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المصطح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a barren or desolate desert area unsuitable for grazing. It also refers to a specific place prepared for threshing harvested crops.

Derived headwords

المُصْطَحّnoun
  1. 1.
    barren desertclassical

    A desert area that lacks vegetation and is therefore unsuitable for grazing animals.

  2. 2.
    threshing floorclassical

    A place that is prepared and leveled for the purpose of treading and separating grain from its stalks.

صَحْرَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    desertboth

    A large, arid, and often barren tract of land with little or no vegetation.

رَعْيnoun
  1. 1.
    grazingboth

    The act of animals feeding on grass or other vegetation in a pasture or field.

يُسَوُّونَهverb
  1. 1.
    they level itboth

    They make it flat and even, typically referring to preparing a surface.

دَوْسnoun
  1. 1.
    treadingboth

    The act of stepping on something repeatedly, often to crush or compact it, such as in threshing grain.

حَصِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    harvestboth

    The crop that has been gathered, or the act of gathering a crop.

Parallel reading

المُصْطَحّ، كمنبر: الصحراء ليس بها رعي، ومكان يسوونه لدوس الحصيد فيه.
Al-mustaḥḥ, like minbar: the desert which has no grazing, and a place they level for treading the harvest therein.
الصحراء ليس بها رعي
The desert has no grazing.
ومكان يسوونه لدوس الحصيد فيه
And a place they level for treading the harvest therein.