سحر

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of 'magic' or 'enchantment', but also extends to the time just before dawn, the lungs, and deception. It encompasses various derived terms for sorcerers, the act of bewitching, and the specific time of pre-dawn.

Derived headwords

السِّحْرُnoun

1.
the lungboth
the lung
2.
its plural is أسحار, like برد and أبرادboth
its plural is أسحار, like برد and أبراد
3.
its plural is سحور, like فلس and فلوسboth
its plural is سحور, like فلس and فلوس
4.
just before dawnboth
just before dawn

أسْحَارٌnoun

1.
lungs (pl.)classical
The plural of 'siḥr' when referring to the lungs.

السِّحْرُnoun

1.
the lungboth
the lung
2.
its plural is أسحار, like برد and أبرادboth
its plural is أسحار, like برد and أبراد
3.
its plural is سحور, like فلس and فلوسboth
its plural is سحور, like فلس and فلوس
4.
just before dawnboth
just before dawn

سَحَرٌnoun

1.
it may be vowelled due to the guttural letter, so it is said سَحْر and سِحْر, like نَهْر and نِهْرboth
it may be vowelled due to the guttural letter, so it is said سَحْر and سِحْر, like نَهْر and نِهْر
2.
it has become definite without annexation or the definite articleboth
it has become definite without annexation or the definite article
3.
and if you mean it as indefinite, you decline itboth
and if you mean it as indefinite, you decline it
4.
except the family of Lot, We saved them at dawnboth
except the family of Lot, We saved them at dawn
5.
the upper part of the lungboth
the upper part of the lung
6.
the charm/spellboth
the charm/spell
7.
everything whose acquisition is subtle and preciseboth
everything whose acquisition is subtle and precise
8.
he charmed him, he bewitched himboth
he charmed him, he bewitched him
9.
he deceived himboth
he deceived him
10.
if he distracted himboth
if he distracted him
11.
he deceived him, he distracted himboth
he deceived him, he distracted him

سُحَّرَةٌnoun

1.
upper pre-dawnclassical
The earlier part of the pre-dawn period.

أسْحَرَverb

1.
to travel at pre-dawnboth
To travel during the pre-dawn time.
2.
to become pre-dawnboth
To enter or reach the pre-dawn time.

اسْتَحَرَّverb

1.
to crow (rooster)both
The crowing of a rooster during the pre-dawn time.

السُّحُورُnoun

1.
pre-dawn mealboth
The meal eaten before dawn during fasting.

سَحَرَverb

1.
it may be vowelled due to the guttural letter, so it is said سَحْر and سِحْر, like نَهْر and نِهْرboth
it may be vowelled due to the guttural letter, so it is said سَحْر and سِحْر, like نَهْر and نِهْر
2.
it has become definite without annexation or the definite articleboth
it has become definite without annexation or the definite article
3.
and if you mean it as indefinite, you decline itboth
and if you mean it as indefinite, you decline it
4.
except the family of Lot, We saved them at dawnboth
except the family of Lot, We saved them at dawn
5.
the upper part of the lungboth
the upper part of the lung
6.
the charm/spellboth
the charm/spell
7.
everything whose acquisition is subtle and preciseboth
everything whose acquisition is subtle and precise
8.
he charmed him, he bewitched himboth
he charmed him, he bewitched him
9.
he deceived himboth
he deceived him
10.
if he distracted himboth
if he distracted him
11.
he deceived him, he distracted himboth
he deceived him, he distracted him

سَاحِرٌnoun

1.
sorcerer, magicianboth
One who practices magic or sorcery.
2.
knowledgeable personclassical
A knowledgeable or learned person.

المُسَحَّرُnoun

1.
one who is enchantedclassical
One who has been enchanted or bewitched.
2.
one who is sustainedclassical
One who is sustained or provided for, possibly through magical means or sustenance.

التَّسْحِيرُnoun

1.
enchantment, deceptionboth
The act of enchanting or deceiving.

سُحَيْرًاnoun

1.
a little before dawnboth
A diminutive form of 'saḥar', referring to a short time before dawn.

Parallel reading

والجمع أسحار، مثل برد وأبراد، وكذلك السحر والسحر، والجمع سحور مثل فلس وفلوس

And the plural is 'asḥār', like 'bard' and 'abrad', and likewise 'al-siḥr' and 'al-siḥr', and the plural is 'suḥūr' like 'fils' and 'fulūs'.

ويقال للجبان: قد انتفخ سحره.

And it is said of the coward: 'His lungs have inflated'.

ومنهم من يقول: " المقطعة " بكسر الطاء، أي من سرعتها وشدة عدوها كأنها تقطع سحرها ونياطها.

And some of them say: 'al-muqaṭṭiʿah' (with a kasra on the ṭāʾ), meaning due to its speed and intensity of running, it is as if it is cutting its lungs and vital organs.

والسحر: قبيل الصبح.

And 'al-siḥr': the time just before dawn.

تقول: لقيته سحرنا هذا: إذا أردت به سحر ليلتك لم تصرفه، لانه معدول عن الالف واللام.

You say: 'I met him at this pre-dawn of ours': if you mean the pre-dawn of your night, you do not decline it, because it is a derivation from 'al-' and 'lām'.

وهو معرفة وقد غلب عليه التعريف بغير إضافة ولا ألف ولام، كما غلب ابن الزبير على واحد من بنيه.

And it is definite, and it has become predominantly definite without an addition or 'al-' and 'lām', just as 'Ibn al-Zubayr' became a name for one of his sons.

وتقول: سر على فرسك سحر يافتى، فلا ترفعه، لانه ظرف غير متمكن.

And you say: 'Ride your horse at pre-dawn, O young man', and you do not raise it (i.e., decline it), because it is an un-established adverb.

وإن أردت بسحر نكرة صرفته، كما قال الله تعالى: (إلا آل لوط نجيناهم بسحر) *.

And if you mean 'saḥar' indefinitely, you decline it, as God Almighty said: '(Except the family of Lot, we saved them by a pre-dawn meal)'.

فإن سميت به رجلا أو صغرته انصرف، لانه ليس على وزن المعدول كأخر.

If you name a man with it or make it diminutive, it is declined, because it is not on the pattern of the derived form like 'ākhir'.

تقول: سر على فرسك سحيرا.

You say: 'Ride your horse at a little before dawn'.

والسحرة بالضم: السحر الأعلى.

And 'al-suḥarah' (with damma): the earlier pre-dawn.

يقال أتيته بسحر وبسحرة.

It is said: 'I came to him at pre-dawn and at the earlier pre-dawn'.

أسحرنا: أي سرنا في وقت السحر.

'Asḥarnā': meaning we traveled at the time of pre-dawn.

أسحرنا أيضا: صرنا في السحر.

'Asḥarnā' also: meaning we entered the pre-dawn time.

واستحر الديك: صاح في ذلك الوقت.

And 'istaḥarra al-dīk': the rooster crowed at that time.

والسحور: ما يتسحر به.

And 'al-suḥūr': what is eaten for the pre-dawn meal.

والسحر: الأخذة. وكل ما لطف مأخذه ودق فهو سحر.

And 'al-siḥr': the taking. And everything whose taking is subtle and fine is 'siḥr'.

وقد سحره (1) يسحره سحرا.

And he bewitched him, he bewitches him, a bewitching.

والساحر: العالم.

And 'al-sāḥir': the knowledgeable one.

وسحره أيضا: بمعنى خدعه، وكذلك إذا علله.

And 'saḥarahū' also: meaning he deceived him, and likewise if he charmed him.

والتسحير مثله.

And 'al-tasḥīr' is similar.

فإن تسألينا فيم نحن فإننا * عصافير من هذا الأنام المسحر.

If you ask us what we are about, then indeed we are * sparrows among these enchanted people.

وقوله تعالى: (إنما أنت من المسحرين) *، يقال المسحر: الذي خلق ذا سحر.

And His saying, Almighty: '(You are only among those who are sustained)'*, it is said 'al-musahhar': he who was created with enchantment.

ويقال من المعللين.

And it is said: from those who are charmed/sustained.

وينشد لامرئ القيس: أرانا موضعين لأمر غيب * ونسحر بالطعام وبالشراب

And it is recited for Imru' al-Qays: He showed us two places for a hidden matter * And we are charmed by food and by drink