no verb form, but is from the pattern of 'kahil' and 'gharib'.

وخطيب سهاك: بليغ؛

And a 'sahhak' orator is eloquent.

والسهوك: العقاب.

And 'al-suhuk' is the eagle.

والسهوكة: الصرع، وقد تسهوك.

And 'al-suhukah' is epilepsy, and one may say 'tasehwaka' (he had epilepsy).

يقال سهاكة من خبر ولهاوة أي تعلة كالكذب.

It is said: 'Sahakah' from news and 'lahawah' means a pretext like a lie.

وتقول: سهكت العطر ثم سحقته، فالسهك كسرك إياه بالفهر ثم تسحقه؛

And you say: 'sahaktu al-'itr' (I crushed the perfume) then 'sahaktuhi' (I ground it); so 'al-sahk' is your breaking it with a stone then grinding it.

وحثثن الجمال، يسهكن بالباغز ... والأرجوان خمل القطيف

And they urged the camels, treading down the pile of fabrics... and the purple of the velvet.

أراد أنهن يطأن خمل القطائف حتى يتحات الخمل.

He meant that they were treading on the pile of velvet until the fibers detached.