صحن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root 'صحن' primarily relates to open, spacious areas, particularly courtyards or flat expanses of land. It also extends to concepts of giving, vessels, and striking, with some specialized meanings in anatomy and warfare.

Derived headwords

الصَّحْنnoun

1.
Courtyardboth
A courtyard in the center of a house, or a wide open space in a desert or similar flat, expansive area.
2.
Level groundboth
The level part of the ground.
3.
Valley floorclassical
The floor of a valley, its slope, and a slight elevation from the ground, where each part is slightly elevated as if supported.
4.
Vesselclassical
A large bowl-like vessel, wider than it is deep.
5.
Giftclassical
A gift or something given.
6.
Cupclassical
A cup, neither large nor small.
7.
Inner part of hoofclassical
The inner part of a horse's hoof.
8.
Inner earclassical
The inside of the ear, or its cavity.
9.
Drumclassical
A type of drum, two of which are struck against each other.

ومهمه أغبر ذي صحون — And a dusty, vast expanse.

والأرض المستوية أيضا مثل عرصة المربد صحن — And level ground is also like the courtyard of a cattle pen, a sahn.

صُحُونnoun

1.
Courtyardsboth
The plural of sahn, referring to courtyards or open spaces.

صَحْنَةnoun

1.
Charmclassical
A charm or amulet used by women to ensnare men.

الصَّحْنَاءnoun

1.
Fish condimentclassical
A condiment made from fish, which can be pronounced with or without elongation.

الصَّحْنَاةnoun

1.
Fish condiment (Persian)classical
A condiment made from fish, considered a Persian word also known as 'sair'.

صَحَنَverb

1.
To giveclassical
To give someone something, especially from a vessel.
2.
To strikeclassical
To strike someone, for example, with twenty lashes.
3.
To spearclassical
To spear something with a spear, or to strike with a spear.
4.
To run (horse)classical
For a horse to run or gallop, striking with its legs.
5.
To reconcileclassical
To reconcile or bring peace between people.

صحنته دينارا أي أعطاه — I gave him a dinar, meaning I gave it to him.

صحنه عشرين سوطا أي ضربه — I struck him twenty lashes, meaning I beat him.

صحنه برجله إذا رمحه بها — He speared it with his leg, meaning he speared it with it.

صحنته الفرس صحنا: ركضته برجلها — The horse struck him with its legs, meaning it galloped.

صحن بين القوم صحنا: أصلح — He reconciled between the people, meaning he made peace.

تَصَحَّنَverb

1.
To begclassical
To beg from people, using a bowl or other vessel.

تصحن السائل الناس: سألهم في قصعة وغيرها — The beggar asked the people, meaning he asked them in a bowl or otherwise.

خرج فلان يتصحن الناس أي يسألهم — So-and-so went out begging from people, meaning asking them.

المَصْحَنَةnoun

1.
Vesselclassical
A vessel similar to a large bowl (qas'ah).

صَحُونadjective

1.
Spearing (camel)classical
A female camel that spears or attacks.
2.
Galloping (horse)classical
A horse that runs or gallops forcefully.
3.
White and reddish (female animal)classical
A female animal, specifically a female donkey, that has white and reddish coloration.

ناقة صحون أي رموح — A camel that spears, meaning one that attacks.

فرس صحون: رامحة — A galloping horse, meaning a spearing one.

وأتان صحون: فيها بياض وحمرة — And a female donkey that is صحون, meaning it has whiteness and redness.

أَصْحَانnoun

1.
Inner ear cavitiesclassical
The plural of 'sahn al-udhun', referring to the spacious cavities within the ears of a horse.

صِحَانnoun

1.
Cupsclassical
A plural of 'sahn' referring to cups.

من العلاب ومن الصحان — From the cups and from the cups.

أَصْحُنnoun

1.
Cupsclassical
A plural of 'sahn' referring to cups.

Parallel reading

الصحن: ساحة وسط الدار، وساحة وسط الفلاة ونحوهما من متون الأرض وسعة بطونها

The sahn: a courtyard in the center of the house, and a wide open space in the desert and similar flat, expansive areas of land.

ومهمه أغبر ذي صحون

And a dusty, vast expanse.

والصحن: المستوي من الأرض.

And the sahn: the level part of the ground.

والصحن: صحن الوادي، وهو سنده وفيه شيء من إشراف عن الأرض، يشرف الأول فالأول كأنه مسند إسنادا

And the sahn: the floor of the valley, which is its slope and has some elevation from the ground, each part being elevated as if supported.

وصحن الجبل وصحن الأكمة مثله.

And the sahn of the mountain and the sahn of the hill are similar.

وصحنون الأرض: دفوفها، وهو منجرد يسيل، وإن لم يكن منجردا فليس بصحن، وإن كان فيه شجر فليس بصحن حتى يستوي

And the sahn of the earth: its flat expanses, which are smooth and flowing; if it is not smooth, it is not a sahn, and if it has trees, it is not a sahn until it is level.

والأرض المستوية أيضا مثل عرصة المربد صحن.

And the level ground is also like the courtyard of a cattle pen, a sahn.

وقال الفراء: الصحن والصرحة ساحة الدار وأوسعها.

And Al-Farra' said: The sahn and the sarhah are the courtyard of the house and its widest part.

والصحن: شبه العس العظيم إلا أن فيه عرضا وقرب قعر.

And the sahn: it is like a large 'ass' (vessel) except that it is wide and has a shallow bottom.

يقال: صحنته إذا أعطيته شيئا فيه.

It is said: I sahn-ed it if you gave it something in it.

يقال: صحنه دينارا أي أعطاه

It is said: I sahn-ed him a dinar, meaning I gave it to him.

وقيل: الصحن القدح لا بالكبير ولا بالصغير

And it was said: The sahn is a cup, neither large nor small.

ألا هبي بصحنك فاصبحينا، ... ولا تبقن خمر الأندرينا

Hurry with your cup and give us morning drink... and leave no wines of Al-Andarin.

والجمع أصحن وصحان؛ عن ابن الأعرابي؛ وأنشد: من العلاب ومن الصحان

And the plural is 'as-han' and 'sihaan'; from Ibn Al-A'rabi; and he recited: From the cups and from the cups.

ابن الأعرابي: أول الأقداح الغمر، وهو الذي لا يروي الواحد، ثم القعب يروي الرجل، ثم العس يروي الرفد، ثم الصحن، ثم التبن.

Ibn Al-A'rabi: The first of the vessels is the ghamr, which does not quench one person's thirst; then the qa'b quenches a man's thirst; then the 'ass' quenches a company; then the sahn; then the tibn.

والصحن: باطن الحافر.

And the sahn: the inner part of the hoof.

وصحن الأذن: داخلها، وقيل: محارتها.

And the sahn of the ear: its inside, and it was said: its cavity.

وصحنا أذني الفرس: متسع مستقر داخلهما، والجمع أصحان.

And the sahnaan of the horse's ears: the spacious resting place within them, and the plural is 'as-haan'.

والمصحنة: إناء نحو القصعة.

And the mas-hanah: a vessel like a qas'ah (bowl).

تصحن السائل الناس: سألهم في قصعة وغيرها.

He tas-han-ed the people: he asked them in a bowl or otherwise.

قال أبو زيد: خرج فلان يتصحن الناس أي يسألهم، ولم يقل في قصعة ولا في غيرها.

Abu Zayd said: So-and-so went out tas-han-ing the people, meaning asking them, and he did not specify in a bowl or otherwise.

وقال أبو عمرو: الصحن الضرب.

And Abu Amr said: The sahn is striking.

يقال: صحنه عشرين سوطا أي ضربه.

It is said: I sahn-ed him twenty lashes, meaning I beat him.

وصحنته صحنات أي ضربته.

And I sahn-ed him sahn-aat, meaning I beat him.

الأصمعي: الصحن الرمح، يقال: صحنه برجله إذا رمحه بها؛ وأنشد قوله يصف عيرا وأتانه: قوداء لا تضغن أو ضغون، ... ملحة لنحره صحون

Al-Asma'i: The sahn is the spear; it is said: he sahn-ed it with his leg if he speared it with it; and he recited his saying describing a wild ass and its mate: Long-necked, not resentful or resentful, ... its chest is sahn-ing (speared).

يقول: كلما دنا الحمار منها صحنته أي رمحته.

He means: whenever the donkey approached it, he sahn-ed it, meaning he speared it.

وناقة صحون أي رموح.

And a camel sahun, meaning spearing (attacking).

وصحنته الفرس صحنا: ركضته برجلها.

And the horse sahn-ed it a sahn: it galloped it with its leg.

وفرس صحون: رامحة.

And a sahun horse: a spearing one.

وأتان صحون: فيها بياض وحمرة.

And a sahun female donkey: it has whiteness and redness.

والصحن: طسيت، وهما صحنان يضرب أحدهما على الآخر؛ قال الراجز: سامرني أصوات صنج ملميه، ... وصوت صحني قينة مغنيه

And the sahn: a tasht (cymbal), and they are two sahns, one struck upon the other; the rajaz poet said: The sounds of varied cymbals entertained me, ... and the sound of my sahn, a singing slave girl.

وصحن بين القوم صحنا: أصلح.

And he sahn-ed between the people a sahn: he reconciled.

والصحنة، بسكون الحاء: خرزة تؤخذ بها النساء الرجال.

And the sahnah, with a sukun on the ha: a charm by which women take men.

اللحياني: والصحناء، بالكسر، إدام يتخذ من السمك، يمد ويقصر، والصحناة أخص منه.

Al-Lihyani: And the sahnā', with a kasrah, is a condiment made from fish, which can be pronounced with elongation or shortening, and the sahnāh is more specific than it.

وقال ابن سيده: الصحنا والصحناة الصير.

And Ibn Sidah said: The sahnā and the sahnāh are the sair (a type of condiment).

وسأل رجل الحسن عن الصحناة فقال: وهل يأكل المسلمون الصحناة؟ قال: ولم يعرفها الحسن لأنها فارسية، ولو سأله عن الصير لأجابه.

A man asked Al-Hasan about the sahnāh, and he said: Do Muslims eat sahnāh? He said: And Al-Hasan did not know it because it is Persian; if he had asked him about the sair, he would have answered him.