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السنة

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a year, encompassing its duration, cyclical nature, and associated phenomena like drought. It also extends to concepts of abundance, maturity, and repetition.

Derived headwords

السنةnoun
  1. 1.
    yearboth

    A period of twelve months; a full cycle of seasons.

  2. 2.
    droughtclassical

    A period of severe dryness, often leading to famine.

  3. 3.
    barren landclassical

    Land that is unproductive or infertile, especially during a drought.

سنونnoun
  1. 1.
    yearsboth

    The plural form of 'year'.

سنهاتnoun
  1. 1.
    yearsboth

    An alternative plural form of 'year'.

سنواتnoun
  1. 1.
    yearsboth

    Another plural form of 'year'.

السنيات البيضnoun
  1. 1.
    white yearsclassical

    Years of severe hardship and famine that afflicted the inhabitants of a city.

سانههverb
  1. 1.
    to deal with (annually)classical

    To interact with or manage something on an annual basis.

مسانهةnoun
  1. 1.
    annual dealingclassical

    The act of dealing with or managing something annually.

سناهاverb
  1. 1.
    to deal with (annually)classical

    An alternative form for dealing with something on an annual basis.

ساناهverb
  1. 1.
    to deal with (annually)classical

    Another form indicating interaction or management on an annual basis.

مساناةnoun
  1. 1.
    annual dealingclassical

    The act of dealing with or managing something annually, similar to مسانهة.

سنهتverb
  1. 1.
    to bear fruit year after yearclassical

    Describes a date palm that produces fruit in successive years.

سنهاءadjective
  1. 1.
    fruitful (annually)classical

    Describing a date palm that bears fruit year after year.

التسنهnoun
  1. 1.
    fermentationclassical

    The process of becoming fermented, applied to food and drink.

سنهadjective
  1. 1.
    aged (food)classical

    Food that has been around for years, implying it is aged or preserved.

متسنهadjective
  1. 1.
    fermentedclassical

    Describing bread or other food that has undergone fermentation.

Parallel reading

السنة: العام
The year: the year.
ج: سنون وسنهات وسنوات
Its plural: sunūn, sanahāt, and sanawāt.
والقحط
And drought.
والمجدبة من الأراضي
And barren land.
ووقعوا في السنيات البيض: وهي سنوات اشتددن على أهل المدينة.
And they fell into the white years: which were years that intensified hardship upon the people of the city.
وسانهه مسانهة وسناها
And he dealt with it annually, a dealing and a dealing.
وساناه مساناة
And he dealt with it annually, a dealing.
عامله بالسنة
He dealt with him annually.
والنخلة: حملت سنة بعد سنة، وهي: سنهاء.
And the date palm: it bore fruit year after year, and it is: sinhā'.
والتسنه: التكرج يقع على الخبز والشراب وغيره.
And at-tasannuh: fermentation that occurs to bread, drink, and other things.
وطعام سنه: أتت عليه السنون.
And food that is sanah: years have passed over it.
وخبز متسنه: متكرج.
And bread that is mutasannih: fermented.