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الصحمة

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shades of color, particularly dark or dusky hues, often mixed with other colors like yellow, gray, or red. It also extends to describe the state of plants and land, indicating maturity, wilting, or a change in vegetation, and can refer to specific individuals or plants.

Derived headwords

الصَّحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Darkness to yellownessboth

    A color that is dark, tending towards yellow, or a dusty gray with a slight blackness.

  2. 2.
    Redness in whitenessboth

    A reddish hue mixed with white.

أَصْحَمadjective
  1. 1.
    Dark-coloredboth

    Describing something that has a dusky or dark color, tending towards yellow or gray.

صَحْمَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Dark-coloredboth

    Feminine form of 'aṣḥam', describing something that has a dusky or dark color.

اصْحَامَّverb
  1. 1.
    To become intensely greenclassical

    Used for plants, meaning their greenness became strong or intense.

  2. 2.
    To become yellowclassical

    Used for plants, indicating they turned yellow.

  3. 3.
    To mix black with greenclassical

    Used for plants, where their greenness is mixed with a blackish hue.

اصْحَامَّتِ الْأَرْضُverb
  1. 1.
    Land's vegetation changedclassical

    The vegetation of the land changed, and its rain diminished.

اصْحَامَّ الزَّرْعُverb
  1. 1.
    Crops were struck by frostclassical

    The crops were affected by frost, or began to dry out.

الصَّحْمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    The Mughirah (plant)classical

    A name for a plant, possibly referring to its color.

  2. 2.
    A type of herbclassical

    A name for a type of herb or green plant.

أَصْحَمَة بْن بَحْرname
  1. 1.
    Ashamah ibn Bahirclassical

    The name of the King of Abyssinia (Negus), who converted to Islam during the time of the Prophet Muhammad.

اصْطَلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To stand uprightclassical

    To stand up straight or erect.

Parallel reading

الصَّحْمَة، بالضم: سواد إلى صفرة، أو غبرة إلى سواد قليل، أو حمرة في بياض
Al-ṣaḥmah, with dammah: is a blackness tending to yellowness, or a dustiness tending to a little blackness, or a redness in whiteness.
هو أصحم، وهي صحماء
He is aṣḥam (dark-colored), and she is ṣaḥmāʾ (dark-colored).
واصحام النبت: اشتدت خضرته، واصفار، ضد، أو خالط سواد خضرته صفرة
And the plant's iṣḥām means its greenness intensified, or it turned yellow (the opposite), or its greenness was mixed with yellowness.
والأرض: تغير نبتها، وأدبر مطرها
And the land's iṣḥām means its vegetation changed, and its rain diminished.
والزرع: ضربه قر، أو بدأ في اليبس
And the crops' iṣḥām means they were struck by frost, or began to dry out.
والصحماء: المغيرة، وبقلة
And al-ṣaḥmāʾ: is al-Mughīrah (a plant), and a type of herb.
وأصحمة بن بحر: ملك الحبشة النجاشي، أسلم في عهد النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم
And Ashamah ibn Bahir: was the King of Abyssinia, the Negus, who embraced Islam in the era of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
واصطحم: انتصب قائما
And iṣṭaḥama: means to stand upright.