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سطع

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of rising, ascending, or extending upwards. It is applied to phenomena like dust, scent, and dawn, as well as physical attributes like a long neck and structural elements like a tent pole.

Derived headwords

سَطَعَverb
  1. 1.
    The dust, the scent, and the morning rose.both

    The dust, the scent, and the morning rose.

يَسْطَعُverb
  1. 1.
    to rise, ascendboth

    The present tense form of the verb سَطَعَ, indicating the action of rising or ascending.

سُطُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rising, ascendingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of سَطَعَ, denoting the act or process of rising or ascending.

السَّطِيعُadjective
  1. 1.
    dawnclassical

    An adjective referring to the dawn, implying its rising and spreading light.

السَّطْعُnoun
  1. 1.
    long neckboth

    Refers to the length of a neck, particularly used to describe an ostrich.

سَطْعَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    long-neckedboth

    Feminine adjective describing something with a long neck, like an ostrich.

السِّطَاعُnoun
  1. 1.
    branding markboth

    A mark or brand placed on the neck of a camel, characterized by its length.

  2. 2.
    tent poleboth

    A vertical pole used to support a tent or similar structure.

مُسَطَّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    branded on the neckboth

    Describes a camel that has been branded with a long mark on its neck.

Parallel reading

سطع الغبار والرائحة والصبح، يسطع سطوعا، إذا ارتفع.
Dust, scent, and dawn rise, they rise with a rising, when they ascend.
والسطيع: الصبح.
And the Sati' is the dawn.
والسطع بالتحريك: طول العنق ; نعامة سطعاء.
And as-Sat' (with vowel movement) is the length of the neck; an ostrich is sat'aa (long-necked).
والسطاع: سمة في عنق البعير بالطول، يقال بعير مسطع.
And as-Sitaa' is a mark on the neck of a camel lengthwise; it is said a camel is musatta'.
والسطاع أيضا: عمود البيت.
And as-Sitaa' is also the pole of the tent.
أليسوا بالألى قسطوا جميعا * على النعمان وابتدروا السطاعا
Were they not those who all acted unjustly * against Nu'man and rushed to the tent pole?