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سيح

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flowing, spreading, or moving freely. It applies to water, shadows, and people traveling. It also extends to descriptive terms for textiles and specific geographical locations.

Derived headwords

سَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    The water flowed: it ran over the surface of the earth, and its verb pattern is بَاعَ.both

    The water flowed: it ran over the surface of the earth, and its verb pattern is بَاعَ.

  2. 2.
    He traveled through the land, he travels, traveling (sayḥan), traveling (suyūḥan), traveling (siyāḥatan), and traveling (sayaḥānan), with a fatḥa on the yāʾ.both

    He traveled through the land, he travels, traveling (sayḥan), traveling (suyūḥan), traveling (siyāḥatan), and traveling (sayaḥānan), with a fatḥa on the yāʾ.

سَيَحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    on the pattern of Rayḥān: a river in Syriaboth

    on the pattern of Rayḥān: a river in Syria

سِيَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    travelboth

    Wandering or traveling, often implying extensive journeys.

  2. 2.
    monasticismclassical

    In Islamic context, it refers to wandering or asceticism, which is prohibited.

سَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing waterboth

    Water that flows on the surface of the earth.

  2. 2.
    type of fabricclassical

    A kind of striped cloth or fabric.

  3. 3.
    striped cloakclassical

    A cloak that is striped.

مَسِيحadjective
  1. 1.
    stripedclassical

    Describing fabric or a cloak that is striped.

مَسِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    verbal noun of sāraboth

    verbal noun of sāra

مَسِيحَةadjective
  1. 1.
    stripedclassical

    Describing a cloak that is striped.

سَيُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    travelclassical

    A masdar for ساح, referring to wandering or traveling.

مِسْيَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    slandererclassical

    One who travels about spreading gossip and evil.

انْسَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to widenclassical

    The heart or spirit becomes expansive or relieved.

سَيِّحname
  1. 1.
    name of a water sourceclassical

    A specific water source belonging to the Banu Hassan bin Auf.

سَيِّحَانname
  1. 1.
    on the pattern of Rayḥān: a river in Syriaboth

    on the pattern of Rayḥān: a river in Syria

سَاحِينname
  1. 1.
    with kasra on the ḥāʼ: a river in Basraboth

    with kasra on the ḥāʼ: a river in Basra

سَيِّحُونname
  1. 1.
    a river in Indiaboth

    a river in India

Parallel reading

ساح الماء يسيح سيحا، إذا جرى على وجه الأرض.
Water flows, it flows, with flowing, if it runs on the face of the earth.
والسيح: الماء الجاري.
And the sayh: the flowing water.
والسيح أيضا: ضرب من البرود.
And the sayh also: a type of striped fabric.
والسيح: عباءة مخططة.
And the sayh: a striped cloak.
وبرد مسيح ومسير، أي مخطط.
And a musayyah and maseer fabric, meaning striped.
وعباءة مسيحة.
And a musayyah cloak.
من الهوذ كدراء السراة ولونها * خصيف كلون الحيقطان المسيح
From the howdah, like the dun-colored mountain goat, and its color * is patterned like the color of the striped hyacinth.
وإنى فلا تنظر سيوح عباءتي * شفاء الدقى يا بكر أم حكيم
And indeed, do not look at the flowing patterns of my cloak, O Bakr, mother of Hakim.
وساح في الأرض يسيح سياحة وسيوحا وسيحا وسيحانا، أي ذهب.
And he roamed in the land, roaming, with roaming, and sayhan, meaning he went.
لا سياحة في الاسلام
There is no wandering/monasticism in Islam.
وساح الظل، أي فاء.
And the shadow spread, meaning it returned.
المسياح: الذي يسيح في الأرض بالنميمة والشر.
The musayyah: one who roams the land with slander and evil.
ليسوا بالمساييح ولا بالمذاييع
They are not the roamers (slanderers) nor the spreaders (of news).
وانساح باله: أي اتسع.
And his heart became expansive: meaning it widened.
أمني ضمير النفس إياك بعد ما * يراجعني بثي فينساح بالها
My inner self has directed me to you after my distress returns to me, and her heart becomes expansive.
وسيح: ماء لبنى حسان بن عوف.
And Sayh: a water source of Banu Hassan bin Auf.
يا حبذا سيح إذا الصيف التهب
How wonderful is Sayh when the summer blazes.
وسيحان: نهر بالشام.
And Sayhan: a river in the Levant.
وساحين: نهر بالبصرة.
And Sahin: a river in Basra.
وسيحون: نهر بالهند.
And Sayhun: a river in India.