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صمعت

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to something with a hard or iron-like head, possibly referring to a specific type of object or creature. The primary focus is on a creature described as having an iron head.

Derived headwords

الصمعيوتnoun
  1. 1.
    creature with iron headclassical

    A creature described as having a head made of iron. This form is noted as appearing in some manuscripts.

الصمعتوتnoun
  1. 1.
    creature with iron headclassical

    A creature described as having a head made of iron. This is the more commonly cited form in major lexicons.

كعنكبوتother
  1. 1.
    like a spiderclassical

    Used as a simile to describe the form or nature of the 'صمعتوت'.

الحديد الرأسadjective
  1. 1.
    iron-headedclassical

    An adjective describing something or someone as having a head made of iron.

Parallel reading

هاكذا في النسخ بالمثناة التحتية بعد العين المهملة ومثله نص النوادر.
Thus it is in the manuscripts with the lower 'ta' after the unpointed 'ayn', and the text of Al-Nawadir is similar.
والذي في لسان العرب والتهذيب: الصمعتوت، بالفوقية بدل التحتية، وهو (كعنكبوت).
And what is in Lisan al-Arab and Al-Tahdhib is: Al-Samtūt, with the upper dot instead of the lower dot, and it is (like a spider).
وقد أهمله الجوهري.
And Al-Jawhari omitted it.
وفي نوادر أبي عمر و: (هو (الحديد الرأس)، نقله الصاغاني والأزهري.
And in the Nawadir of Abu 'Amr: (It is (the iron-headed one), narrated by Al-Saghani and Al-Azhari.