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سجم

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the flowing or dripping of liquids, especially tears and water. It also extends to concepts of slowness, specific types of plants, and descriptive terms for animals.

Derived headwords

سَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to flow, to dripboth

    Said of tears or water, meaning to flow or drip, whether a little or a lot.

سُجُومًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, drippingboth

    The act of flowing or dripping, used as a masdar for the verb سجم.

سِجَامًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, drippingboth

    Another masdar form for the verb سجم, indicating the act of flowing or dripping.

سَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to flow (water)both

    Said of a cloud, meaning it released its water, causing it to flow.

تَسْجِمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to flow (water)both

    The cloud released its water, causing it to flow.

تُسْجِمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to flow (water)both

    The cloud released its water, causing it to flow.

سَجْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, drippingboth

    A masdar form for the verb سجم, indicating the act of flowing or dripping.

سُجُومًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, drippingboth

    A masdar form for the verb سجم, indicating the act of flowing or dripping.

سَجَمَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, drippingboth

    A masdar form for the verb سجم, indicating the act of flowing or dripping.

أَسْجَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to flowboth

    To cause tears or water to flow.

سَجَّمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to flowboth

    To cause tears or water to flow.

تَسْجِيمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to flowboth

    The act of causing tears or water to flow.

تَسْجَامًاnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to flowboth

    The act of causing tears or water to flow.

السَّجْمnoun
  1. 1.
    waterboth

    Water, especially that which flows.

  2. 2.
    tearsboth

    Tears that flow.

  3. 3.
    clover leavesclassical

    Leaves of the clover plant.

الأَسْجَمadjective
  1. 1.
    slowclassical

    Describing someone or something that is slow or tardy.

سَجَمَ عَنِ الأَمْرِverb
  1. 1.
    to be slow aboutclassical

    To be slow or hesitant in undertaking or dealing with a matter.

السَّاجُومnoun
  1. 1.
    dyeclassical

    A type of dye.

  2. 2.
    valleyclassical

    A valley.

نَاقَةٌ سَجُومadjective
  1. 1.
    wide-legged (camel)classical

    A female camel that spreads her legs wide when being milked.

مِسْجَامadjective
  1. 1.
    wide-legged (camel)classical

    A female camel that spreads her legs wide when being milked.

Parallel reading

سجم الدمع سجوما وسجاما، ككتاب، وسجمته العين
Tears flowed with flowing and dripping, like kitāb, and the eye caused them to flow.
والسحابة الماء، تسجمه وتسجمه سجما وسجوما وسجمانا: قطر دمعها، وسال قليلا أو كثيرا
And the cloud, its water, it caused it to flow and it caused it to flow with flowing and dripping and flowing: its tears dripped, and it flowed little or much.
وسجمه هو، وأسجمه وسجمه تسجيما وتسجاما
And he caused it to flow, and he caused it to flow, and he caused it to flow with causing to flow and causing to flow.
والسجم، بالتحريك: الماء، والدمع، وورق الخلاف
And as-sajm, with harakah: water, and tears, and clover leaves.
والأسجم: الأزيم
And al-asjam: the slow one.
وسجم عن الأمر: أبطأ
And he was slow about the matter: he was slow.
والساجوم: صبغ، وواد، وناقة سجوم ومسجام: إذا فشحت رجليها عند الحلب، وسطعت برأسها
And as-sājūm: a dye, and a valley, and a camel that is flowing and wide-legged: if she spreads her legs at milking, and raises her head.