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الصماخ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the ear and its parts, specifically the ear canal. It also extends to meanings of small quantities of water and a specific condition in sheep after lambing.

Derived headwords

الصِّمَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    ear canalboth

    The external opening or canal of the ear.

  2. 2.
    earclassical

    The entire ear itself.

  3. 3.
    small amount of waterclassical

    A meager quantity of water.

الأَصْمُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    ear canalclassical

    Synonymous with الصماخ, referring to the ear canal.

الصِّمَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    waterclassical

    Refers to water, with a specific pronunciation indicated.

صَمَخَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the ear canalclassical

    To hit or injure someone's ear canal.

  2. 2.
    to strike with a fistclassical

    To strike someone in the eye with a closed fist.

  3. 3.
    to affect the faceclassical

    For the sun to intensely affect or strike someone's face.

صَمْخَةadjective
  1. 1.
    tender, freshclassical

    Describing a woman as tender, fresh, or youthful.

الصَّمَاخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cotton ballclassical

    A piece of cotton, often used for plugging or cleaning.

الصِّمَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    hard substance in ewe's udderclassical

    A dry substance found in the udders of ewes after lambing, which, when it breaks, allows the milk to flow freely.

Parallel reading

الصِّمَاخ، بالكسر: خرق الأذن
The ear canal, with a kasra: the opening of the ear.
كالأصموخ
Like the ear canal.
والأذن نفسها
And the ear itself.
والقليل من الماء
And a small amount of water.
وبالضم: ماء
And with a damma: water.
وصمخه: أصاب صماخه
And he struck its ear canal: he injured its ear canal.
وعينه: ضربها بجمع كفه
And his eye: he struck it with his closed fist.
والشمس وجهه: أصابته، أو اشتد وقعها عليه
And the sun his face: it struck him, or its impact intensified upon him.
وامرأة صمخة، كفرحة: غضة
And a woman ṣamkhah, like fariḥah: tender/fresh.
والصماخة، كجبانة: القطنة
And the cotton ball, like jabbānah: the cotton.
والصمخ، بالكسر: شيء يابس يوجد في أحاليل الشاة بعيد ولادتها
And the ṣamkh, with a kasra: a dry substance found in the udder of a ewe after its birth.
فإذا فطر ذلك أفصح لبنها
And when that breaks open, its milk flows freely.
الواحدة بهاء
The singular is bahā'.