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الصعصع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of scattering, dispersion, and movement, often with connotations of fear, weakness, or destruction. It also encompasses specific terms for a type of bird and a plant.

Derived headwords

الصَّعْصَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Scatteredmodern

    Describing something that is dispersed or spread out.

  2. 2.
    Speckled birdclassical

    A type of bird that is speckled or variegated in appearance, known for catching insects.

صَعَاصِعnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattered onesmodern

    Plural form referring to scattered or dispersed individuals or things.

الصَّعْصَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dispersionmodern

    The act or state of being scattered or spread out.

  2. 2.
    Disturbanceclassical

    The act of shaking, agitating, or causing movement.

  3. 3.
    Anointing the headclassical

    The act of anointing or oiling the head, often for nourishment or care.

  4. 4.
    A plantclassical

    A type of plant used as a laxative or purgative.

صَعْصَعَة بْن مُعَاوِيَةname
  1. 1.
    Ancestor of a tribeclassical

    The progenitor of a tribe from the Hawazin confederation.

عَبْد الرَّحْمَن ابْن عَبْد الله بْن عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن أَبِي صَعْصَعَةname
  1. 1.
    A Tabi'i scholarclassical

    A prominent successor to the companions of the Prophet, a teacher of Malik and Ibn Uyaynah.

تَصَعْصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To movemodern

    To shift or move from one's position.

  2. 2.
    To scattermodern

    To become dispersed or spread out.

  3. 3.
    To be cowardlyclassical

    To exhibit fear or cowardice.

  4. 4.
    To be humbledclassical

    To become submissive, humbled, or abject.

  5. 5.
    To yieldclassical

    To give way or submit.

Parallel reading

المتفرق
Scattered
وطائر أبرش يأخذ الجنادب
And a speckled bird that catches locusts
ج: صعاصع
Plural: صعاصع
والصعصعة: التفريق
And صعصعة: dispersion
والفرق
And separation
والتحريك
And agitation
وتروية الرأس بالدهن
And anointing the head with oil
ونبت يستمشى به
And a plant used as a purgative
وصعصعة بن معاوية: أبو قبيلة من هوازن
And صعصعة bin Mu'awiyah: the father of a tribe from Hawazin
وعبد الرحمن ابن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي صعصعة: تابعي، شيخ مالك وابن عيينة
And Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi صعصعة: a Tabi'i, the teacher of Malik and Ibn Uyaynah
وقلب اسمه بعضهم فقال: عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن
And some reversed his name, saying: Abdullah bin Abd al-Rahman
وذهبوا صعاصع: نادة متفرقة
And they went scattered: dispersed and separated
وتصعصع: تحرك
And تصعصع: moved
وتفرق
And scattered
وجبن
And became cowardly
وذل
And became humbled
وخضع
And submitted
وصفوفهم: زالت عن مواقفها
And their ranks: moved from their positions
وبهم الدهر: أباده وشتته
And time destroyed them: annihilated and dispersed them