صهرج

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns structures for holding water, specifically cisterns or reservoirs. It also extends to the act of plastering or lining such structures, often with a specific type of mortar.

Derived headwords

الصَّهْرِيجnoun

1.
cistern, reservoirboth
A structure, often underground, designed to collect and store water. It can be made of stone or other materials.

حتى تناهى في صهاريج الصفا — until it reached the cisterns of the rock

صِهَارِجnoun

1.
cisterns, reservoirs (pl.)both
The plural form of صِهْرِيج, referring to multiple cisterns or reservoirs.

تناول الهيم أرشاف الصهاريج — the thirsty ones drank sips from the cisterns

صَهْرَجَverb

1.
to plaster, to lineboth
To coat or line a cistern or basin, typically with a type of mortar called صاروج.

وقد صهرجوا صهريجا — and they plastered a cistern

المُصَهْرَجadjective

1.
plastered, linedboth
Describing something that has been plastered or lined, particularly a cistern or basin with صاروج.

وددت أن الكوفة بركة مصهرجة — I wish that Kufa were a plastered pool.

صِهْرِيّnoun

1.
cistern (Persian origin)classical
An alternative term for a cistern, noted as being of Persian origin.

صَهَارِيnoun

1.
cisterns (pl.)classical
Another plural form for صِهْرِيج, referring to multiple cisterns.

صَهَارِجname

1.
two villages north of Cairoboth
The name of two villages, a smaller and a larger one, located north of Cairo.

وصهرجت: قريتان شمالي القاهرة — and Sahrag: two villages north of Cairo.

Parallel reading

الصهريج، كقنديل ووصهارج مثل علابط: حوض يجتمع فيه الماء

The cistern, like qindil, and plural suharaj, like 'alabat: a basin where water collects.

حتى تناهى في صهاريج الصفا

until it reached the cisterns of the rock

يقول: حتى وقف هاذا الماء في صهاريج من حجر

He means: until this water stopped in cisterns made of stone.

وأصله فارسي، وهو الصهري، على البدل.

And its origin is Persian, and it is al-Sihri, by substitution.

وحكى أبو زيد في جمعه صهاري.

And Abu Zayd narrated for its plural 'sahari'.

صهرج الحوض: طلاه.

To plaster the basin: to coat it.

والمصهرج: المعمول بالصاروج

And al-Musaharraj: made with saruj (mortar).

وددت أن الكوفة بركة مصهرجة.

I wish that Kufa were a plastered pool.

وحوض صهارج: مطلي بالصاروج

And a basin of suharaj: coated with saruj.

وقد صهرجوا صهريجا.

And they plastered a cistern.

تناول الهيم أرشاف الصهاريج

The thirsty ones drank sips from the cisterns

وصهرجت: قريتان شمالي القاهرة

And Sahrag: two villages north of Cairo