صها

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to elevated or high places, such as the crest of a saddle, the top of a mountain, or a tower built on a mound. It also extends to the idea of a wound becoming moist and oozing.

Derived headwords

الصهوةnoun

1.
saddle pad areaboth
The place where the saddle pad rests on the back of a horse.
2.
mountain summitboth
The highest part or summit of any mountain.
3.
tower on a moundclassical
A tower or structure built upon a small hill or elevated ground.

صهوتهnoun

1.
its summitboth
Referring to the highest part or summit of something, specifically a mountain in this context.

الصهّاءnoun

1.
water poolsclassical
Pools or collections of water.

صهوةnoun

1.
water poolclassical
A single pool or collection of water.

صهاverb

1.
to ooze and flowclassical
A wound becomes moist and begins to ooze or flow.

يصهىverb

1.
it oozes and flowsclassical
The present tense form indicating a wound is moist and oozing.

صهياnoun

1.
oozing and flowingclassical
The verbal noun (masdar) describing the state of a wound being moist and oozing.

صهيverb

1.
to ooze and flowclassical
An alternative pronunciation/vocalization for a wound becoming moist and oozing.

Parallel reading

الصهوة: موضع اللبد من ظهر الفرس.

Al-ṣahwah: the place of the saddle pad on the back of a horse.

وأعلى كل جبل: صهوته.

And the highest part of every mountain is its ṣahwah.

فأقسمت لا أحتل إلا بصهوة

So I swore I would not settle except on a ṣahwah (elevated ground).

حرام عليك رمله وشقائقه

Forbidden to you is its sand and its anemones.

الصهّاء: مناقع الماء

Al-ṣahḥā': pools of water.

صها الجرح بالفتح يصهى صهيا، إذا ندي وسال.

A wound ṣahā (with fatḥah) yṣahā ṣahyan, if it becomes moist and flows.

وقال الخليل: صهي الجرح بالكسر.

And Al-Khalil said: ṣahī (with kasrah) the wound.

والصهوة: برج يتخذ فوق الرابية.

And al-ṣahwah: a tower built upon a mound.