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سسم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a type of black tree, possibly ebony or a tree used for making bows and arrows. It also refers to the wood from this tree.

Derived headwords

السَّاسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    Black treeclassical

    A type of black tree.

  2. 2.
    Ebonyclassical

    Identified by some as ebony wood.

  3. 3.
    Tree for arrowsclassical

    A tree from which arrows are made.

  4. 4.
    Tree for bowsclassical

    A tree from the mountains used for making bows.

  5. 5.
    Shiz woodclassical

    A tree from which 'shizy' is made.

ساسمnoun
  1. 1.
    Black treeclassical

    A type of black tree.

  2. 2.
    Ebonyclassical

    Identified by some as ebony wood.

  3. 3.
    Tree for arrowsclassical

    A tree from which arrows are made.

  4. 4.
    Tree for bowsclassical

    A tree from the mountains used for making bows.

  5. 5.
    Shiz woodclassical

    A tree from which 'shizy' is made.

الأسْوَد البَهِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    Deep blackclassical

    Describing a very intense, pure black color, like that of the 'sāsim' tree.

الشِّيزَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of woodclassical

    A type of wood derived from the 'sāsim' tree, used for making bows.

Parallel reading

والأسود البهيم كأنه من ساسم
And the deep black, as if it were from sāsim.
قيل: هو شجر أسود
It was said: it is a black tree.
وقيل: هو الآبنوس
And it was said: it is ebony.
والساسم، غير مهموز، شجر يتخذ منه السهام
And al-sāsim, without hamza, is a tree from which arrows are made.
إذا شاء طالع مسجورة، ... ترى حولها النبع والساسما
When he wishes, he surveys a wellspring, ... you see around it the nabʿ tree and the sāsim.
هو من شجر الجبال وهو من العتق التي يتخذ منها القسي
It is from the trees of the mountains and it is from the strong types from which bows are made.
وزعم قوم أنه الآبنوس
And some claimed it is ebony.
وقال آخرون: هو الشيز
And others said: it is the shīz.
وليس واحد من هذين يصلح للقسي
And neither of these two is suitable for bows.
الساسم شجرة تسوى منها الشيزى
Al-sāsim is a tree from which the shīzy (wood) is made.
ناهبتها القوم على صنتع ... أجرب، كالقدح من الساسم
The people vied for it over a sick camel... mangy, like a cup made from sāsim.