سمن

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of fatness, plumpness, and corpulence, both literally in terms of physical bodies and figuratively in terms of wealth and abundance. It extends to the act of fattening, things associated with fatness, and even geographical locations and specific types of plants and birds.

Derived headwords

سَمِنَverb

1.
to become fatboth
To gain weight and become corpulent or plump.
2.
to be fertileclassical
Describing land as being fertile and productive.

سَمْنnoun

1.
fat, gheeboth
Clarified butter, a dairy product used for cooking and as a foodstuff.
2.
fatnessboth
The state or quality of being fat or corpulent.
3.
fertile soilclassical
Rich, productive land suitable for cultivation.
4.
milk fatclassical
The fatty component of milk.

والسمن: سلاء اللبن — And fatness: the essence of milk

والسمن: سلاء الزبد، والسمن للبقر، وقد يكون للمعزى — And ghee: the essence of butter, and ghee is for cows, and it can be for goats

سَمِينadjective

1.
fat, corpulentboth
Having a large amount of body fat; plump or obese.
2.
rich, fertileclassical
Describing land that is fertile and productive.

والسمين: خلاف المهزول — And the fat: the opposite of the lean

سَمَانَةnoun

1.
fatness, corpulenceboth
The state or quality of being fat; the condition of having excess body weight.
2.
length, durationclassical
Referring to the length or duration of something, as in 'the length of its fatness'.

ركبناها سمانتها — We rode it for its length (of fatness)

سَمِنَverb

1.
to fattenboth
To make something or someone fat.

تَسَمَّنَverb

1.
to fatten oneselfboth
To intentionally gain weight, often through eating.
2.
to pretend to haveclassical
To feign or pretend to possess qualities or status that one does not have.
3.
to seek abundanceclassical
To desire or seek an abundance of material possessions or status.

قوم يتسمنون أي يتكثرون بما ليس فيهم من الخير — People who pretend to have abundance of good they do not possess

أَسْمَنَverb

1.
to fattenboth
To cause something or someone to become fat.
2.
to acquire fatboth
To obtain or possess fat, either by owning fat animals or by buying fat.
3.
to make fertileclassical
To make land fertile and productive.

أسمن الرجل: ملك سمينا أو اشتراه أو وهبه — A man became fat: he owned fat (animals) or bought or was given them

أسمن الرجل: اشترى سمنا — A man acquired fat: he bought ghee

مُسَمَّنadjective

1.
fattenedboth
Made fat, especially through feeding.
2.
fattening (food)both
Food that is prepared with ghee or is intended to make one fat.

وطعام مسمنة للجسم — And food that fattens the body

مُسْمِنadjective

1.
fatteningboth
Causing or tending to cause fatness.
2.
fattened (person)classical
A person who has been deliberately fattened, often with medicine.

امرأة مسمنة سمينة ومسمنة بالأدوية — A woman who is fat and made fat with medicines

مُسْتَسْمَنadjective

1.
found to be fatboth
Something that is discovered or perceived to be fat.
2.
desired to be fatboth
Something that is sought after for its fatness or richness.

واستسمنت اللحم أي وجدته سمينا — And he found the meat to be fat, meaning he found it to be fatty

سُمْنَةnoun

1.
fattening medicineclassical
A medicinal substance used to induce weight gain.
2.
fatnessclassical
The state of being fat.

ويل للمسمنات يوم القيامة من فترة في العظام أي اللاتي يستعملن السمنة — Woe to the women who use fattening medicines on the Day of Resurrection, due to weakness in the bones, meaning those who use the 'sumnah', which is a medicine women use to fatten themselves

سَمِينnoun

1.
fat sellerboth
A merchant who sells ghee or fat.

والسمان: بائع السمن — And the samman: the seller of ghee

سَمَّنَverb

1.
to make fatboth
To cause something to become fat, often by adding ghee.
2.
to coolclassical
To make something cool, possibly by adding a cooling agent.

وسمن الطعام يسمنه سمنا، فهو مسمون: عمله بالسمن ولته به — And to season food with ghee makes it fatty, so it is seasoned: making it with ghee and flavoring it with it

فقال للذي حملها سمنها، فلم يدر ما يريد، فقال عنبسة بن سعيد: إنه يقول لك بردها قليلا — So he said to the one who carried it, 'Cool it,' and he did not understand what he meant, so Anbasah ibn Sa'id said: 'He is telling you to cool it a little.'

سَمِنَانnoun

1.
fatnessclassical
The state of being fat.

سَمُونnoun

1.
fatnessclassical
The state of being fat.

أَسْمَنnoun

1.
fattening medicineclassical
A substance used to make someone or something fat.

سَمِينَةnoun

1.
fattening medicineclassical
A medicine used to induce fatness.
2.
fat landclassical
Fertile and productive land.

سَمَّانَىnoun

1.
quailboth
A type of bird, specifically a quail.

نفسي تمقس من سمانى الأقبر — My soul is weary of the quails of the graves

أَسْمَالnoun

1.
worn-out clothesclassical
Old, tattered, and worn-out garments.

أَسْمَانnoun

1.
worn-out clothesclassical
Old, tattered, and worn-out garments.

سَمَانnoun

1.
pigments, dyesclassical
Substances used for coloring or decorating.

سَمِنname

1.
a place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

سَمْنَانname

1.
a place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

سَمِنَةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

سَمْنِيَّةname

1.
a group of peopleclassical
A sect or group of people, possibly from India, with specific beliefs.
2.
a religious sectclassical
A group adhering to a specific religious or philosophical doctrine, such as transmigration.

سَمْنَةnoun

1.
a type of herbclassical
A plant with fine leaves and stems, bearing white flowers, often associated with summer.

والسمنة: عشبة ذات ورق وقضب دقيقة العيدان لها نورة بيضاء — And the sumnah: a herb with leaves and fine-stemmed branches, having a white inflorescence

Parallel reading

السمن: نقيض الهزال.

Fatness: the opposite of leanness.

والسمين: خلاف المهزول

And the fat: the opposite of the lean

سمن يسمن سمنا وسمانة

He became fat, gaining fatness and corpulence.

وشيء سامن وسمين، والجمع سمان

And something is fat and plump, and its plural is sumaan.

إذا كان السمن خلقة قيل هذا رجل مسمن وقد أسمن.

If the fatness is natural, it is said: this is a naturally fat man, and he has become fat.

وسمنه: جعله سمينا

And he fattened it: he made it fat.

وفي المثل: سمن كلبك يأكلك.

And in the proverb: Fatten your dog, it will eat you.

وقالوا: الينمة تسمن ولا تغزر

And they said: The camel fattens but does not become abundant (in milk).

وأرض سمينة: جيدة الترب قليلة الحجارة قوية على ترشيح النبت.

And fertile land: good soil, little stone, strong for nurturing plants.

والسمن: سلاء اللبن.

And ghee: the essence of milk.

والسمن: سلاء الزبد، والسمن للبقر، وقد يكون للمعزى

And ghee: the essence of butter, and ghee is for cows, and it can be for goats

فتملأ بيتنا أقطا وسمنا، ... وحسبك من غنى شبع وري

So it fills our house with curd and ghee, ... and enough for you of wealth is satiety and satisfaction.

وسمن الطعام يسمنه سمنا، فهو مسمون: عمله بالسمن ولته به

And seasoning food with ghee makes it fatty, so it is seasoned: making it with ghee and flavoring it with it.

وسمن الخبز وسمنه وأسمنه: لته بالسمن.

And he seasoned the bread and made it fatty and fattened it: he flavored it with ghee.

وجاؤوا يستسمنون أي يطلبون السمن أن يوهب لهم.

And they came seeking fatness, meaning they asked for ghee to be gifted to them.

والسمان: بائع السمن.

And the samman: the seller of ghee.

ويقال: سمنته وأسمنته إذا أطعمته السمن

And it is said: I fattened him and made him fat if I fed him ghee.

لحم جزور عثة سمينه أي مسمونة من السمن لا من السمن

Meat of a camel, a fat she-camel, meaning fattened from ghee, not from fatness.

والتسمين: التبريد، طائفية.

And tasmeen: cooling, a sectarian practice.

أنه أتي بسمكة مشوية فقال للذي حملها سمنها، فلم يدر ما يريد، فقال عنبسة بن سعيد: إنه يقول لك بردها قليلا.

He was brought a roasted fish, and he said to the one who carried it, 'Cool it,' and he did not understand what he meant, so Anbasah ibn Sa'id said: 'He is telling you to cool it a little.'

والسمانى: طائر، واحدته سماناة، وقد يكون السمانى واحدا.

And the samani: a bird, its singular is samaniyah, and samani can be singular.

والأسمال والأسمان الأزر الخلقان.

And al-asmaal and al-asman: worn-out clothes.

والسمان: أصباغ يزخرف بها، اسم كالجبان.

And al-summan: pigments with which one decorates, a name like al-jubban.

والسمنية: قوم من أهل الهند دهريون.

And al-Samaniyyah: a people from India, materialists.

السمنية، بضم السين وفتح الميم، فرقة من عبدة الأصنام تقول بالتناسخ وتنكر وقوع العلم بالإخبار.

Al-Samaniyyah, with damma on the sin and fatha on the mim, is a sect of idolaters who believe in transmigration and deny that knowledge occurs through reporting.