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صمل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes firmness, hardness, and intensity. It extends to concepts of being strong, stiff, dry, and even severe or calamitous.

Derived headwords

صَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    of strong buildboth

    of strong build

صُمُولًاnoun
  1. 1.
    firmnessboth

    The state of being solid, hard, and strong; firmness.

صَمِلadjective
  1. 1.
    of strong buildboth

    of strong build

صَمَلَ الشجرverb
  1. 1.
    to become coarseclassical

    Trees become coarse and rough when they lack sufficient rain.

صَامِلadjective
  1. 1.
    dryboth

    Describing something that is dry and hard.

عَدَامِيل الهَشِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    dry brushwoodclassical

    Pieces of dry, old brushwood or withered vegetation.

صَامِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dry brushwoodclassical

    Pieces of dry, old brushwood or withered vegetation.

العَدْمُولnoun
  1. 1.
    old, dry materialclassical

    Something old and dry, referring to brushwood or similar materials.

اصْمَأَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to intensifyclassical

    To become intense, strong, or severe.

اصْمِئْلَالًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intensificationclassical

    The act or state of becoming intense or severe.

اصْمَأَلَّ النباتverb
  1. 1.
    to become denseclassical

    Plants become dense and closely packed together.

المِصْمَأَلَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A severe misfortune or disaster; a grave affair.

Parallel reading

صمل الشئ يصمل صمولا: صلب واشتد.
Something becomes firm, it becomes solid and intense.
ورجل صمل، بتشديد اللام، أي شديد الخلق
And a man is 'samal' (with a shadda on the lam), meaning strong of build.
وصمل الشجر، إذا لم يجد ريا فخشن.
And trees become coarse when they do not find rain.
والصامل: اليابس.
And 'as-samil' means dry.
ترى جازريه يرعدان وناره عليها عداميل الهشيم وصامله
You see its butchers trembling, and its fire has upon it pieces of dry brushwood and withered vegetation.
والعدمول: القديم.
And 'al-'admul' means old.
يقول: على النار حطب يابس.
He means: upon the fire is dry firewood.
واصمأل الشئ اصمئلالا بالهمز، أي اشتد.
And something becomes intense, an intensification, meaning it became severe.
واصمأل النبات، إذا التف.
And plants become dense when they grow close together.
والمصمئلة: الداهية.
And 'al-misma'alah' means a calamity.
ولا مصمئلتها الضئبل
Nor its slight calamity.