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سقم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of illness, sickness, and disease. It extends to describe someone who is frequently ill or afflicted by sickness, and can also refer to a specific place name.

Derived headwords

السُّقامnoun
  1. 1.
    illnessboth

    illness

السُّقْمnoun
  1. 1.
    like sorrowboth

    like sorrow

سَقِمَverb
  1. 1.
    from the category of 'tariba'both

    from the category of 'tariba'

سَقَمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Illnessboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) of سَقِمَ, denoting the act or state of being ill.

سَقِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    so he is sickboth

    so he is sick

أسْقَمَهُ اللهverb
  1. 1.
    God made him illclassical

    A passive construction where God is the agent causing sickness or affliction.

المِسْقامadjective
  1. 1.
    very sicklyboth

    very sickly

سَقَامname
  1. 1.
    Name of a valleyclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific valley.

Parallel reading

السقام: المرض، وكذلك السقم والسقم، وهما لغتان مثل حزن وحزن.
Al-suqam: illness, and likewise al-suqm and al-suqum, and they are two linguistic variants like huzn and huzun.
وقد سقم بالكسر يسقم سقما فهو سقيم، وأسقمه الله عز وجل.
And he became ill (saqima) with a kasra, he becomes ill (yasqamu) an illness (saqaman), so he is ill (saqim), and God Almighty made him ill (asqamahu).
والمسقام: الكثير السقم.
And al-misqam: the one who is much afflicted with sickness.
وسقام: اسم واد.
And Suqam: the name of a valley.
أمسى سقام خلاء لا أنيس به إلا السباع ومر الريح بالغرف
Suqam became deserted, with no companion save the wild beasts and the passage of the wind over the heights.
ويروى " إلا الثمام "
And it is narrated "save the thamam (a type of grass)".