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سجم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the flowing or shedding of liquid, particularly tears or rain. It extends to concepts of abundance in precipitation and, metaphorically, to a camel that does not vocalize.

Derived headwords

سَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    the tears flowedboth

    the tears flowed

سُجُومًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing (of tears)both

    The act or state of tears flowing abundantly.

سَجَامًاnoun
  1. 1.
    with kasraboth

    with kasra

اِنْسَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    it flowedboth

    it flowed

عَيْنٌ سَجُومٌadjective
  1. 1.
    tearful (eye)both

    An eye that sheds tears profusely.

أَرْضٌ مَسْجُومَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    rain-soaked (land)both

    Land that has been heavily rained upon or is abundant with rain.

أَسْجَمَتِ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    to pour down (sky)both

    The sky poured down rain.

الاسْجِمُnoun
  1. 1.
    camel that does not bellowclassical

    A camel that does not make a loud, rumbling sound (rago').

Parallel reading

سجم الدمع سجوما وسجاما: سال وانسجم.
Tears flowed copiously and continuously: they flowed and streamed.
وسجمت العين دمعها.
And the eye shed its tears.
وعين سجوم.
And a tearful eye.
وأرض مسجومة، أي ممطورة.
And a rain-soaked land, meaning rained upon.
وأسجمت السماء: صبت، مثل أثجمت.
And the sky poured down: it rained heavily, like 'athgamat'.
والاسجم: الجمل الذى لا يرغو.
And Al-Isjam: the camel that does not bellow.