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السنط

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to types of trees and plants, specifically acacia and related species. It also extends to geographical locations named after these plants, anatomical terms, and descriptions of individuals lacking facial hair.

Derived headwords

السُّنُطnoun
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    Acacia treeboth

    A type of tree, specifically acacia, that grows in Egypt. It is also found in the Levant, or it might be the same plant with a different name.

سُنْطَةnoun
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    Place nameboth

    Two villages in Egypt named 'al-Sunṭah'.

السُّنْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Wrist jointclassical

    The joint connecting the hand to the forearm.

السُّنُوطnoun
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    Beardless personclassical

    A type of plant called 'kawsaj' that completely lacks a beard (facial hair).

السُّنُوطِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    Beardless personclassical

    A type of plant called 'kawsaj' that completely lacks a beard (facial hair).

السُّنَاطnoun
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    Beardless personclassical

    A type of plant called 'kawsaj' that completely lacks a beard (facial hair).

السُّنُوطnoun
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    Person with sparse facial hairclassical

    Someone with light sideburns that have not yet reached the stage of a full beard, or whose beard is only on the chin with nothing on the sides.

السُّنُوطِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    Person with sparse facial hairclassical

    Someone with light sideburns that have not yet reached the stage of a full beard, or whose beard is only on the chin with nothing on the sides.

السُّنَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    Person with sparse facial hairclassical

    Someone with light sideburns that have not yet reached the stage of a full beard, or whose beard is only on the chin with nothing on the sides.

سُنُطnoun
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    Acacia trees (plural)classical

    Plural of 'sunut', referring to acacia trees.

أَسْنَاطnoun
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    Acacia trees (plural)classical

    Plural of 'sunut', referring to acacia trees.

سَنِطَverb
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    To lack facial hairclassical

    To be without a beard or have very sparse facial hair, like the 'kawsaj' plant.

سُنُوطَىname
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    Nicknameclassical

    A nickname for 'Ubayd al-Muḥdath, or the name of his father.

السُّنُوطِيّname
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    Nicknameclassical

    A nickname for al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥassān al-Qurṭubī, the poet.

السُّنُوطِيّnoun
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    Medicineclassical

    A type of medicine.

Parallel reading

السنط: قرظ ينبت بمصر، وة بالشام، أو هي باللام.
Al-Sunṭ: A type of acacia that grows in Egypt, and a place in the Levant, or it is the same plant with a different name.
وسنطة: قريتان بمصر، والسنط، بالكسر: المفصل بين الكف والساعد.
And Sunṭah: Two villages in Egypt, and al-Sunṭ, with kasrah: the joint between the hand and the forearm.
والسنوط والسنوطي، بفتحهما، والسناط، بالكسر وبالضم: كوسج لا لحية له أصلا، أو الخفيف العارض ولم يبلغ حال الكوسج، أو لحيته في الذقن، وما بالعارضين شيء.
And al-Sunūṭ and al-Sunūṭī, with fatha on both, and al-Sanāṭ, with kasrah and dammah: a 'kawsaj' plant that has no beard at all, or one with light sideburns that haven't reached the stage of a 'kawsaj', or whose beard is on the chin and nothing on the sides.
جمع السنوط: سنط وأسناط، وقد سنط، ككرم.
The plural of al-Sunūṭ: Sunuṭ and Asnāṭ, and it has been verbified as 'saniṭa', like 'karuma'.
وسنوطى، كهيولى: لقب عبيد المحدث، أو اسم والده.
And Sunūṭā, like 'huyūlā': a nickname for 'Ubayd al-Muḥdath, or the name of his father.
وكغراب: لقب الحسن بن حسان الشاعر القرطبي.
And like 'ghurāb': a nickname for al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥassān the Cordoban poet.
وكصبور: دواء م.
And like 'ṣabūr': a medicine.