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صحم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a color that is dark and tends towards yellow or brown, often associated with dust or a faded appearance. It can also refer to specific entities like a person's name, a place, or a type of plant.

Derived headwords

الاصحمadjective
  1. 1.
    dark, yellowish-brownboth

    Describing something that is black but has a tinge of yellow or brown, like a dark, dusty color.

أصحمةname
  1. 1.
    name of a personclassical

    A proper name for a male individual.

صحماءadjective
  1. 1.
    dustyboth

    Describing a place that is covered in dust or appears dusty.

الصحماءnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of herbclassical

    A specific kind of herb or plant.

اصحامتverb
  1. 1.
    to become yellowishclassical

    The herb became yellowish, indicating it was perhaps drying or changing color.

Parallel reading

الاسود الذى يضرب إلى الصفرة
The black that tends towards yellowness.
يصف حمارا: أو اصحم حام جراميزه حزابية حيدى بالدحال
Describing a donkey: 'Or dark, with its flanks yellowish-brown, with stripes, born in the hollows.'
وأصحمة: اسم رجل
And Asḥamah: a man's name.
وبلدة صحماء: مغبرة
And a dusty town: covered in dust.
والصحماء: بقلة
And Al-Ṣaḥmāʾ: a herb.
واصحامت البقلة: اصفارت
And the herb became yellowish: it turned yellow.