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الشم

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This 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

شَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to smellboth

    To perceive an odor with the nose.

  2. 2.
    to sniffboth

    To inhale deeply through the nose, often to detect a scent.

شَمِمْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to smell itboth

    To smell something, often with a sense of thoroughness or repeated action.

أَشُمُّهُverb
  1. 1.
    I smell itboth

    The first-person singular present tense of the verb 'to smell'.

شَمَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to smell itboth

    The past tense, third-person masculine singular form of the verb 'to smell'.

شَمًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    smellingboth

    The act or sense of smelling.

شَمِيمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    fragranceboth

    A pleasant or sweet smell.

شَمِيمَىnoun
  1. 1.
    fragranceclassical

    A pleasant or sweet smell, similar to شَمِيمًا.

تَشَمَّمْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to sniff itboth

    To sniff something repeatedly or thoroughly, to try to detect its scent.

اشْتَمَمْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to smell itboth

    To smell something, often implying a thorough or complete smelling.

شَمِيتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to smell itclassical

    To smell something.

أَشَمَّهُ إِيَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make him smell itboth

    To cause someone else to smell something.

شَامَّاverb
  1. 1.
    they smelled each otherboth

    To smell one another.

تَشَامَّاverb
  1. 1.
    they smelled each otherboth

    To smell one another, often implying mutual sniffing.

شَدَّادnoun
  1. 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.

الدستنبويهnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of melonclassical

    The Persian name for a specific type of melon, described as small, striped, and having a pleasant, cooling scent.

الشَّمَّامَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    fragrancesboth

    Pleasant scents that are smelled or inhaled.

شَامَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to approach himboth

    To draw near to someone, to get close to them, or to inquire about what they have.

أَشَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to pass by raising headclassical

    To pass by while holding one's head high, often implying pride or disdain.

  2. 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. 3.
    to circumciseclassical

    In the context of a circumciser, to perform circumcision by taking a small part.

  4. 4.
    to remove clitoral hoodclassical

    In the context of a female circumciser, to remove a small part of the clitoral hood.

الشَّمِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    the elevatedclassical

    Something that is high or elevated.

  2. 2.
    muskclassical

    A type of perfume or scent, specifically musk.

الشَّمَمnoun
  1. 1.
    proximity and distanceclassical

    Both closeness and farness, used paradoxically.

  2. 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. 3.
    a mountain elevationclassical

    An elevated part of a mountain.

المَشْمُومnoun
  1. 1.
    muskclassical

    Something that is smelled, specifically referring to musk.

أَشَمُّadjective
  1. 1.
    proudclassical

    A person who is proud, haughty, or disdainful.

  2. 2.
    prominent noseclassical

    Having a high nose bridge, a long and slender nose with a dripping tip.

  3. 3.
    elevated shoulderclassical

    A high or elevated shoulder, or the highest part of the shoulder.

شَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be arrogantclassical

    To act with arrogance or pride.

  2. 2.
    to testclassical

    To test or examine something.

شَمٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    a mountainclassical

    A name for a mountain.

شَمَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    elevated mountainclassical

    An elevated mountain.

الشَّمَاشِمnoun
  1. 1.
    dates remaining on the palmclassical

    The dates that remain on the palm tree after harvesting.

اشْمُومname
  1. 1.
    place names in Egyptclassical

    Names of places located in Egypt.

Parallel reading

حس الأنف
The sense of the nose.
شممته، بالكسر، أشمه، بالفتح
I smelled it (with kasra), I smell it (with fatha).
وشممته أشمه، بالضم، شما وشميما وشميمى، كخليفى، عن الزمخشري
And I smelled it, I smell it (with damma), shamma and shamiman and shamima, like khalifa, from Al-Zamakhshari.
وتشممته واشتممته وشميته
And I sniffed it thoroughly, and I smelled it completely, and I smelled it.
وأشمه إياه: جعله يشمه
And I made him smell it: I caused him to smell it.
وشاما وتشاما: شم أحدهما الآخر
And they smelled each other (shamma and tashama): one smelled the other.
وكشداد: بطيخ كحنظلة صغيرة مخطط بحمرة وخضرة وصفرة، فارسيته: الدستنبويه
And like shaddad: a melon like a small colocynth, striped with red, green, and yellow, its Persian name is Al-Distunbuwayh.
رائحته باردة طيبة ملينة، جالبة للنوم، وأكله ملين للبطن
Its scent is cool, pleasant, and laxative, inducing sleep, and eating it is laxative for the stomach.
والشمامات: ما يتشمم من الأرواح الطيبة
And Al-Shamamat: what is smelled of good fragrances.
وشاممه، أي: انظر ما عنده، وقاربه، وادن منه
And shamimahu, meaning: look at what he has, approach him, and draw near to him.
وأشم: مر رافعا رأسه، وعدل عن الشيء
And ashm: he passed by raising his head, and turned away from the thing.
والحروف: أذاقها الضمة أو الكسرة بحيث لا تسمع ولا يعتد بها، ولا تكسر وزنا
And the letters: he made them taste the damma or kasra such that it is not heard and not considered, and it does not break the meter.
والحجام الختان، والخافضة البظر: أخذا منهما قليلا
And the circumciser the circumcision, and the clitoridectomy the clitoral hood: taking a little from them.
والشميم: المرتفع
And Al-Shamim: the elevated.
والمشموم: المسك
And Al-Mashmum: musk.
والشمم، محركة: القرب، والبعد، ضد، ويقال: داره شمم بالمعنيين، وارتفاع في الجبل، وارتفاع قصبة الأنف، وحسنها، واستواء أعلاها، وانتصاب الأرنبة، أو ورود الأرنبة في حسن استواء القصبة وارتفاعها أشد من ارتفاع الذلف، أو أن يطول الأنف ويدق، وتسيل روثته، فهو أشم
And Al-Shamam, vocalized: proximity, and distance, the opposite. It is said: his house is shamam in both meanings, and an elevation in the mountain, and the prominence of the nose bridge, and its beauty, and the straightness of its upper part, and the uprightness of the tip, or the tip entering into the good straightness of the bridge and its height, stronger than the prominence of the philtrum, or that the nose is long and slender, and its tip drips, so he is asham.
والأشم: السيد ذو الأنفة، والمنكب المرتفع المشاشة
And Al-Ashamm: the proud leader, and the elevated shoulder, the shoulder blade.
وشم: تكبر، وبالضم: اختبر، وكسحاب: جبل
And shamma: he was arrogant, and with damma: he tested, and like sahabi: a mountain.
وبرقة شماء: جبل م
And a plateau, shamma': a mountain.
والشماشم: ما يبقى على الكباسة من الرطب
And Al-Shamashim: what remains on the cluster of dates from the fresh ones.
واشموم، بالضم: بلدان بمصر
And Ishmum, with damma: towns in Egypt.