الشم
Root entry · 27 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns the sense of smell, including the act of smelling, perceiving scents, and the organs involved. It extends to related concepts like fragrance, sniffing, and even metaphorical senses of perception and awareness. Additionally, it encompasses physical attributes like elevation and a specific type of melon.
Derived headwords
- 1.to smellboth
To perceive an odor with the nose.
- 2.to sniffboth
To inhale deeply through the nose, often to detect a scent.
- 1.to smell itboth
To smell something, often with a sense of thoroughness or repeated action.
- 1.I smell itboth
The first-person singular present tense of the verb 'to smell'.
- 1.to smell itboth
The past tense, third-person masculine singular form of the verb 'to smell'.
- 1.smellingboth
The act or sense of smelling.
- 1.fragranceboth
A pleasant or sweet smell.
- 1.fragranceclassical
A pleasant or sweet smell, similar to شَمِيمًا.
- 1.to sniff itboth
To sniff something repeatedly or thoroughly, to try to detect its scent.
- 1.to smell itboth
To smell something, often implying a thorough or complete smelling.
- 1.to smell itclassical
To smell something.
- 1.to make him smell itboth
To cause someone else to smell something.
- 1.they smelled each otherboth
To smell one another.
- 1.they smelled each otherboth
To smell one another, often implying mutual sniffing.
- 1.a type of melonclassical
A small, striped melon, similar to a colocynth, with red, green, and yellow colors. Its scent is cool, pleasant, and laxative, and eating it is also laxative.
- 1.a type of melonclassical
The Persian name for a specific type of melon, described as small, striped, and having a pleasant, cooling scent.
- 1.fragrancesboth
Pleasant scents that are smelled or inhaled.
- 1.to approach himboth
To draw near to someone, to get close to them, or to inquire about what they have.
- 1.to pass by raising headclassical
To pass by while holding one's head high, often implying pride or disdain.
- 2.to impart vowel soundclassical
In phonetics, to subtly impart a vowel sound (like damma or kasra) to a letter, so it's barely audible or not considered in meter.
- 3.to circumciseclassical
In the context of a circumciser, to perform circumcision by taking a small part.
- 4.to remove clitoral hoodclassical
In the context of a female circumciser, to remove a small part of the clitoral hood.
- 1.the elevatedclassical
Something that is high or elevated.
- 2.muskclassical
A type of perfume or scent, specifically musk.
- 1.proximity and distanceclassical
Both closeness and farness, used paradoxically.
- 2.elevation of the noseclassical
A prominent or high nose bridge, and its beauty, or the straightness of its upper part, or the uprightness of its tip.
- 3.a mountain elevationclassical
An elevated part of a mountain.
- 1.muskclassical
Something that is smelled, specifically referring to musk.
- 1.proudclassical
A person who is proud, haughty, or disdainful.
- 2.prominent noseclassical
Having a high nose bridge, a long and slender nose with a dripping tip.
- 3.elevated shoulderclassical
A high or elevated shoulder, or the highest part of the shoulder.
- 1.to be arrogantclassical
To act with arrogance or pride.
- 2.to testclassical
To test or examine something.
- 1.a mountainclassical
A name for a mountain.
- 1.elevated mountainclassical
An elevated mountain.
- 1.dates remaining on the palmclassical
The dates that remain on the palm tree after harvesting.
- 1.place names in Egyptclassical
Names of places located in Egypt.