صعن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes thinness, delicacy, and smallness, particularly in relation to necks, heads, and ears. It can also extend to a lack of intelligence or mental acuity, often associated with a small head.

Derived headwords

الصُّعُونnoun

1.
slender neck, small headclassical
Refers to something with a slender neck and a small head, often applied to an ostrich.

صُعُنَةnoun

1.
female ostrichclassical
The female counterpart to the ostrich described by الصعون.

أَصْعَنَverb

1.
to have a small head and little senseclassical
A man becomes أصعن when his head becomes small and his intellect diminishes.

الاصْعِنَانnoun

1.
slenderness, delicacyclassical
Refers to the quality of being slender, delicate, and fine.

مِصْعَنَةadjective

1.
delicate, slenderclassical
Describes an ear that is delicate and slender, like a pen.

Parallel reading

الدقيق العنق الصغير الرأس من أي شيء كان، وقد غلب على النعام

The slender-necked, small-headed, of whatever it may be, and it has become predominant for the ostrich.

والأنثى صعونة

And the female is صعونة.

وأصعن الرجل إذا صغر رأسه ونقص عقله

And a man becomes أصعن if his head becomes small and his intellect diminishes.

والاصعنان: الدقة واللطافة

And الاصعنان: slenderness and delicacy.

وأذن مصعنة: لطيفة دقيقة

And a مصعنة ear: delicate and fine.

له عنق مثل جذع السحوق، ... وأذن مصعنة كالقلم

He has a neck like the trunk of a grinding stone, ... and a مصعنة ear like a pen.

والأذن مصعنة كالقلم

And the ear is مصعنة like a pen.