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صعنب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something small or diminutive, particularly in relation to a head or a central part. It also extends to an action of shaping or forming something, like a dish, by manipulating its central mass.

Derived headwords

الصَّعْنَبadjective
  1. 1.
    Small-headedboth

    Describing someone or something that has a small head.

صَعْنَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To shape the centerclassical

    To raise the center of a dish, specifically a thareed, and form its top.

Parallel reading

الصَّعْنَب: الصغير الرأس.
The small-headed: the small of head.
وصعنب الثريدة، إذا رفع وسطها وقور رأسها.
And he shaped the thareed, if he raised its center and formed its top.