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سهد

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of sleeplessness and its related concepts. It also extends to the idea of a small amount of sleep and, metaphorically, to something reliable or dependable.

Derived headwords

السُّهَادnoun
  1. 1.
    insomniaboth

    insomnia

سَهِدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sleeplessboth

    To experience sleeplessness or insomnia.

سَهَدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sleeplessnessboth

    The state of being sleepless, used as a masdar for the verb سَهِدَ.

السَّهْدnoun
  1. 1.
    little sleepclassical

    A small amount of sleep.

سُهْدnoun
  1. 1.
    little sleepclassical

    A small amount of sleep, as indicated by the pronunciation with dammah on the sin and ha.

سَهَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause sleeplessnessboth

    To cause someone to be sleepless.

مُسْهَدadjective
  1. 1.
    he isboth

    he is

سَهْدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    to cause insomniaboth

    to cause insomnia

Parallel reading

السهاد: الأرق
Suhad: insomnia.
وقد سهد الرجل بالكسر يسهد سهدا
And the man was sleepless, he becomes sleepless, a state of sleeplessness.
والسهد بضم السين والهاء: القليل من النوم
And as-sahd (with dammah on the sin and ha) is a little bit of sleep.
فأتت به حوش الفؤاد مبطنا * سهدا إذا ما نام ليل الهوجل
So she brought him, stout of heart, inwardly sleepless when the night of the desolate land slept.
وسهدته أنا فهو مسهد
And I caused him to be sleepless, so he is one who has been made sleepless.
وما رأيت من فلان سهدة: أي أمرا أعتمد عليه، من كلام أو خبر
And I did not see from so-and-so a sahdah: meaning something I can rely on, whether it be speech or news.