سءي

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of stretching, tearing, and affliction. It extends to meanings related to the extremities of objects, a horse's ailment, and a person's ambition or intention. It also encompasses the idea of causing discord or spoiling something, and by inversion, experiencing something negative.

Derived headwords

سَأَيْتُverb

1.
to stretch and tearboth
To stretch a garment or hide, causing it to split.

سَأْيًاnoun

1.
stretching and tearingboth
The act of stretching something until it tears.

سَأْوًاverb

1.
to stretch and tearboth
Similar to سَأَيْتُ, to stretch something until it splits.

السَّأْيُnoun

1.
ailment of a camelclassical
A disease affecting the hindquarters of a female camel.

سِئَةُnoun

1.
tip of a bowboth
The curved and reinforced tip of a bow.

سُؤَةُnoun

1.
tip of a bowboth
The curved and reinforced tip of a bow (variant pronunciation).

أَسْأَيْتُverb

1.
to equip a bowclassical
To fashion or equip a bow with its tips (سِئَة).

سِئَاتُهَاnoun

1.
tips of a bowclassical
The plural of سِئَة, referring to the tips of a bow.

السَّأْوُnoun

1.
homelandclassical
One's homeland or native place.
2.
ambitionclassical
Ambition, aspiration, or a strong desire.
3.
intentionclassical
An intention or a hidden purpose.

سَأْوًاverb

1.
to spoilclassical
To cause discord or spoil relations between people.

سَآهُverb

1.
to grieveclassical
To grieve or sadden someone (an inversion of سَاءَهُ).

مُسَاءَاتِيكَnoun

1.
things that grieve youclassical
Things that cause you sorrow or distress (a plural form derived from the concept of grieving).

سَأْوًاverb

1.
to grieveclassical
To cause someone to grieve or be saddened (variant of سَاءَهُ).

Parallel reading

سَأَيْتُ الثوب والجلد أسآه سأيا: مددته فانشق

I stretched the garment and the hide, causing it to split.

والسأي: داء في طرف خلف الناقة.

And the sa'y is an ailment in the hindquarters of the she-camel.

وسئة القوس وسؤتها: طرفها المعطوف المعرقب.

And the si'at al-qaws and su'atuha: its curved and reinforced tip.

وأسأيت القوس: جعلت لها سئة

And as'aytu al-qaws: I made for it a tip.

قياس نبع عاج من سئاتها

Measuring ivory from its tips.

والسأو: الوطن؛

And al-sa'w: the homeland;

كأنني من هوى خرقاء مطرف ... دامي الأظل، بعيد السأو مهيوم

As if I, from my love for a capricious woman... with bleeding veins, far from home, am infatuated.

والسأو: الهمة.

And al-sa'w: the ambition.

يقال: فلان بعيد السأو أي بعيد الهمة،

It is said: So-and-so is distant in ambition, meaning distant in his aims.

يعني همه الذي تنازعه نفسه إليه،

Meaning his ambition which his soul pulls him towards,

ويروى هذا البيت بالشين المعجمة من الشأو، وهو الغاية

And this verse is narrated with the letter 'shin' from al-sha'w, which means the goal

والسأو بعد الهم والنزاع،

And al-sa'w is after worry and contention,

يقال: إنك لذو سأو بعيد أي لبعيد الهم.

It is said: You are indeed of distant ambition, meaning of distant aims.

والسأو: النية والطية.

And al-sa'w: the intention and the hidden purpose.

وسأوت بين القوم سأوا أي أفسدت.

And sa'awtu bayna al-qawm sa'wan, meaning I caused discord between the people.

وسآه الأمر: كساءه، مقلوب عن ساءه؛

And al-amr sa'ahu: it saddened him, an inversion of sa'ahu;

لقد لقيت قريظة ما سآها، ... وحل بدارها ذل ذليل

Qurayzah has indeed met what saddened them, ... and humiliation has settled in their dwelling.

وأكره مسائيك،

And I dislike things that grieve you,

ويقال: سأوته بمعنى سؤته.

And it is said: Sa'awtuhu meaning su'tuhu (I grieved him).