سحم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of blackness or darkness. It extends to describe dark colors, dark objects like clouds or trees, and even a specific type of dark dog.

Derived headwords

السُّحْمَةnoun

1.
blacknessboth
blackness

أسْحَمadjective

1.
blackboth
Describing something as black or dark in color.

سُحَامname

1.
Siham (dog's name)classical
A proper name given to a dog.

السَّحْمnoun

1.
treesclassical
A type of tree, often described as dark or black.

السَّحْمَاءnoun

1.
treesclassical
Similar to 'sihm', referring to a type of tree.

إسْحَمَانname

1.
Ischman (mountain name)classical
A specific mountain, identified by this proper name.

Parallel reading

السحمة: السواد.

Al-suhmah: blackness.

والأسحم: الأسود.

And al-asham: the black.

بأسحم مذود * هو القرن.

With a black, well-fed * it is the horn (of a bull).

بأسحم دان * هو السحاب.

With a black, near * it is the cloud.

بأسحم داج عوض لا نتفرق

With a black, dark, and dense, we do not separate.

يقال: الدم تغمس فيه اليد عند التحالف.

It is said: the blood in which the hand is dipped during an oath.

ويقال بسواد حلمة الثدى

And it is said to be the blackness of the nipple of the breast.

ويقال بزق الخمر.

And it is said to be the dregs of wine.

سحام: اسم كلب.

Siham: the name of a dog.

فتقصدت منها كساب فضرجت بدم وغودر في المكر سحامها

So I aimed for it, a hunter, and it was stained with blood, and Siham was left behind in the trap.

والسحم بالتحريك: شجر.

And al-suhm (with harakah): trees.

ما كان من سحم بها وصفار

Whatever was of the trees therein and yellowness.

والسحماء مثله.

And al-suhmaa' is like it.

وإسحمان: جبل بعينه، بكسر الهمزة والحاء.

And Ishman: a specific mountain, with kasrah on the hamzah and haa'.