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السهل

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root السهل (al-sahl) primarily relates to ease, gentleness, and smoothness. It extends to concepts of yielding, making things easy, and describes terrain that is flat and easy to traverse. It also encompasses related ideas like softness, yielding, and even specific geographical features or names.

Derived headwords

السَّهْلnoun
  1. 1.
    easy, smoothboth

    Anything characterized by gentleness, softness, or ease.

  2. 2.
    plain, flatlandboth

    A tract of land that is flat and easy to traverse, as opposed to rugged or mountainous terrain.

  3. 3.
    ravenclassical

    A specific type of bird, the raven.

سَهْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    soft earth, loamboth

    Soil resembling sand, often brought by water, indicating a soft and pliable texture.

  2. 2.
    fortress

    A specific fortress located in Abyan.

  3. 3.
    name

    A given name.

  4. 4.
    region

    A region in Yemen known as 'al-Sahlan'.

سُهْلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    easy, yieldingboth

    Describing land that is abundant and easy to cultivate or traverse.

سَهَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to make easy, facilitateboth

    To render something easy, to remove difficulties, or to facilitate a process.

تَسْهِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    facilitationboth

    The act of making something easy or facilitating a process.

سُهْلِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    related to the plainboth

    Pertaining to or associated with a plain or flatland.

  2. 2.
    grazing on the plainclassical

    Describing a camel that grazes in the plains.

سُهُولَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ease, gentlenessboth

    The state of being easy, gentle, or smooth.

سَهَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gentleness, easeclassical

    A quality of being gentle or easy.

أَسْهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to enter the plainboth

    To move into or arrive in a plain or flatland.

  2. 2.
    to soften the bellyboth

    To cause the bowels to become loose or to induce defecation, often through medication.

سَهْل الوَجْهadjective
  1. 1.
    lean-facedboth

    Describing a person with a face that is thin and has little flesh.

سَاهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be lenient with, to yield toclassical

    To deal with someone leniently or to yield to them.

اسْتَسْهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to consider easyboth

    To regard or deem something as easy.

سُهَيْلname
  1. 1.
    Canopus (star)both

    A star whose rising signifies the ripening of fruits and the end of intense heat.

  2. 2.
    fortress name

    A fortress in Al-Andalus.

  3. 3.
    valley name

    A valley also located in Al-Andalus.

سَهْلname
  1. 1.
    name of companions

    Refers to twenty Companions of the Prophet.

  2. 2.
    name of hadith narrators

    Refers to one hundred hadith narrators.

سُهَيْلَةname
  1. 1.
    liarclassical

    A name associated with extreme falsehood, used in a proverb.

السُّهُولnoun
  1. 1.
    grill, spitclassical

    A device used for roasting meat, like a spit.

بَنُو سَهْلname
  1. 1.
    tribe name

    A tribe or clan originating from Sana'a.

التَّسَاهُلnoun
  1. 1.
    leniency, toleranceboth

    The act of being lenient, tolerant, or permissive.

Parallel reading

وككتف: كل شيء إلى اللين
And like 'katif': everything tending towards gentleness.
والنسبة: سهلي
And the relative adjective is 'sahli'.
وقد سهل، ككرم، سهالة
And it became easy, like 'karuma', with 'sahalah'.
وسهله تسهيلا: يسره
And 'sahhalahu tasheelan': made it easy for him.
والسهل: الغراب
And 'al-sahl': the raven.
ومن الأرض: ضد الحزن
And of the land: the opposite of ruggedness (i.e., plain).
ج: سهول، وقد سهلت، ككرم، سهولة
Plural: 'suhool', and it became easy, like 'karuma', with 'suhoolah'.
وبعير سهلي، بالضم: يرعى فيه
And a 'suhli' camel, with damma: grazes in it (the plain).
وأسهلوا: صاروا فيه
And 'asahaloo': they became in it (the plain).
ورجل سهل الوجه: قليل لحمه
And a man 'sahl al-wajh': has little flesh on his face.
والسهلة، بالكسر: تراب كالرمل يجيء به الماء
And 'al-sahalah', with kasra: soil like sand brought by water.
وأرض سهلة، كفرحة: كثيرتها
And 'ard sahlatun', like 'farhatun': abundant.
وأسهل الرجل، بالضم، و بطنه، وأسهله الدواء: ألان بطنه
And 'asahala al-rajul', with damma, and his belly, and the medicine 'ashhalahu': softened his belly.
وساهله: ياسره
And 'saahaluhu': he was lenient with him.
واستسهله: عده سهلا
And 'istashhalahu': he considered it easy.
وسهيل، كزبير: حصن بالأندلس، وواد بها أيضا
And 'Suhayl', like 'zubayr': a fortress in Al-Andalus, and a valley there also.
ونجم عند طلوعه تنضج الفواكه وينقضي القيظ
And a star at whose rising fruits ripen and the heat ends.
وسهل: عشرون صحابيا، ومئة محدث
And 'Sahl': twenty Companions, and one hundred hadith narrators.
وسهيلة: كذاب، وفي المثل: "أكذب من سهيلة"
And 'Suhaylah': a liar, and in the proverb: 'More of a liar than Suhaylah'.
والسهول، كصبور: المشو
And 'al-suhool', like 'saboor': the spit (for roasting).
وسهلة: حصن بأبين، واسم، وباليمن: ناحية تعرف بالسهلين
And 'Sahla': a fortress in Abyan, and a name, and in Yemen: a region known as 'al-Sahlan'.
وبنو سهل: ة بصنعاء
And 'Banu Sahl': a tribe in Sana'a.
والتساهل: التسامح
And 'al-tasahul': leniency.