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السدح

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of laying something down, often with force or to the ground. It extends to meanings of slaughtering, prostration, falling, and even to concepts of fertility and abundance, as well as place names.

Derived headwords

سَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to slaughterboth

    To slaughter an animal, often implying a forceful act.

  2. 2.
    to lay downboth

    To lay something down flat on the ground.

  3. 3.
    to prostrateboth

    To lie down on one's face in prostration.

  4. 4.
    to fallboth

    To fall onto one's back.

  5. 5.
    to make fallboth

    To cause something or someone to fall or be thrown down.

سَدْحnoun
  1. 1.
    slaughterclassical

    The act of slaughtering, similar to the verb 'sadaḥa'.

  2. 2.
    laying downclassical

    The act of laying something down flat.

انسَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to lie downboth

    To lie down oneself, often flat on the ground.

مَسْدُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    laid downboth

    Describing something that has been laid down flat on the ground.

سَدِيحadjective
  1. 1.
    laid downclassical

    Describing something that has been laid down flat on the ground; an alternative form to 'masdūḥ'.

إِنَاخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    making a camel kneelclassical

    The act of causing a she-camel to kneel down, often for unloading or resting.

إِقَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stayingboth

    The act of staying or residing in a place.

مَلْءnoun
  1. 1.
    fillingboth

    The act of filling a waterskin or container.

تَسْدِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    slaughterclassical

    The act of slaughtering, used synonymously with 'sadaḥa'.

سَادِحَةadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy rain cloudclassical

    A cloud that brings heavy rain.

سَادِحadjective
  1. 1.
    fertileclassical

    Describing a person or land that is fertile or abundant.

سَادِحname
  1. 1.
    Sadih tribeclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific tribe.

Parallel reading

السدح، كالمنع: ذبحك الشيء، وبسطكه على الأرض، والإضجاع، والصرع على الوجه، والإلقاء على الظهر، سدحه فانسدح، وهو مسدوح وسديح، وإناخة الناقة، والإقامة بالمكان، وملء القربة، والقتل كالتسديح، وأن تحظى المرأة من زوجها، وأن تكثر من ولدها.
Al-Sadḥ, like al-Manʿ: slaughtering something, laying it flat on the ground, lying down, prostrating on the face, throwing onto the back, he laid it down and it lay down, and it is laid down and sadiḥ, making a she-camel kneel, staying in a place, filling a waterskin, killing like tasdiḥ, and a woman gaining favor from her husband, and her having many children.
سدحه فانسدح
He laid it down and it lay down.
وهو مسدوح وسديح
And it is laid down and sadiḥ.
والقتل كالتسديح
And killing like tasdiḥ.
وأن تحظى المرأة من زوجها
And a woman gaining favor from her husband.
وأن تكثر من ولدها
And her having many children.
والسادحة: السحابة الشديدة.
And al-Sādiḥah: the heavy rain cloud.
وفلان سادح: مخصب.
And so-and-so is sādiḥ: fertile.
وسادح: قبيلة.
And Sādiḥ: a tribe.