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صوم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root صوم primarily relates to abstention, restraint, and stillness. It encompasses abstaining from food, speech, or movement, and can also refer to a state of being stationary or a specific type of tree.

Derived headwords

صَامَverb
  1. 1.
    from the verb 'qāla'both

    from the verb 'qāla'

  2. 2.
    also 'ṣiyāman' (as a verbal noun)both

    also 'ṣiyāman' (as a verbal noun)

  3. 3.
    the horse: stood without eating fodderboth

    the horse: stood without eating fodder

  4. 4.
    the day: the midday sun stood still and became moderateboth

    the day: the midday sun stood still and became moderate

صَوْمnoun
  1. 1.
    with shaddahboth

    with shaddah

صِيَامnoun
  1. 1.
    fastingboth

    The act or state of fasting.

قَوْمٌ صُوَّمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fasting peopleclassical

    A group of people who are fasting.

قَوْمٌ صِيَامٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fasting peopleclassical

    A group of people who are fasting.

صَوْمَانadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning 'fasting'both

    meaning 'fasting'

صَامَ الفَرَسُverb
  1. 1.
    horse stood stillclassical

    The horse remained motionless, not grazing.

صَامَ النَّهَارُverb
  1. 1.
    day became stillclassical

    The heat of the day reached its peak and became steady.

مَصَامّnoun
  1. 1.
    standing placeclassical

    The place where something stands or stops.

مَصَامَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    standing placeclassical

    The place where something stands or stops.

الصَّائِمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    that which is stationaryclassical

    Referring to something that does not move or rotate.

صَمْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    silenceclassical

    The state of being silent.

شَجَرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    what grows on a stem from the plants of the earthboth

    what grows on a stem from the plants of the earth

  2. 2.
    the matter differed among themboth

    the matter differed among them

Parallel reading

الصوم: قيام بلا عمل.
Fasting: standing without action.
والصوم: الإمساك عن الطعم.
And fasting: abstaining from food.
وقد صام الرجل صوما وصياما.
And the man fasted a fast and a fasting.
وقوم صوم بالتشديد وصيم أيضا
And people who are fasting (with emphasis) and also were fasted.
ورجل صومان، أي صائم.
And a man who is 'sawman', meaning fasting.
وصام الفرس صوما، أي قام على غير اعتلاف.
And the horse stood still, meaning it stood without grazing.
خيل صيام وخيل غير صائمة تحت العجاج وأخرى تعلك اللجما
Horses that are standing still and horses not standing still under the dust, and others chewing the reins.
وصام النهار صوما، إذا قام قائم الظهيرة واعتدل.
And the day became still, when the peak of noon arrived and it stabilized.
والصوم: ركود الريح.
And stillness: the cessation of the wind.
ومصام الفرس ومصامته: موقفه.
And the standing place of the horse and its standing place: its position.
كأن الثريا علقت في مصامها
As if the Pleiades were hung in its standing place.
شرهن الصائمة
The worst of them is the one that is stationary.
إني نذرت للرحمن صوما
Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Gracious a fast.
صمتا
Silence.
كل ممسك عن طعام أو كلام أو سير فهو صائم.
Everyone who abstains from food, or speech, or movement is fasting.
والصوم: ذرق النعامة.
And 'sawm': the dung of the ostrich.
والصوم: البيعة.
And 'sawm': the church.
والصوم: شجر، في لغة هذيل.
And 'sawm': trees, in the dialect of Hudhail.