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الصوجان

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root refers to things that are dry, hard, and withered, particularly applied to living beings like animals and people, and also to plants like date palms.

Derived headwords

صُوجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    dry, hard beingsclassical

    Refers to anything dry and hard, specifically applied to animals and people.

صُوجَانَةadjective
  1. 1.
    withered, dryclassical

    Describes a date palm that is withered and dry, with stiff fronds.

صُوجَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stiff frondsclassical

    Refers to the stiff and dry fronds of a date palm.

Parallel reading

كل يابس الصلب من الدواب والناس.
Everything dry and hard from animals and people.
ونخلة صوجانة: يابسة، ms0232 كزة السعف.
And a withered date palm: dry, with stiff fronds.
وأي صوجان هو: أي الناس.
And what a withered one is: meaning people.