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الصن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to unpleasant bodily odors, specifically the smell of camel urine and armpits. It also extends to concepts of stubbornness, pregnancy complications, and a type of basket.

Derived headwords

الصَنّnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel urineclassical

    The urine of camels.

  2. 2.
    Early days of old ageclassical

    The initial period of old age.

  3. 3.
    Basket for breadclassical

    A type of lidded basket used for storing bread.

الصِّنَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Armpit odorboth

    A strong, unpleasant odor emanating from the armpits.

أَصَنَّverb
  1. 1.
    To have body odorboth

    To develop a strong, unpleasant body odor, particularly from the armpits.

  2. 2.
    To be arrogantclassical

    To carry oneself with arrogance, often indicated by lifting one's nose.

  3. 3.
    To be angryclassical

    To become angry or enraged.

  4. 4.
    Female camel to be pregnantclassical

    When a female camel becomes pregnant and exhibits stubbornness towards the male.

  5. 5.
    Water to become foulclassical

    For water to change in quality and become stagnant or foul-smelling.

  6. 6.
    To insist on a matterclassical

    To be persistent or stubborn regarding a particular issue.

  7. 7.
    Mare's foal to be stuckclassical

    When a mare's foal gets stuck during birth, and she pushes its head into her birth canal.

أَصَنّadjective
  1. 1.
    One who pretends to be unawareclassical

    A man who feigns ignorance or inattentiveness.

  2. 2.
    Braveclassical

    Possessing courage and bravery.

أَصَنّname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A location in Kufa known by this name.

Parallel reading

الصن، بالكسر: بول الإبل
Al-ṣinn, with a kasra: camel urine.
وأول أيام العجوز
And the first days of old age.
وشبه السلة المطبقة يجعل فيها الخبز
And like a lidded basket in which bread is placed.
وبهاء: ذفر الإبط، كالصنان
And with a fatha on the ب: armpit odor, like al-ṣinān.
وأصن: صار ذا صنان
And 'aṣanna: he became smelly (had body odor).
وشمخ بأنفه تكبرا
And he sniffed with his nose in arrogance.
وغضب
And he became angry.
والناقة: حملت فاستكبرت على الفحل
And the female camel: she became pregnant and acted stubbornly towards the male.
والماء: تغير
And the water: it changed (became foul).
وعلى الأمر: أصر
And on the matter: he insisted.
والفرس: نشب ولدها في بطنها، فدفع برأسه في خورانها
And the mare: her foal got stuck in her womb, so she pushed its head into her birth canal.
ورجل أصن: متغافل
And a man 'aṣinn: one who pretends to be unaware.
وكشداد: شجاع
And like shaddād: brave.
وكسكين: ع بالكوفة
And like sikkīn: a place in Kufa.