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الصنق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of firmness, solidity, and robustness, often applied to physical attributes like strength and size. It also extends to descriptions of strong scents, particularly underarm odor, and can denote a type of camel or a specific geographical location.

Derived headwords

الصُّنُقnoun
  1. 1.
    firmness, solidityclassical

    A state of being firm, solid, and robust, often referring to physical constitution.

الأصِنَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    firmness, solidityclassical

    A state of being firm, solid, and robust, often referring to physical constitution.

الصَّنَقnoun
  1. 1.
    strong underarm odorclassical

    Intense and pungent odor emanating from the armpits.

صَنِقadjective
  1. 1.
    firm, strong, solidclassical

    Describing someone or something as firm, strong, and solid in constitution or build.

الصَّانِقadjective
  1. 1.
    firm, strong, solidclassical

    Describing someone or something as firm, strong, and solid in constitution or build.

رجلٌ صَنِقadjective
  1. 1.
    large, stout manclassical

    A man characterized by his large, stout, and robust physique.

جملٌ صَنِقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    large, stout camelclassical

    A camel characterized by its large, stout, and robust physique.

الصَّنْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thick part of lava fieldclassical

    The thick, dense, and solid portion of a lava field (harrah).

  2. 2.
    attendants of camelsclassical

    Those who are skilled and diligent in serving and caring for camels.

المُصَنِّقِينnoun
  1. 1.
    attendants of camelsclassical

    Those who are skilled and diligent in serving and caring for camels.

كِتَابnoun
  1. 1.
    camel with loud humclassical

    A camel that produces a loud, resonant sound when humming or rumbling.

صَانِقَانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location, a town in Marw.

أَصْنَقَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to insistclassical

    To be insistent or persistent regarding a matter or person.

أَصْنَقَ في مَالِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to manage wellclassical

    To manage one's wealth or property effectively and skillfully.

Parallel reading

الصُّنُق، بضمتين: الأصنة، وبالتحريك: شدة ذفر الإبط.
Al-sunuq, with two dammahs: the firmnesses, and with harakah: the intensity of underarm odor.
وككتف: المتين الشديد الصلب، كالصانق.
And like kutuf: the firm, strong, solid, like al-saniq.
ورجل صنق، وجمل صنقة: ضخم كبير.
And a man is sanuq, and a camel is saniqah: large and big.
والصنقة، محركة، من الحرة: ما غلظ منها، والمحسنون خدمة الإبل، كالمصنقين.
And al-saqnah, with harakah, from the harrah: what is thick of it, and those who are good at serving camels, like al-musanniqin.
وككتاب: الجمل البعيد الصوت في الهدير.
And like kitāb: the camel with a loud voice in its rumbling.
وصانقان: ة بمرو.
And Saniqan: a town in Marw.
وأصنق عليه: أصر
And asnaqa 'alayhi: he insisted.
وفي ماله: أحسن القيام عليه.
And in his wealth: he managed it well.