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صنخ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dirt, grime, and uncleanness, often associated with the body. It also extends to meanings of greatness or significance, particularly in a figurative sense.

Derived headwords

الصنخnoun
  1. 1.
    dirt, grimeboth

    Dirt, grime, or uncleanness, particularly on the body.

السنخnoun
  1. 1.
    dirt, grimeboth

    Dirt, grime, or uncleanness, particularly on the body. It is mentioned as a linguistic variant of الصنخ.

صَنِخَverb
  1. 1.
    to be dirtyboth

    To be covered in dirt, grime, or uncleanness.

أصناخهnoun
  1. 1.
    its dirt/grimeboth

    The dirt, grime, or filth that comes out of something, referring to the mouth in this context.

صَنَاخِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    great, significantclassical

    Describing a man as great or significant.

الصَّنْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dirt, grimeboth

    Dirt, grime, or filth, particularly on the body.

Parallel reading

وهو الوضح والوسخ
It is the cleanness and the dirt.
وفم صنخ، ككتف: خرجت أصناخه
And a mouth that is dirty, like the shoulder: its dirt came out.
ورجل صناخية، بالضم وتشديد التحية، أي عظيم
And a man who is sanakhiyyah, with dammah and a stressed 'ta', meaning great.
نعم البيت الحمام يذهب الصنخة ويذكر النار
What a good house the bath is; it removes the dirt and brings to mind the fire.
وهو محركة: الدرن والوسخ
And it is vocalized with harakat: the filth and the dirt.
يقال: صنخ بدنه وسنخ، والسين أشهر
It is said: his body was dirty (sanakha) and dirty (sanikha), and the 'sin' pronunciation is more famous.