سحم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root سحم (s-h-m) primarily denotes blackness, particularly a dark, raven-like hue. It extends to describe dark colors in animals, plants, and even abstract concepts like darkness or a dark cloud. The root also encompasses related concepts like intensity, firmness, and specific types of plants and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

السَّحْمُnoun

1.
blacknessboth
The color black, especially a dark, raven-like blackness.
2.
darknessclassical
Darkness, referring to the absence of light.

السُّحَامُnoun

1.
blacknessboth
A deep black color, similar to that of a raven.

السُّحْمَةُnoun

1.
blacknessboth
A dark color, specifically blackness like that of a raven.
2.
dark complexionboth
A dark complexion or skin color.
3.
type of herbageclassical
A type of white herbage resembling 'sakhbarah', growing in the plains and hills of Najd, neither grass nor tree, but closer to 'tarifah' and 'silyan'.
4.
lump of ironclassical
A lump or mass of iron.

أَسْحَمُadjective

1.
blackboth
Black, especially with a dark, raven-like hue.
2.
dark-skinnedboth
Having a dark complexion or dark skin.

سَحْمَاءُadjective

1.
blackboth
Black, possessing a dark, raven-like color.
2.
dark-skinned womanboth
A woman with a dark complexion.
3.
dark cloudclassical
A dark cloud, specifically a rain cloud.

سَحْمَاوَانِnoun

1.
hornsclassical
The two horns of an animal, interpreted as dark or black.

الإِسْحِمَانُnoun

1.
dark-skinned personclassical
A person with a very dark complexion or skin.
2.
type of treeclassical
A certain type of tree, described as black or dark.
3.
mountainclassical
A specific mountain, named 'al-Isḥimān'.

الْأَسْحَمَانُnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A type of tree, often described as black or dark.

سَحْمٌnoun

1.
type of herbageclassical
A type of herbage, similar to 'silyan' and 'tarifah', growing in the plains.
2.

بَنُو سَحْمَةَname

1.
Banu Sahmahclassical
A tribe or clan named 'Banu Sahmah'.

سُحَيْمٌname

1.
small waterskinclassical
A diminutive form of 'asḥam', referring to a small, dark waterskin.
2.
dog's nameclassical
A name given to dogs.

سَحَامٌname

1.
dog's nameclassical
A name given to dogs.
2.
place nameclassical
A place named 'Suḥām'.

أَسْحَمَتِ السَّمَاءُverb

1.
sky poured rainclassical
The sky poured down its water, referring to heavy rain.

Parallel reading

السَّحْمُ والسُّحَامُ والسُّحْمَةُ: السَّوَادُ

Al-saḥm, al-suḥām, and al-suḥmah: blackness.

وقال الليث: السُّحْمَةُ سَوَادٌ كَلَوْنِ الغُرَابِ الأَسْحَمِ، وكُلُّ أَسْوَدَ أَسْحَمُ.

And Al-Layth said: Al-suḥmah is a blackness like the color of the raven, and every black thing is asḥam.

وفي حديث المُلَاعَنَةِ: إِنْ جَاءَ بِهِ أَسْحَمَ أَحْتَمَ؛ هُوَ الأَسْوَدُ.

And in the hadith of the mutual imprecation: 'If she brings him asḥam aḥtam; he is black.'

وعنده امرأةٌ سَحْمَاءُ أَي سَوْدَاءُ

And he had a saḥmā' woman, meaning a black woman.

والإِسْحِمَانُ: الشَّدِيدُ الأُدْمَةِ

And al-Isḥimān: one with a very dark complexion.

والسُّحْمَةُ: كَلَأٌ يُشْبِهُ السَّخْبَرَةَ أَبْيَضُ يَنْبُتُ في البَرَاقِ والإِكَامِ بِنَجْدٍ

And al-suḥmah: herbage resembling al-sakhbarah, white, growing in the plains and hills of Najd.

والجَمْعُ سَحْمٌ

And the plural is saḥm.

وأَبو حَنِيفَةَ: السَّحْمُ يَنْبُتُ نَبْتَ النَّصِيِّ والصُّلَيَّانِ والعَنْكَثِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ يَطُولُ فَوْقَهَا في السَّمَاءِ

And Abu Hanifah: Al-saḥm grows like al-naṣiyy, al-ṣulayyān, and al-ʿankath, except that it grows taller than them towards the sky.

وابنُ السِّكِّيتِ: السَّحْمُ والصَّفَارُ نَبْتَانِ

And Ibn al-Sikkit: Al-saḥm and al-ṣafār are two plants.

والأَسْحَمَانِ: ضَرْبٌ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ

And al-Asḥamān: a type of tree.

وقيل: الإِسْحِمَانُ الأَسْوَدُ

And it was said: Al-Isḥimān is the black one.

وهذا خَطَأٌ لِأَنَّ الأَسْوَدَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الأَسْحَمُ

And this is an error, because the black one is only al-asḥam.

الجَوْهَرِيُّ: الأَسْحَمُ في قَوْلِ زُهَيْرٍ: نَجَاءُ مَجْدٍ، لَيْسَ فِيهِ وَتِيرَةٌ، ... وتَذْبِيبُهَا عَنْهُ بِأَسْحَمَ مَذْوَدٍ

Al-Jawhari: Al-asḥam in the saying of Zuhayr: 'A swift escape of glory, with no weakness in it, ... and their warding off from it with a black, driven (beast).

هو السَّحَابُ، وقيل: السَّحَابُ الأَسْوَدُ

It is the clouds, and it was said: the black clouds.

ويُقَالُ للسَّحَابَةِ السَّوْدَاءِ سَحْمَاءُ

And the black cloud is called saḥmā'.

وفي قول الأعشى: رَضِيعَيْ لِبَانٍ ثَدْيِ أُمٍّ، تَحَالَفَا ... بِأَسْحَمَ دَاجٍ: عِوَضٌ لَا نَتَفَرَّقُ

And in the saying of Al-A'sha: 'Two nurslings of milk from their mother's breast, they swore ... by a dark, enveloping (thing): we shall not separate.'

يُقَالُ: الدَّمُ تُغْمَسُ فِيهِ اليَدُ عِنْدَ التَّحَالُفِ

It is said: blood into which the hand is dipped during the oath.

وفي حديث عُمَرَ بْنِ الخَطَّابِ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ احْمِلْنِي وسُحَيْمًا؛ هُوَ تَصْغِيرُ أَسْحَمَ وأَرَادَ بِهِ الزِّقَّ لِأَنَّهُ أَسْوَدُ، وأَوْهَمَهُ أَنَّهُ اسْمُ رَجُلٍ.

And in the hadith of Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him: A man said to him, 'Carry me and Suḥaym'; it is the diminutive of asḥam, and he meant a waterskin because it is black, and he made him think it was a man's name.

أَسْحَمَتِ السَّمَاءُ وأَثْجَمَتْ صَبَّتْ مَاءَهَا.

The sky asḥamat and athjamat, it poured its water.

ابنُ الأَعْرَابِيِّ: السُّحْمَةُ الكُتْلَةُ مِنَ الحَدِيدِ، وجَمْعُهَا سَحْمٌ

Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-suḥmah is a lump of iron, and its plural is saḥm.

وأَنْشَدَ لِطَرْفَةَ في صِفَةِ الخَيْلِ: مُنْعَلَاتٍ بالسَّحْمِ

And he recited for Ṭarfah in description of horses: 'Hooves shod with saḥm.'

قال: والسَّحْمُ مَطَارِقُ الحَدَّادِ

He said: And al-saḥm are the blacksmith's hammers.

وسُحَامٌ: مَوْضِعٌ.

And Suḥām: a place.

وسُحَيْمٌ وسُحَامٌ: مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ الكِلَابِ؛ قَالَ لَبِيدٌ: فَتَقَصَّدْتُ مِنْهَا كَسَابٍ، فَضَرَّجَتْ ... بِدَمٍ، وغُودِرَ في المَكْرِ سُحَامُهَا

And Suḥaym and Suḥām: among the names of dogs; Labīd said: 'So I targeted from them a swift one, and it was drenched ... in blood, and Suḥām was left behind in the place of struggle.'