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صنا

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dirt, grime, and residue, particularly from fire or cooking. It also extends to concepts of closeness, similarity, and kinship, often metaphorically derived from plants growing from a single source. Additionally, it encompasses ideas of completeness and small water channels.

Derived headwords

الصِّنَاnoun
  1. 1.
    grime, dirtboth

    Dirt, grime, or filth, especially that which accumulates from fire or cooking.

  2. 2.
    ashesclassical

    Specifically, the ashes from a fire.

الصَّنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    grime, dirtboth

    Dirt, grime, or filth, especially that which accumulates from fire or cooking.

  2. 2.
    ashesclassical

    Specifically, the ashes from a fire.

تَصَنَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to sit greedily by cookingclassical

    To sit near a cooking pot out of greed, cooking and roasting until one is covered in grime.

صِنَايَتَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    entirety, all of itclassical

    Taking something in its entirety, completely.

الصُّنِّيّnoun
  1. 1.
    small water channelclassical

    A small channel or ravine where water flows between two mountains.

  2. 2.
    small depressionclassical

    A small depression or hollow that is insignificant.

  3. 3.
    crack in a mountainclassical

    A fissure or crack in a mountain.

الصَّانِيadjective
  1. 1.
    bound to serviceclassical

    One who is habitually bound to service or duty.

الصَّنْوnoun
  1. 1.
    brother, close relativeboth

    A full brother, uncle, or son; metaphorically, someone of the same origin or kind.

  2. 2.
    twin, one of a pairboth

    One of two or more things that grow from a single source, especially trees like date palms.

  3. 3.
    likeness, equalclassical

    A likeness or equal; something similar to another.

  4. 4.
    stone between mountainsclassical

    A stone situated between two mountains.

  5. 5.
    little water between mountainsclassical

    A small amount of water found between two mountains.

أَصْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    brothers, relativesboth

    Plural of صنو, referring to brothers, close relatives, or things of the same kind.

  2. 2.
    likenesses, equalsclassical

    Plural of صنو, referring to likenesses or equals.

  3. 3.
    trees from one rootclassical

    Multiple trees, especially date palms, that grow from a single root.

صِنْوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    twins, pairboth

    Two or more things that grow from a single source, often used for date palms.

  2. 2.
    brothers, relativesboth

    Plural of صنو, referring to brothers or close relatives.

  3. 3.
    likenessesclassical

    Plural of صنو, referring to likenesses or equals.

الصِّنْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female relativeboth

    The female counterpart of صنو, referring to a sister or female relative.

  2. 2.
    offshoot, sucker (palm)classical

    A young shoot or sucker from a date palm's base.

صِنْوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    gathered, clusteredclassical

    Describing things that are gathered together or clustered, especially trees from one root.

غَيْرُ صِنْوَانadjective
  1. 1.
    scattered, solitaryclassical

    Describing things that are separate, scattered, or solitary, not growing from a common source.

الأَصْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    foremost, leadersclassical

    Those who are foremost or leaders.

الصِّنْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    offshoot, sucker (palm)classical

    A young shoot or sucker from a date palm's base.

صِنْوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    idle excavationclassical

    An excavation or pit that has been dug but is left unused or idle.

اصْطَنَىverb
  1. 1.
    to excavateclassical

    To dig or excavate, particularly referring to creating a pit or hole.

Parallel reading

الصِّنَا والصناء: الوسخ، وقيل: الرماد
Al-ṣinā and al-ṣinā': dirt, and it was said: ashes.
ويقال: تصنى فلان إذا قعد عند القدر من شرهه يكبب ويشوي حتى يصيبه الصناء
And it is said: So-and-so 'taṣannā' when he sits by the pot out of his greed, cooking and roasting until the grime affects him.
إذا طال صناء الميت نقي بالأشنان إن شاؤوا
If the grime of the deceased persists, it is cleansed with soapwort if they wish.
أي درنه ووسخه، قال: وروي ضناء، بالضاد، والصواب صناء، بالصاد، وهو وسخ النار والرماد
Meaning its dirt and filth. He said: And it was narrated 'ḍinā', with ḍād, but the correct is 'ṣinā', with ṣād, and it is the filth of fire and ashes.
أخذت الشيء ب صنايته أي أخذته بجميعه
I took the thing with its 'ṣināyatihi', meaning I took all of it.
الصني شعب صغير يسيل فيه الماء بين جبلين
Al-ṣinnī is a small ravine through which water flows between two mountains.
الصني حسي صغير لا يرده أحد ولا يؤبه له
Al-ṣinnī is a small depression that no one minds or pays attention to.
الصاني اللازم للخدمة، والناصي المعربد
Al-ṣānī is one bound to service, and al-nāṣī is the unruly one.
عم الرجل صنو أبيه
A man's uncle is the 'ṣinw' of his father.
معناه أن أصلهما واحد، قال: وأصل الصنو إنما هو في النخل
Its meaning is that their origin is one. He said: And the origin of 'ṣinw' is indeed in date palms.
يقال فلان صنو فلان أي أخوه، ولا يسمى صنوا حتى يكون معه آخر، فهما حينئذ صنوان، وكل واحد منهما صنو صاحبه
It is said: So-and-so is the 'ṣinw' of so-and-so, meaning his brother. And he is not called a 'ṣinw' until there is another with him, then they are 'ṣinwān', and each of them is the 'ṣinw' of his companion.
العباس صنو أبي ، وفي رواية: صنوي
Al-ʿAbbās is the 'ṣinw' of my father, and in another narration: my 'ṣinwān'.
والصنو: المثل، وأصله أن تطلع نخلتان من عرق واحد
And 'al-ṣinw': the likeness, and its origin is two date palms growing from one root.
إذا كانت نخلتان أو ثلاث أو أكثر أصلها واحد فكل واحد منها صنو، والاثنان صنوان، والجمع صنوان
If two, three, or more date palms have one origin, then each of them is a 'ṣinw', and the two are 'ṣinwān', and the plural is 'ṣinwān'.
إذا نبتت الشجرتان من أصل واحد فكل واحدة منهما صنو الأخرى
If two trees grow from one origin, then each of them is a 'ṣinw' of the other.
وركيتان صنوان: متجاورتان إذا تقاربتا ونبعتا من عين واحدة
Two wells are 'ṣinwān': adjacent if they are close and spring from one source.
الصنوان المجتمع وغير الصنوان المتفرق
Al-ṣinwān are the gathered, and ghayr al-ṣinwān are the separated.
الصنوان النخلات أصلهن واحد
Al-ṣinwān are date palms whose origin is one.
الصنوان النخلتان والثلاث والخمس والست أصلهن واحد وفروعهن شتى، وغير صنوان الفاردة
Al-ṣinwān are the two, three, five, and six date palms whose origin is one and their branches are diverse, and ghayr al-ṣinwān is the solitary one.
هاتان نخلتان صنوان ونخيل صنوان وأصناء
These two are date palms 'ṣinwān', and date palms 'ṣinwān' and 'aṣnā'.
ويقال للاثنين قنوان وصنوان، وللجماعة قنوان وصنوان
And for two it is said 'qunwān' and 'ṣinwān', and for a group 'qunwān' and 'ṣinwān'.
الأصناء الأمثال والأنصاء السابقون
Al-aṣnā' are the likenesses, and al-anṣā' are the foremost.
الصنوة الفسيلة
Al-ṣinwah is the offshoot (palm seedling).
يقال للحفر المعطل صنو، وجمعه صنوان
An idle excavation is called 'ṣinw', and its plural is 'ṣinwān'.
إذا احتفر: قد اصطنى
If one digs: 'qad iṣṭanā' (he has excavated).