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صمح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something solid, firm, or stout. It is used for describing physical attributes like thickness, shortness, and hardness, particularly in relation to the ground or a person's build.

Derived headwords

الصمحمحadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout and shortclassical

    Describing someone who is stout, short, and thickset. It can also refer to someone who is bald, thickset, and strong.

  2. 2.
    Firm, solidclassical

    Describing something as firm, solid, or strong.

صمحمحadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout and shortclassical

    Describing someone who is stout, short, and thickset. It can also refer to someone who is bald, thickset, and strong.

  2. 2.
    Firm, solidclassical

    Describing something as firm, solid, or strong.

الصمحاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard groundclassical

    Refers to hard, solid ground.

الصمحاءةnoun
  1. 1.
    Very hard groundclassical

    A more specific or intensified form of 'al-samḥāʼ', referring to very hard and solid ground.

Parallel reading

الصمحمح: الشديد.
Al-ṣamḥamḥ: The strong one.
قال الجرمى: الغليظ القصير.
Al-Jarmī said: The thickset, short one.
وقال ثعلب: رأس صمحمح: أي أصلع غليظ شديد.
And Tha'lab said: A ṣamḥamḥ head: meaning bald, thickset, strong.
وهو فعلعل، كرر فيه العين واللام.
And it is on the pattern of fu'al'al, where the 'ayn and lām are repeated.
والصمحاء، مثال الحرباء: الارض الصلبة،
And al-ṣamḥāʼ, like ḥirbāʼ: the solid ground,
والصمحاءة أخص منه
And al-ṣamḥāʼah is more specific than it.