السنمار

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

The root 'السنمار' primarily refers to the moon. It is also used to describe a person who does not sleep at night, a thief, and is famously associated with a legendary builder who was tragically killed by his patron after completing a magnificent palace.

Derived headwords

السِّنْمَارname

1.
The Moonclassical
A name for the moon.
2.
A sleepless personclassical
A man who does not sleep at night.
3.
A thiefclassical
A thief.
4.
A builder (legendary)classical
The name of a builder who constructed a palace for Nu'man ibn Imri' al-Qays, and was thrown from it to prevent him from building another.
5.
A builder (legendary)classical
The name of a slave of Ahiha who built a tower and was killed by his master after boasting of its construction.

Parallel reading

السِّنْمَار، بكسر السين والنون وشد الميم: القمر

Al-Sinmar, with kasra on the sin and nun and shadda on the mim: the moon.

ورجل لا ينام بالليل

And a man who does not sleep at night.

واللص

And the thief.

وإسكاف بنى قصرا للنعمان بن امرئ القيس

And a cobbler built a palace for Nu'man ibn Imri' al-Qays.

فلما فرغ، ألقاه من أعلاه لئلا يبني لغيره مثله

When he finished, he threw him from its top so that he would not build another like it for anyone else.

أو غلام لأحيحة بنى أطمه

Or a slave of Ahiha built his tower.

فلما فرغ، قال له: لقد أحكمته

When he finished, he said to him: 'You have perfected it.'

قال: إني لأعرف حجرا لو نزع، لتقوض من عند آخره

He said: 'I know a stone, if it were removed, the whole thing would collapse.'

فسأله عن الحجر، فأراه موضعه، فدفعه أحيحة من الأطم، فخر ميتا

So he asked him about the stone, and he showed him its place, and Ahiha pushed him from the tower, and he fell dead.

فضرب به المثل لمن يجزي الإحسان بالإساءة

And the example was set with him for one who repays kindness with evil.