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المصطح
Root entry · 6 derived lemmasThis 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.barren desertclassical
A desert area that lacks vegetation and is therefore unsuitable for grazing animals.
- 2.threshing floorclassical
A place that is prepared and leveled for the purpose of treading and separating grain from its stalks.
صَحْرَاءnoun
- 1.desertboth
A large, arid, and often barren tract of land with little or no vegetation.
رَعْيnoun
- 1.grazingboth
The act of animals feeding on grass or other vegetation in a pasture or field.
يُسَوُّونَهverb
- 1.they level itboth
They make it flat and even, typically referring to preparing a surface.
دَوْسnoun
- 1.treadingboth
The act of stepping on something repeatedly, often to crush or compact it, such as in threshing grain.
حَصِيدnoun
- 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.