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ءسنتوا

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to drought, barrenness, and scarcity, particularly concerning land and time. It also extends to concepts of scarcity in goodness, specific food items, and a type of companion.

Derived headwords

أَسْنَتُواverb
  1. 1.
    to become drought-strickenclassical

    To experience a period of severe drought, leading to barrenness.

السَّنَتadjective
  1. 1.
    scarce in goodnessclassical

    Describing someone or something that possesses little or no goodness or benefit.

سَنَتُونnoun
  1. 1.
    scarce onesclassical

    Plural of 'al-sanat', referring to those who are scarce in goodness or benefit.

أَرْضٌ سَنَتَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    barren landclassical

    Land that is infertile and does not produce vegetation, typically due to drought.

مُسْنَتَةadjective
  1. 1.
    barren landclassical

    Land that is infertile and does not produce vegetation, typically due to drought.

عَامٌ سُنَيْتٌadjective
  1. 1.
    drought yearclassical

    A year characterized by severe drought and scarcity.

عَامٌ مُسْنِتٌadjective
  1. 1.
    drought yearclassical

    A year characterized by severe drought and scarcity.

سَانَتُواverb
  1. 1.
    to seek out vegetationclassical

    To search for and follow the vegetation in the land, likely during or after a drought.

السُّنُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    curdled milkclassical

    A type of dairy product, specifically curdled milk or whey.

  2. 2.
    cheeseclassical

    A food product made from pressed curds of milk.

  3. 3.
    honeyclassical

    A sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees.

  4. 4.
    date syrupclassical

    A thick syrup extracted from dates.

  5. 5.
    dillclassical

    An aromatic herb used in cooking.

  6. 6.
    fennelclassical

    An aromatic plant with feathery leaves, used in cooking and medicine.

  7. 7.
    cuminclassical

    A spice made from the dried seed of a plant in the parsley family.

  8. 8.
    frothclassical

    A mass of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid.

  9. 9.
    a type of dateclassical

    A specific variety of date fruit.

سَنَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to put intoclassical

    To place something into a pot or container.

المُسَنِّتadjective
  1. 1.
    unreasonably angry companionclassical

    A person who accompanies you and becomes angry without a valid cause.

Parallel reading

أجدبوا
They became drought-stricken.
والسَّنَت، ككتف: القليل الخير، ج: سَنَتُون
And 'al-sanat', like 'katif': scarce in goodness, plural: 'sanatun'.
وأرض سَنَتَة ومُسْنَتَة: لم تنبت
And a land 'sanatah' and 'musnatah': did not grow.
وعامٌ سُنَيْتٌ ومُسْنِتٌ: جَدِبَ
And a year 'sunaytun' and 'musnitun': was barren.
وسَانَتُوا الأرض: تَتَبَّعُوا نَبَاتَهَا
And they 'sanatu' the land: they followed its vegetation.
والسُّنُوت، كَتَنُّور وسُنُّور: الزُّبْد، والجُبْن، والعَسَل، وضَرْبٌ مِن التَّمْر، والرُّبّ، والشَّبَت، والرازِيانج، والكَمُّون
And 'al-sunut', like 'tannur' and 'sunnur': the froth, and the cheese, and the honey, and a type of date, and the syrup, and the dill, and the fennel, and the cumin.
وسَنَّتَ القِدْرَ تَسْنِيتًا: جَعَلَهُ فِيهَا
And he 'sannata' the pot with 'tasnitan': he put it in it.
والمُسَنِّت: مَنْ يُصَاحِبُكَ فَيَغْضَبُ مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ
And 'al-musnit': one who accompanies you and gets angry without a reason.