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يوم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a day, its duration, and associated events. It can also extend to signify a period of time or a significant occasion, often with connotations of hardship or battle.

Derived headwords

يَوْمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    dayboth

    A period of 24 hours, or the time between sunrise and sunset.

  2. 2.
    time, periodboth

    A specific duration or epoch, often associated with a particular event or circumstance.

  3. 3.
    day of battle, hardshipclassical

    A day marked by significant struggle, conflict, or misfortune.

يَوْمٌ غَوَّاسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    day of defeat and plunderclassical

    A day characterized by a significant military defeat and the subsequent plundering of possessions.

يوم غواس، كسحاب: فيه هزيمة وتشليح — A day of defeat and plunder, like a cloud: in it is defeat and stripping of possessions.
تَشْلِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    stripping, plunderingclassical

    The act of taking away possessions, often by force, especially after a defeat.

فيه هزيمة وتشليح — in it is defeat and stripping of possessions.
أَشَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    slaughter, destructionclassical

    The act of killing or destroying, often in large numbers, implying a devastating event.

مُغَوَّسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    slaughtered, destroyedclassical

    Describing something that has been subjected to slaughter or destruction.

شَذَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to prune, trimboth

    To cut away superfluous branches or parts, to make something neat or orderly.

  2. 2.
    to remove, take awayclassical

    To cut off or remove something, often implying a reduction or purification.

سَلَاؤُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its sap, its essenceclassical

    The vital fluid or essential part of a plant or substance.

شذب عنه سلاؤه — its sap was pruned from it.

Parallel reading

يوم غواس، كسحاب: فيه هزيمة وتشليح.
A day of defeat and plunder, like a cloud: in it is defeat and stripping of possessions.
وأشاء مغوس، كمعظم: شذب عنه سلاؤه.
And destruction (or slaughter) was inflicted, like the destruction of a great thing: its sap was pruned from it.
فيه هزيمة وتشليح.
In it is defeat and stripping of possessions.
شذب عنه سلاؤه.
Its sap was pruned from it.