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سمخ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the ear canal and its opening, but also extends to concepts of striking or damaging that area, and metaphorically to sharp sounds or speech. It also has a distinct meaning related to the initial emergence of crops.

Derived headwords

السَّمَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    ear canalboth

    The opening of the ear through which sound enters.

  2. 2.
    opening between parts of a plowclassical

    The opening situated between the two parts of a plow (دجرين).

الصِّمَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    ear canalboth

    An alternative term for the ear canal, the passage for sound into the ear.

سَمَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the ear canalclassical

    To strike or injure the ear canal.

  2. 2.
    to pierceclassical

    To pierce or damage the ear canal.

سَمَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to emerge firstboth

    Used to describe crops that begin to emerge or sprout first.

سَمَخَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    he hurt me with his voice/wordsclassical

    He afflicted me with the sharpness of his voice or the abundance of his speech.

السِّمَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    ear canalboth

    The ear canal, the passage for sound.

السِّمَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    opening between plow partsclassical

    The opening between the two parts of a plow.

السِّمْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    seed casingclassical

    The seed casing or pod, metaphorically derived from the ear canal.

Parallel reading

السماخ: بالكسر: لغة في الصماخ، وهو ثقب الأذن الذي يدخل فيه الصوت
As-samakh (with kasra): is a dialectal variant of as-simakh, which is the opening of the ear through which sound enters.
وبعضهم أنكر السين.
And some of them rejected the use of 'seen' (i.e., preferring 'sad').
وسمخه كمَنَعَه: أصاب سماخه فعَقَرَه
And samakhahu (like man'ahu): means to strike its samakh (ear canal) and injure it.
ويقال سمَخَني بحدة صوته وكثرة كلامه
And it is said, 'He afflicted me with the sharpness of his voice and the abundance of his speech.'
ولغة تميم الصُّمَاخ
And the dialect of Tamim is as-sumakh.
وسَمَخَ الزرع: طلع أولاً
And samakha the crop: means it emerged first.
وإنه لحسن السمخة، بالكسر، كأنه مأخوذ من السماخ
And indeed, he has a good samkhah (with kasra), as if it is derived from as-samakh.
وهو العِفاص
And it is the seed casing.
السماخ: الثقب الذي بين الدجرين من آلة الفدان
As-samakh: The opening between the two parts of a plow.