ساغ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of ease, flow, and permissibility, particularly in relation to drinking, swallowing, and the smooth progression of affairs. It extends to notions of something being valid, acceptable, or easily accomplished.

Derived headwords

سَاغَverb

1.
to be easy to swallowboth
Said of a drink, meaning it was easy to swallow or ingest.
2.
to be permissibleboth
To be lawful, valid, or acceptable.
3.
to flow easilyclassical
Said of the ground, meaning it was soft or easy to move through.
4.
to be easy to passclassical
Said of a camel, meaning it was easily led or tractable.

سَوْغًاnoun

1.
ease of swallowingclassical
The state or quality of being easy to swallow or ingest.

سِوَاغًاnoun

1.
ease of swallowingclassical
The state or quality of being easy to swallow or ingest.

سَوِغَverb

1.
to swallow easilyclassical
To ingest something easily.

أَسَاغَverb

1.
to make permissibleboth
To allow or permit something.
2.
to giveboth
To grant or bestow something upon someone.
3.
to achieve one's goal withclassical
To accomplish a task or fulfill a need through someone or something.
4.
to be born withclassical
To be born at the same time as another person.
5.
to be born afterclassical
To be born after someone else.

سَوَّغَverb

1.
to permitboth
To allow or make something permissible.
2.
to giveboth
To grant or bestow something upon someone.

تَسْوِيغًاnoun

1.
permittingboth
The act of allowing or making something permissible.
2.
givingboth
The act of granting or bestowing.

سَائِغadjective

1.
permissibleboth
That which is lawful, valid, or acceptable.
2.
easy to swallowboth
Said of a drink, meaning it is easy to ingest.

سَوَاغnoun

1.
what helps one swallowclassical
Something that aids in swallowing, like a drink taken after food.

سُوغnoun

1.
offspring born afterclassical
A child born after another, with no other children born in between.

سُوغةnoun

1.
offspring born afterclassical
A child born after another, with no other children born in between.

تَسْوِيغَاتnoun

1.
permissionsmodern
Formal permissions or authorizations, often granted by rulers.

Parallel reading

ساغ الشراب سوغا وسواغا: سهل مدخله.

The drink was easy to swallow (sawgha wa siwaghan): its entry was easy.

وسغته أسوغه، وسغته أسيغه، لازم متعد.

I made it easy to swallow (asughuhu, asighuhu), intransitive and transitive.

والسواغ، ككتاب: ما أسغت به غصتك.

And as-siwagh, like kitāb: what you used to help your choking fit.

وشراب أسوغ: سائغ.

And an easy-to-swallow drink: permissible.

وساغت به الأرض: ساخت

And the ground was easy to traverse (sāghat bihi al-arḍ): it was soft.

والناقة: شذت

And the she-camel was tractable (wa an-nāqah: shadhdhat).

وله ما فعل: جاز.

And it was permissible for him to do that (wa lahu mā fa'ala): it was valid.

وهذا سوغ هذا وسوغته: كلاهما في الذكر والأنثى: ولد بعده، ولم يولد بينهما.

And this is its sugh and its sughatah: both in masculine and feminine refer to offspring born after, with no one born between them.

وأغ لي غصتي: أمهلني.

Grant me respite for my choking fit (asigh lī ghuṣṣatī): give me time.

وأسوغ أخاه: ولد معه، وقيل: بعده.

And he was born with his brother (asawagha akhāhu): born at the same time, or it was said: after him.

وأساغ فلان بفلان: تم أمره به، وذلك أنه يريد عدة رجال أو دراهم، فيبقى واحد به يتم الأمر، فإذا أصابه قيل: أساغ به، وفي الكثير: أساغوا بهم.

And so-and-so achieved his goal with so-and-so (asāgha fulān bi-fulān): his matter was completed by him. This is when he needs several men or dirhams, and only one remains by whom the matter is completed. When he obtains him, it is said: he achieved his goal with him (asāgha bihi), and for many: they achieved their goals with them (asāghū bihim).

وسوغه تسويغا: جوزه

And he permitted it (sawwaghahu taswīghan): he made it permissible.

وله كذا: أعطاه إياه.

And he gave him such-and-such (wa lahu kadhā): he gave it to him.

وتسويغات السلاطين، مولدة.

And the permissions of the sultans (taswīghāt as-salāṭīn), is a neologism.