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صحم
Root entry · 5 derived lemmasThis 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.dark, yellowish-brownboth
Describing something that is black but has a tinge of yellow or brown, like a dark, dusty color.
أصحمةname
- 1.name of a personclassical
A proper name for a male individual.
صحماءadjective
- 1.dustyboth
Describing a place that is covered in dust or appears dusty.
الصحماءnoun
- 1.a type of herbclassical
A specific kind of herb or plant.
اصحامتverb
- 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.