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صمرد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe things that are solid, dense, or scarce, particularly in relation to animals (camels, sheep) and resources (water). It can also denote extremes, such as being both abundant and scarce.

Derived headwords

الصمردnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel cowclassical

    A female camel that is very abundant in milk.

  2. 2.
    Scarce camel cowclassical

    A female camel that has little milk, the opposite of abundant.

صمردother
  1. 1.
    Solid groundclassical

    Referring to lands that are hard and solid.

الصماريnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat sheepclassical

    A flock of sheep that are plump and well-fed.

  2. 2.
    Lean sheepclassical

    A flock of sheep that are thin and emaciated, the opposite of fat.

بئر صمردnoun
  1. 1.
    Water-scarce wellclassical

    A well that contains little water.

Parallel reading

الصمرد، كزبرج، أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن الأعرابي: هي من الإبل: الناقة الغزيرة اللبن
Al-samrad, like zubraj, was neglected by Al-Jauhari. Ibn Al-A'rabi said: It refers to camels: a female camel that is very abundant in milk.
وقال غيره: القليلته، فهو ضد
Others said: she is one with little milk, so it is its opposite.
والصمري: الأرضون الصلاب
And Al-Samri: the hard and solid lands.
والصماريد: الغنم السمان
And Al-Samarid: the fat sheep.
وأيضا: المهازيل. ضد
And also: the lean ones. The opposite.
وذكر الجوهري. هاذه المادة في: ص ر د. قال: وأرى الميم زائدة
Al-Jauhari mentioned this entry under S-R-D. He said: I consider the 'mim' to be extra.
وقال الصاغاني الصمرد: فعلل
Al-Saghani said Al-Samrad is a 'fa'alala' pattern.
والصماريد. فعاليل
And Al-Samarid is on the 'fa'alil' pattern.
والميمان أصليتان
And the two 'mim's are original.
بئر صمرد: قليلة الماء
A samrad well: little water.
جمة بئر من بئار متح ليست بثمد للشباك الرشح ولا الصماريد البكاء البلح
The abundance of a well from the wells of Mutah is not like a spring for seepage, nor are the samarid (lean ones) the weeping of unripe dates.