السن

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

The root السن (al-sinn) primarily relates to teeth, age, and sharpness. It extends to concepts of maturity, time, and the act of sharpening or honing. Derived meanings also encompass guidance, methods, and the physical form or appearance of things.

Derived headwords

السِّنّnoun

1.
toothboth
A hard, bony appendage that grows in the jaws of vertebrates and is used for biting and chewing. The plural forms are أسنان (asnān), أسنة (asinnah), and أسن (asinn).
2.
wild bullclassical
A term for a wild bull.
3.
mountainclassical
A name for a mountain in Medina, and another in the region of Rayy, and a place on the Tigris.
4.
tip of a penclassical
The pointed part of a pen.
5.
strong eatingclassical
Intense or vigorous eating.
6.
hornboth
A horn, often referring to an animal's horn.
7.
clove of garlicboth
A segment or clove from the head of a garlic bulb.
8.
part of a sickleclassical
A section or part of a sickle.
9.
lifespanboth
The duration of a person's life, considered feminine.

أَسِنَverb

1.
to grow oldboth
To reach an advanced age, to have one's lifespan increase.
2.
to sproutboth
For a tooth to sprout or emerge.
3.
to cause to growclassical
To cause something to grow, specifically a tooth.
4.
to sprout (camel's tooth)classical
For a she-camel's tooth to sprout.

أَسِنّadjective

1.
older in ageboth
Having a greater age than someone else.

سِنُهُnoun

1.
contemporaryboth
One who was born at the same time as another; a peer or contemporary.
2.
peerboth
One of similar age or status.

سَنَّverb

1.
to sharpenboth
To hone, sharpen, or polish a blade, such as a knife.
2.
to setclassical
To set the spearhead into the shaft of a spear.
3.
to scrubclassical
To scrub or clean the molars.
4.
to drive fastclassical
To drive camels or other animals swiftly.
5.
to clarifyboth
To make a matter clear or explicit.
6.
to make potteryclassical
To make clay into pottery or earthenware.
7.
to stabclassical
To stab someone with a spearhead.
8.
to biteclassical
To bite someone with teeth.
9.
to break teethclassical
To break someone's teeth.
10.
to force downclassical
For a male animal to force a female down for mating.
11.
to send out to grazeclassical
To send livestock out to pasture, or to care for them meticulously.
12.
to shapeboth
To shape or form something.
13.
to pourclassical
To pour a garment or water onto something.
14.
to follow a pathboth
To follow a path or way.

مَسْنُونadjective

1.
sharpenedboth
Having been sharpened or honed, like a blade.
2.
polishedboth
Made smooth or polished.
3.
putridclassical
Describing stagnant water or air that has become foul and putrid.
4.
smooth-facedclassical
Having a smooth, handsome face, or a long face and nose.

سَنَنnoun

1.
pathboth
A way, path, or direction, often used in the plural (sunan).
2.
methodboth
A way of doing things, a custom, or a tradition.
3.
swift camelsclassical
Camels that run swiftly in a herd.

سَنَنَverb

1.
to clarifyclassical
To clarify or explain something.
2.
to aimclassical
To aim a spear towards someone.

اسْتَنَّverb

1.
to use a toothbrushboth
To clean one's teeth with a toothbrush or similar implement.
2.
to buckclassical
For a horse to buck or rear up.
3.
to shimmerclassical
For a mirage to shimmer or waver.
4.
to follow a pathboth
To follow a path or way, to tread a path.

مِسْوَاكnoun

1.
toothbrushboth
An implement used for cleaning the teeth.

السُّنَّةnoun

1.
weaselclassical
A term for a weasel.
2.
female cheetahclassical
A term for a female cheetah.
3.
axeclassical
An axe, specifically one with two handles.
4.
faceboth
The face, its heat, its outline, its form, or the forehead and temples.
5.
way of lifeboth
A way of life, conduct, or character.
6.
traditionboth
A custom, tradition, or established practice.
7.
date varietyclassical
A type of date found in Medina.
8.
divine decreeboth
A decree or command from God, including His commands and prohibitions.
9.
punishment of past peoplesclassical
The fate or punishment that befell previous nations, often interpreted as witnessing the torment.

سَنَنُ الطَّرِيقnoun

1.
path of the roadboth
The clear path or direction of a road.

سَنَاسِنadverb

1.
in a single directionclassical
Describing wind blowing in a uniform direction.

مَسْنُونadjective

1.
putridclassical
Describing stagnant water that has become foul and putrid.

مَسْنُون الوَجْهadjective

1.
smooth-facedclassical
Having a smooth, handsome face, or a face and nose that are long.

يُسَانّverb

1.
to mount and pursueclassical
For a male animal to mount a female and pursue her until she is subdued for mating.

مُسَانَّةnoun

1.
pursuit for matingclassical
The act of a male animal pursuing a female for mating.

سِنَانnoun

1.
spearheadboth
The pointed metal tip of a spear.
2.
flying insectsclassical
A term for flying insects.

المُسْتَنّnoun

1.
lionclassical
A lion.

المُسْتَنّadjective

1.
trodden pathclassical
A well-trodden or frequented path.

السَّنِينَةnoun

1.
raised sand duneclassical
An elongated, raised sand dune on the surface of the earth.
2.
windclassical
Wind.

ذُو السَّنّname

1.
name of a personclassical
A name given to individuals, often referring to someone with an extra tooth.

ذُو السَّنِينَةname

1.
name of a personclassical
A name given to individuals, often referring to someone with an extra tooth.

أَسِيدُ السَّنَةname

1.
name of a scholarclassical
A title referring to Asad ibn Musa, a scholar.

السَّنَنِيُّونname

1.
scholars of Sunanclassical
A designation for scholars known for their works on Sunan (traditions/methods), such as Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Suni.

سَنَّنَverb

1.
to make desirableclassical
To make food or something desirable, to whet the appetite.

تَسَانَّتverb

1.
to butt each otherclassical
For male animals to butt or fight each other.

السِّنَانnoun

1.
spearheadboth
The pointed tip of a spear.

Parallel reading

السن، بالكسر: الضرس ج: أسنان وأسنة وأسن

Al-sinn, with a kasra: the molar tooth, plural: asnān, asinnah, and asinn.

والثور الوحشي، وجبل بالمدينة، وع بالري، ود على دجلة

And the wild bull, and a mountain in Medina, and a place in Rayy, and a place on the Tigris.

ومكان البري من القلم، والأكل الشديد، والقرن، والحبة من رأس الثوم

And the tip of the pen, and intense eating, and the horn, and the clove of garlic.

وأسن: كبرت سنه، كاستسن، ونبت سنه

And asina: his age increased, like istasanna, and his tooth sprouted.

وهو أسن منه: أكبر سنا

And he is asannu minhu: older in age than him.

وهو سنه وسنينه وسنينته: لدته، وتربه

And he is sinuhu, sanīnihi, and sanīnituhu: his contemporary, and his peer.

وسن السكين، فهو مسنون وسنين، وسننه: أحده، وصقله

And he sharpened the knife, so it is masnūn and sanīn, and his sharpening: its honing, and its polishing.

وكل ما يسن به، أو عليه: مسن

And everything that is sharpened with it, or upon it: masann.

وسنن المنطق: حسنه

And sannana al-mantiq: he improved the logic.

وسن الرمح: ركب فيه سنانه

And sanna al-rumḥ: he fitted the spearhead into it.

والأضراس: سوكها

And al-aḍrās: scrubbing them.

والإبل: ساقها سريعا

And al-ibil: driving them swiftly.

والأمر: بينه

And al-amr: clarifying it.

والطين: عمله فخارا

And al-ṭīn: making it into pottery.

وفلانا: طعنه بالسنان، أو عضه بالأسنان

And fulānan: stabbing him with a spearhead, or biting him with teeth.

والفحل الناقة: كبها على وجهها

And al-faḥl al-nāqah: he forced her down on her face.

والمال: أرسله في الرعي، أو أحسن القيام عليه حتى كأنه صقله

And al-māl: sending it out to graze, or caring for it excellently until it was as if polished.

والشيء: صوره

And al-shay': shaping it.

وعليه الدرع أو الماء: صبه

And 'alayhi al-dir' aw al-mā': pouring it.

والطريقة: سار فيها، كاستسنها

And al-ṭarīqah: he followed it, like istasannahā.

واستن: استاك، و الفرس: قمص، و السراب: اضطرب

And istanna: he used a toothbrush, and al-faras: it bucked, and al-sarāb: it shimmered.

والسنة: الدبة، والفهدة، وبالكسر: الفأس لها خلفان

And al-sunnah: the weasel, and the female cheetah, and with a kasra: the axe which has two handles.

وبالضم: الوجه، أو حره، أو دائرته، أو الصورة، أو الجبهة والجبينان، والسيرة، والطبيعة

And with a damma: the face, or its heat, or its outline, or the form, or the forehead and temples, and the way of life, and the nature.

وتمر بالمدينة، و من الله: حكمه، وأمره، ونهيه

And dates in Medina, and from God: His decree, and His command, and His prohibition.

{إلا أن تأتيهم سنة الأولين} ، أي: معاينة العذاب

{Except that there comes to them the Sunnah of the ancients}, meaning: witnessing the torment.

وسنن الطريق، مثلثة وبضمتين: نهجه وجهته

And sunan al-ṭarīq, with three vowels and two dammas: its path and its direction.

وجاءت الريح سناسن: على طريقة واحدة

And the wind came sanāsin: in one direction.

والحمأ المسنون: المنتن

And al-ḥama' al-masnūn: the putrid.

ورجل مسنون الوجه: مملسه حسنه سهله، أو في وجهه وأنفه طول

And a man masnūn al-wajh: his face is smooth and handsome and easy, or his face and nose are long.

والفحل يسان الناقة مسانة وسنانا، أي: يكدمها، ويطردها حتى ينوخها ليسفدها

And the male animal pursues the female animal musānatan and sunānan, meaning: he butts her, and drives her until he makes her kneel to mate with her.

وكأمير: ما يسقط من الحجر إذا حككته، والأرض التي أكل نباتها، كالمسنونة، وقد سنت، ود

And like amīr: what falls from a stone when you rub it, and the land whose vegetation has been consumed, like masnūnah, and it has become senna, and a place.

والمسان من الإبل: الكبار

And al-misān from the camels: the large ones.

والسنسن، بالكسر: العطش، ورأس المحالة، وحرف فقار الظهر، كالسن والسنسنة، ورأس عظام الصدر، أو طرف الضلع التي في الصدر

And al-sansan, with a kasra: thirst, and the top of the pulley, and the edge of the vertebrae of the back, like al-sinn and al-sansanah, and the top of the chest bones, or the tip of the rib in the chest.

وسنة بن مسلم البطين، وأبو عثمان بن سنة: محدثان

And Sanah ibn Muslim al-Buṭayn, and Abu 'Uthman ibn Sanah: two traditionists.

وسنان بن سنة، وعبد الرحمن بن سنة، وسنان بن أبي سنان، وابن طهير، وابن عبد الله، وابن عمرو بن مقرن، وابن وبرة، وابن سلمة، وابن شمعلة، وابن تيم، وابن ثعلبة، وابن روح، وسنين، كزبير، أبو جميلة، وابن واقد: صحابيون

And Sinan ibn Sanah, and 'Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Sanah, and Sinan ibn Abi Sinan, and Ibn Ṭahir, and Ibn 'Abd Allah, and Ibn 'Amr ibn Muqrin, and Ibn Wabarah, and Ibn Salamah, and Ibn Sham'alah, and Ibn Taym, and Ibn Tha'labah, and Ibn Ruḥ, and Sanīn, like Zubayr, Abu Jamīlah, and Ibn Wāqid: Companions.

وأبو العباس الأصم السناني: نسبة إلى جده سنان

And Abu al-'Abbās al-Aṣamm al-Sunānī: attributed to his grandfather Sinan.

وأسنان، بالضم: ة بهراة

And Asnān, with a damma: a village in Herat.

وسنيناء: ة بالكوفة

And Sunaynā': a village in Kufa.

والسنائن: ماءة لبني وقاص

And al-Sanā'in: a water source for Banu Waqqas.

والمستسن: الطريق المسلوك، كالمستسن، وقد استسنت

And al-mustasann: the trodden path, like al-mustasann, and it has been trodden.

والمستن: الأسد

And al-mustann: the lion.

والسنن، محركة: الإبل تستن في عدوها

And al-sanana, with haraka: camels running swiftly in their charge.

والسنينة، كسفينة: الرمل المرتفع المستطيل على وجه الأرض ج: سنائن، والريح

And al-sanīnah, like safīnah: the elevated, elongated sand dune on the surface of the earth, plural: sanā'in, and the wind.

والمسنون: سيف مالك ابن العجلان الأنصاري

And al-masnūn: the sword of Malik ibn al-'Ijlan al-Anṣārī.

وذو السن: ابن وثن البجلي، كانت له سن زائدة

And Dhu al-Sinn: Ibn Wathan al-Bajali, he had an extra tooth.

وذو السن: ابن الصوان بن عبد شمس

And Dhu al-Sinn: Ibn al-Ṣawwān ibn 'Abd Shams.

وذو السنينة، كجهينة: حبيب بن عتبة الثعلبي، كانت له سن زائدة أيضا

And Dhu al-Sanīnah, like Juhaynah: Habib ibn 'Utbah al-Tha'labi, he also had an extra tooth.

ووقع في سن رأسه، أي: عدد شعره من الخير، أو فيما شاء واحتكم

And it occurred in the count of his head, meaning: the number of his hairs of good, or in whatever he wished and decided.

وأسيد السنة، بالضم: هو أسد بن موسى المحدث

And Usayd al-Sunnah, with a damma: he is Asad ibn Musa the traditionist.

والسنيون من المحدثين: أحمد بن محمد بن إسحاق بن السني، ذو التصانيف، والعلاء بن عمرو، ويحيى بن زكريا، وأحمد بن علي بن منصور، مؤلف "المنهاج"، وآخرون

And al-Sunniyyūn from the traditionists: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Suni, the author of many books, and al-'Alā' ibn 'Amr, and Yahya ibn Zakariyya, and Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Manṣūr, the author of 'Al-Minhāj', and others.

وسنني هذا الشيء: شهى إلي الطعام

And sannana hādhā al-shay': it made this thing desirable to me, like food.

وتسانت الفحول: تكادمت

And tasānnat al-fuḥūl: they butted each other.

وسنين: د بديار عوف بن عبد

And Sanīn: a place in the lands of 'Awf ibn 'Abd.

والسنان: نصل الرمح ج: أسنة، ط والذبان ط وهو أطوع السنان، أي: يطاوعه السنان كيف شاء

And al-sinān: the spearhead, plural: asinnah, and flying insects, and it is the most obedient of the spearheads, meaning: the spearheads obey it as it wishes.