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السخم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of blackness or darkness. It extends to encompass negative emotions like hatred, as well as states of being spoiled, heated, or unpleasant, particularly concerning food and water. It also describes certain textures and geographical features.

Derived headwords

السَّخَمnoun
  1. 1.
    blacknessboth

    The primary meaning of this root, referring to a state of being black or dark.

الأَسْخَمadjective
  1. 1.
    blackboth

    Describing something as black or dark in color.

السَّخِيمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hatredboth

    A feeling of deep-seated ill will or animosity towards someone.

  2. 2.
    resentmentboth

    Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

السَّخْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hatredboth

    A feeling of deep-seated ill will or animosity towards someone.

  2. 2.
    resentmentboth

    Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

مُسْخِمadjective
  1. 1.
    resentfulboth

    Possessing ill will or resentment towards someone.

تَسَخَّمَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to harbor resentment towardsboth

    To feel or express ill will or resentment against someone.

تَسْخِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    making angryboth

    The act of causing someone to become angry.

  2. 2.
    blackeningboth

    The act of making something black.

  3. 3.
    heatingboth

    The act of making something hot.

  4. 4.
    spoilingboth

    The act of making something (like food or water) go bad or become unpleasant.

سَخَّمَ صَدْرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to anger himboth

    To cause someone to become angry or resentful.

سَخَّمَ وَجْهَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to blacken his faceboth

    To make someone's face black, either literally or figuratively.

سَخَّمَ المَاءَverb
  1. 1.
    to heat the waterboth

    To make water hot.

سَخَّمَ اللَّحْمَverb
  1. 1.
    to spoil the meatboth

    To cause meat to become rancid or putrid.

السُّخَامnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth wineclassical

    A type of smooth or easily flowing wine.

  2. 2.
    charcoalboth

    Burnt or carbonized organic matter, especially wood or coal.

  3. 3.
    sootboth

    A black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.

  4. 4.
    pot sootboth

    Soot or residue found in cooking pots.

  5. 5.
    soft downboth

    The soft, fine feathers or down found beneath the tougher exterior feathers of a bird.

  6. 6.
    soft fabricboth

    Soft, smooth material from textiles like silk or cotton.

السُّخَامَىnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth wineclassical

    A type of smooth or easily flowing wine.

السُّخَامِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth wineclassical

    A type of smooth or easily flowing wine.

السُّخَمَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed terrainclassical

    Describing a type of volcanic rock (harrah) where flat, easy terrain is mixed with rough, difficult terrain.

Parallel reading

السَّخَمُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: السَّوَادُ.
Al-sakham, with harakah: blackness.
وَالأَسْخَمُ: الأَسْوَدُ.
And al-askham: the black.
وَالسَّخِيمَةُ وَالسَّخْمَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: الحِقْدُ.
And al-sakhīmah and al-sakhmah, with dammah: hatred.
وَهُوَ مُسْخِمٌ، كَمُعْظَمٍ: بِهِ سَخِيمَةٌ.
And he is muskhim, like mu'dham: he has resentment.
وَقَدْ تَسَخَّمَ عَلَيْهِ.
And he has harbored resentment towards him.
وَسَخَّمَ بِصَدْرِهِ تَسْخِيمًا: أَغْضَبَهُ،
And he angered him with his chest, a تسخيم: he made him angry,
وَوَجْهَهُ: سَوَّدَهُ،
And his face: he blackened it,
وَالمَاءَ: سَخَّنَهُ،
And the water: he heated it,
وَاللَّحْمَ: أَنْتَنَهُ.
And the meat: he spoiled it.
وَكَغُرَابٍ: الخَمْرُ السَّلِسَةُ، كَالسُّخَامَى وَالسُّخَامِيَّةِ، (بِضَمِّهِمَا)،
And like ghurab: the smooth wine, like al-sukhama and al-sukhamiyyah, (with dammah on both),
وَالفَحْمُ،
And charcoal,
وَسَوَادُ القِدْرِ،
And the blackness of the pot,
وَالرِّيشُ اللَّيِّنُ تَحْتَ رِيشِ الطَّيْرِ،
And the soft down beneath the feathers of a bird,
وَاللِّينُ المَسُّ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ كَالخَزِّ وَالقُطْنِ وَنَحْوِهِ.
And the soft touch from clothes like silk and cotton and the like.
وَالسُّخَمَاءُ مِنَ الحَرَّةِ: الَّتِي اخْتَلَطَ السَّهْلُ مِنْهَا بِالغِلَظِ.
And al-sukhmah from the harrah: that which has easy terrain mixed with roughness.