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السنع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to beauty, comeliness, and excellence, often associated with physical attractiveness and grace. It also extends to concepts of height, elevation, and specific anatomical terms.

Derived headwords

السُّنْعnoun
  1. 1.
    Beauty, comelinessboth

    A general term for beauty, attractiveness, and gracefulness.

أَسْنَعadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall, highboth

    Describing something or someone as tall, elevated, or lofty.

  2. 2.
    Most excellent, longestclassical

    Used in a comparative or superlative sense to denote superiority or great length.

سَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be beautiful, gracefulboth

    To possess beauty, comeliness, or gracefulness.

  2. 2.
    To be tall, highboth

    To be elevated or lofty in stature or position.

  3. 3.
    To be excellentclassical

    To be of superior quality or excellence.

سَنَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Beauty, comelinessboth

    The state or quality of being beautiful, graceful, or comely.

  2. 2.
    Excellenceclassical

    A state of superiority or high quality.

سُنُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Beauty, comelinessboth

    A masdar indicating the state of being beautiful or comely.

سَنِيعadjective
  1. 1.
    Beautiful, comelyboth

    Possessing beauty, grace, and comeliness.

  2. 2.
    Tall, highboth

    Describing someone or something as tall or elevated.

  3. 3.
    Excellentclassical

    Of superior quality or excellence.

سَفِينَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Path in a mountainclassical

    A route or way through mountainous terrain.

سَنَائِعnoun
  1. 1.
    Paths in mountainsclassical

    Plural of 'safina', referring to routes or ways through mountains.

سَنِيعadjective
  1. 1.
    Beautiful, gracefulboth

    Describing a person, especially a woman, as beautiful, graceful, with soft joints and delicate bones.

أُسْنِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To complain of painclassical

    To experience and express pain or discomfort.

  2. 2.
    To become tall, beautifulclassical

    To grow in height or to attain beauty.

  3. 3.
    To produce handsome offspringclassical

    To have children who are beautiful or comely.

عُقْبَة بْن سَنِيعname
  1. 1.
    Uqbah ibn Sani'classical

    A historical figure from the Taha tribe, known for his lineage and his father's extreme beauty.

سَانِعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Beautiful (she-camel)both

    Describing a female camel as beautiful or well-formed.

مِسْنَاعadjective
  1. 1.
    Beautiful (she-camel)both

    Similar to 'sani'ah', referring to a beautiful or well-formed female camel.

السُّنْعnoun
  1. 1.
    Wrist, ankle jointboth

    The joint between the hand and the forearm, or the part of the leg above the foot.

  2. 2.
    Phalangeclassical

    The bone segment between joints, specifically connecting the fingers/toes to the wrist/ankle.

أَسْنَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Wrists, ankle jointsboth

    Plural of 'sun'' referring to the wrist or ankle joints.

  2. 2.
    Phalangesclassical

    Plural of 'sun'' referring to the bone segments of fingers or toes.

السُّنْعnoun
  1. 1.
    Ankle jointclassical

    The joint connecting the foot to the leg.

السُّنْعَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Uncircumcised (girl)classical

    A young girl who has not yet undergone female circumcision.

Parallel reading

السنع، محركة: الجمال.
Al-sun' (with harakah): Beauty.
والأسنع: الطويل، والمرتفع العالي.
And al-asna': the tall, and the high, the lofty.
وكسفينة: الطريقة في الجبل، ج: سنائع
And like safinah: the path in the mountain, pl. sana'i'.
والجميلة اللينة المفاصل، اللطيفة العظام، وهو سنيع، وقد سنع، كنصر ومنع وكرم، سناعة وسنوعا.
And beautiful with soft joints, delicate bones, and he is sani', and he has become beautiful, like nasara, mana'a, and karuma, with sana'ah and sunu'an.
وهذا أسنع: أفضل وأطول.
And this is asna': better and longer.
وكزبير: عقبة بن سنيع في نسب طهية من الأشراف، وأبوه سنيع مشهور بالجمال المفرط
And like zubayr: Uqbah ibn Sani' in the lineage of Taha from the nobles, and his father Sani' was famous for excessive beauty.
ومن الذين كانوا إذا أرادوا الموسم أمرتهم قريش أن يتلثموا مخافة فتنة النساء بهم.
And among those who, when they wanted the pilgrimage season, Quraysh ordered them to veil themselves for fear of the temptation of women by them.
والسانعة: الناقة الحسنة، كالمسناع.
And al-sani'ah: the beautiful she-camel, like al-misna'.
والسنع، بالكسر: الرسغ، أو الحز الذي في مفصل الكف والذراع، أو السلامى يصل ما بين الأصابع والرسغ في جوف الكف، ج: كقردة، وأسناع.
And al-sun' (with kasr): the wrist, or the groove in the joint of the hand and forearm, or the phalange that connects between the fingers and the wrist in the palm, pl. like qirdah, and asna'.
وأسنع: اشتكاه، وطال، وحسن، وجاء بأولاد ملاح.
And asna': he complained of it (pain), and he became tall, and he became beautiful, and he produced handsome offspring.
والسنعاء: الجارية التي لم تخفض.
And al-sun'a': the young girl who has not been circumcised.