الصرع

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of throwing down, falling, or being overcome, often with connotations of suddenness or force. It extends to medical conditions like epilepsy, states of being, and descriptive terms for things that are bent or dual.

Derived headwords

صَرَعَverb

1.
to throw downboth
To cause someone or something to fall to the ground forcefully.
2.
to overcomeboth
To defeat or overpower someone, often in a struggle.
3.
to afflict (with illness)both
To strike someone with a disease, particularly epilepsy.

الصَّرْعnoun

1.
epilepsyboth
A medical condition that prevents the vital organs from functioning fully, caused by a blockage in the brain or nerves leading to spasms.
2.
throwing downboth
The act of throwing someone or something to the ground.
3.
strength of a ropeclassical
The tensile strength or resilience of a rope.
4.
fight, struggleboth
A contest or bout, often involving physical struggle.
5.
type, kindboth
A particular sort or category of something.
6.
blow, strikeboth
A forceful impact or hit.
7.
field of endeavorboth
An area of expertise or activity.

صَرْعَةnoun

1.
state, conditionboth
A particular situation or manner of being.
2.
instance (of falling)classical
A single occurrence of falling or being thrown down.

مَصْرَعnoun

1.
place of fallingboth
The location where someone or something falls or is thrown down.
2.
place of deathclassical
The site where someone meets their end, often in battle.

صَرِيعadjective

1.
fallenboth
Having fallen to the ground, often due to being thrown or overcome.
2.
epilepticboth
Suffering from epilepsy.
3.
bentclassical
Describing a bow that is not yet carved or a tree branch that has bent to the ground.

صُرَعَةnoun

1.
frequent victimclassical
One who is often thrown down or overcome by others.

صُرَاعَةnoun

1.
frequent victimclassical
One who is often thrown down or overcome by others.

صُرَعَىnoun

1.
those who are fallenboth
Plural for those who have been thrown down or overcome.
2.
epilepticsboth
Plural for individuals suffering from epilepsy.

صُرُعnoun

1.
bent branchesclassical
Plural for tree branches that have bent to the ground.
2.
fallen treesclassical
Plural for trees whose branches have fallen to the ground.

صُرُوعnoun

1.
strength of ropesclassical
Plural for the tensile strength of ropes.
2.
strugglesboth
Plural for fights or contests.

أَصْرَعnoun

1.
types of thingsboth
Plural for different kinds or categories of something.

صَرَّاعnoun

1.
frequent fighterclassical
One who frequently engages in fights or struggles.

صُرَاعnoun

1.
frequent fighterclassical
One who frequently engages in fights or struggles.

صُرَعَيْنnoun

1.
two colorsclassical
Having two distinct colors or hues.

صَرْعَيْنnoun

1.
two statesclassical
Experiencing a transition between two different conditions.

صَرْعِيّadjective

1.
adjacentclassical
Directly next to or facing something.
2.
morning and eveningclassical
Pertaining to both the early part of the day and the late part.

مِصْرَاعnoun

1.
leaf (of a door)both
One of the two halves of a double door.
2.
hemistich (of poetry)classical
Half of a poetic verse, specifically referring to two lines that form a complete thought.

مِصْرَاعَانnoun

1.
double doorsboth
A pair of doors that meet in the middle.
2.
two hemistichsclassical
Two halves of a poetic verse that are joined.

صَرَّعَverb

1.
to make double-leafedclassical
To construct a door or gate with two leaves.
2.
to strike severelyclassical
To hit or attack someone with great force.

صُرِعَverb

1.
to be thrown downboth
To be caused to fall to the ground.
2.
to be overcomeboth
To be defeated or overpowered.
3.
to be afflicted (with epilepsy)both
To suffer from epilepsy.

أبو قيس بن صراعname

1.
a man from Banu 'Ijilclassical
A proper name referring to a specific individual.

Parallel reading

الطرح على الأرض، كالمصرع

Throwing down on the ground, like a place of falling.

وهو موضعه أيضا

And it is also its place.

وقد صرعه، كمنعه

And he threw him down, like he prevented him.

والصرعة، بالكسر: للنوع

And as-sar'ah, with kasra: is for the type.

ومنه المثل: "سوء الاستمساك خير من حسن الصرعة"

And from it is the proverb: 'Poor self-control is better than good restraint'.

ويروى بالفتح بمعنى المرة

And it is narrated with fatha meaning the instance.

وبالضم: من يصرعه الناس كثيرا

And with damma: one whom people throw down often.

وكهمزة: من يصرعهم، كالصريع والصراعة

And like humazah: one who throws them down, like as-saree' and as-saraa'ah.

وكأمير: المصروع، ج: صرعى

And like ameer: the one thrown down, plural: sar'aa.

والقوس لم ينحت منها شيء، أو التي جف عودها على الشجر

And the bow from which nothing has been carved, or that whose wood has dried on the tree.

وكذلك السوط، والقضيب من الشجر ينهصر إلى الأرض فيسقط عليها

And likewise the whip, and the branch of a tree that bends to the ground and falls upon it.

وأصله في الشجرة، فيبقى ساقطا في الظل لا تصيبه الشمس فيكون ألين من الفرع وأطيب ريحا

And its origin is in the tree, remaining fallen in the shade, not touched by the sun, so it is softer than a branch and better smelling.

ويستاك به، ج: صرع

And it is used for miswak, plural: sar'.

والصرع: علة تمنع الأعضاء النفيسة من أفعالها منعاً غير تام

And epilepsy: a disease that prevents the vital organs from their functions incompletely.

وسببه سدة تعرض في بعض بطون الدماغ، وفي مجاري الأعصاب المحركة للأعضاء من خلط غليظ أو لزج كثير

And its cause is a blockage occurring in some ventricles of the brain, and in the channels of the nerves that move the organs, from a thick or very viscous humor.

فتمتنع الروح عن السلوك فيها سلوكا طبيعيا، فتتشنج الأعضاء

So the spirit is prevented from flowing through them naturally, causing the organs to convulse.

والصرع: المثل، ويكسر، والضرب، والفن من الشيء، ج: أصرع وصروع

And as-sar' (with fatha): the proverb, and with kasra, the strike, and the type of a thing, plural: asra' and suru'.

وهو ذو صرعين: ذو لونين

And he is dhu sarayn: having two colors.

وتركتهم صرعين: ينتقلون من حال إلى حال

And I left them sarayn: transitioning from one state to another.

وهو صرع كذا، أي: حذاءه

And it is sar' of such-and-such, meaning: adjacent to it.

والصرعان: إبلان ترد إحداهما حين تصدر الأخرى لكثرتها، والليل والنهار، أو الغداة والعشي، من غدوة إلى الزوال: صرع، وإلى الغروب آخر

And as-sar'aan: two herds of camels where one arrives as the other departs due to their abundance, and the night and the day, or the morning and the evening, from dawn to noon is sar', and until sunset is another.

ويقال: أتيته صرعي النهار، أي: غدوة وعشية

And it is said: I came to him sar'ee of the day, meaning: morning and evening.

وما أدري هو على أي صرعي أمره، بالكسر، أي: لم يتبين لي أمره

And I do not know on which sar'ee of his affair he is, with kasra, meaning: his affair is not clear to me.

والصرع، بالكسر: قوة الحبل، ج: صروع

And as-sar' (with kasra): the strength of the rope, plural: suru'.

و: المصارع، يقال: هما صرعان، أي: مصطرعان

And: the combatants, it is said: they are sar'aan, meaning: wrestling each other.

والمصراعان من الأبواب، والشعر: ما كانت قافيتان في بيت، وبابان منصوبان ينضمان جميعا، مدخلهما في الوسط منهما

And the two leaves of doors, and poetry: what consists of two rhymes in a verse, and two erected doors that join together, their entrance is in the middle of them.

وجعلت الباب ذا مصراعين، كصرعه، كمنعه

And I made the door have two leaves, like sarra'ahu, like man'ahu.

وفلانا: صرعه شديدا

And so-and-so: I threw him down severely.