صهر

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

The root صهر primarily relates to kinship through marriage, specifically in-laws and relatives by marriage. It also extends to the concept of melting, intense heat, and by extension, the grave.

Derived headwords

الصهرnoun

1.
Kinship by marriageboth
Refers to the relationship established through marriage, encompassing in-laws and relatives of one's spouse.
2.
In-law relationshipclassical
Specifically denotes the prohibited relationship due to marriage, such as the father-in-law or brother-in-law.
3.
Graveclassical
Metaphorically used to refer to the grave, stemming from the practice of burying daughters alive, likening marriage to them to being married to the grave.

أصهارnoun

1.
In-lawsboth
Plural of صهر, referring to relatives by marriage.

صهراءnoun

1.
In-lawsclassical
A rare plural form of صهر, referring to relatives by marriage.

صاهرهمverb

1.
To marry into their familyboth
To establish a marital relationship with a family or group.

صاهر فيهمverb

1.
To marry into their familyboth
To establish a marital relationship within a specific group or lineage.

أصهر بهمverb

1.
To become an in-law among themboth
To become related by marriage to a particular group of people.

أصهر إليهمverb

1.
To become an in-law to themboth
To become related by marriage to a specific group or individuals.

مصهر بناverb

1.
To be related to us by marriageclassical
To have a kinship tie through marriage with us.

يصهرverb

1.
To meltboth
To cause something to become liquid through heat.
2.
To be meltedboth
To undergo the process of melting.

صهرverb

1.
To meltboth
To cause something to melt or dissolve.
2.
To bake intenselyclassical
To cook or bake something with extreme heat.
3.
To anoint the headclassical
To anoint one's head with melted fat.

صهدتهverb

1.
To be intensely heated by the sunboth
To be subjected to the strong heat of the sun.

صحرتهverb

1.
To be intensely heated by the sunclassical
To be subjected to the strong heat of the sun.

انصهرverb

1.
To meltboth
To become liquid due to heat.

صهيراnoun

1.
Melted substanceboth
That which has been melted, particularly fat.
2.
Melted breadclassical
Bread that has been softened or made oily with melted fat.

الصهارةnoun

1.
Melted fatboth
Substance, especially fat, that has been melted.
2.
Piece of fatclassical
A piece of fat, regardless of size.
3.
Bone marrowclassical
Metaphorically refers to bone marrow.

اصطهرverb

1.
To eat melted fatclassical
To consume melted fat.
2.
To meltclassical
To cause something to melt.

اصطهارهverb

1.
To meltclassical
To cause something to melt.

اصهارverb

1.
To shimmerclassical
The back of a lizard shimmering due to intense sun heat.

الصهريnoun

1.
Cisternclassical
A variant pronunciation or spelling for cistern or reservoir.

الصيهورnoun

1.
Platformclassical
A type of platform or pulpit made of clay or wood for household items.

الصاهورnoun

1.
Lunar haloclassical
A halo around the moon, considered a loanword.

أصهر الجيش للجيشverb

1.
Armies drew nearclassical
When two armies approached each other closely.

صهرnoun

1.
Hotclassical
Describing something as hot.

الصهرnoun

1.
Meltingboth
The act of melting, especially fat.

اصطهارnoun

1.
Meltingclassical
The act of melting fat.

صَهُورnoun

1.
Meat roasterclassical
Plural of صبور, referring to those who roast meat.
2.
Fat melterclassical
Plural of صبور, referring to those who melt fat.

مصهورnoun

1.
Meltedboth
That which has been melted.

مصهور باليمينadjective

1.
Sworn under oathclassical
Someone who has been made to swear a strong oath.

أصهرهverb

1.
To bring nearclassical
To draw something or someone close.

Parallel reading

الصهر، بالكسر: القرابة

Al-Sihr (with kasra): kinship.

الصهر: حرمة الختونة

Al-Sihr: the prohibition of in-law relationship.

وختن الرجل: صهره، والمتزوج فيهم: أصهار الختن.

And the father-in-law of a man is his son-in-law, and those married into them are the in-laws of the father-in-law.

بيننا صهر فنحن نرعاها.

There is kinship by marriage between us, so we maintain it.

وقيل: أهل بيت المرأة أصهار، وأهل بيت الرجل أختان، ومن العرب من يجعل الصهر من الأختان والأحماء جميعا.

And it is said: the family of the woman are the in-laws (ashaar), and the family of the man are the brothers-in-law (akhtan), and some Arabs consider 'sihr' to encompass both 'akhtan' and 'ahmaa'.

ربما كنوا بالصهر عن القبر

Sometimes 'sihr' is used metaphorically for the grave.

زوجناهن من القبر

We married them to the grave.

الصهر: زوج بنت الرجل، وزوج أخته

Al-Sihr: the husband of a man's daughter, and the husband of his sister.

والختن: أبو امرأة الرجل وأخو امرأته

And al-khatn: the father of a man's wife and the brother of his wife.

والأختان أصهار أيضا

And al-akhtan are also in-laws (ashaar).

وقد صاهرهم و صاهر فيهم

And he married into their family and married among them.

حرائر صاهرن الملوك ولم يزل على الناس من أبنائهن أمير

Noble women married into royalty, and a prince from their offspring has always ruled over people.

وأصهر بهم، و أصهر إليهم: صار فيهم صهرا

And 'asahara bihim' and 'asahara ilayhim': to become an in-law among them.

وهو الذى خلق من المآء بشرا فجعله نسبا وصهرا

And it is He who created from water a human being and made him [related by] lineage and marriage.

فأما النسب فهو النسب الذي يحل نكاحه، كبنات العم والخال وأشباههن من القرابة التي يحل تزويجها.

As for lineage (nasab), it is the lineage whose marriage is permissible, like the daughters of paternal uncles and maternal uncles and their like from kinship whose marriage is permissible.

والنسب الذي ليس بصهر من قوله: حرمت عليكم أمهاتكم

And lineage that is not 'sihr' is from His saying: 'Forbidden to you are your mothers'

حرم الله من النسب سبعا، ومن الصهر سبعا

Allah has forbidden seven [categories] from lineage, and seven from marriage kinship.

فجعل السبب القرابة الحادثة بسبب المصاهرة والرضاع، وهاذا هو الصحيح لا ارتياب فيه.

So He made the cause the kinship that occurs due to marriage and breastfeeding, and this is the correct view without a doubt.

الفرق بين الصهر والنسب أن النسب: ما يرجع إلى ولادة قريبة من جهة الآباء، والصهر: ما كان من خلطة تشبه القرابة يحدثها التزويج.

The difference between 'sihr' and 'nasab' is that 'nasab' is what relates to close birth from the side of fathers, and 'sihr' is what is a mixture resembling kinship that marriage creates.

صهرته الشمس، كمنع

The sun melted it (from 'man'a').

إذا اشتد وقعها عليه وحرها حتى ألم دماغه، وانصهر هو

When its impact and heat intensified upon him until his brain was affected, and he melted.

تصف فرخ قطاة: تروي لقى ألقي في صفصف تصهره الشمس فما ينصهر

Describing a sandgrouse chick: it drinks what is thrown in the open desert, the sun melts it, yet it does not melt away.

صهر رأسه صهرا: دهنه بالصهارة

He anointed his head with 'sahr': he greased it with melted fat.

يصهر به ما فى بطونهم والجلود

It melts what is within their bellies and the skins.

أن الأسود بن يزيد كان يصهر رجليه بالشحم وهو محرم

That Al-Aswad bin Yazid used to melt fat for his legs while he was in the state of Ihram.

والصهر، بالفتح: الحار

And Al-Sihr (with fatha): hot.

شيء صهر: حارن

Something 'sihr': hot.

صهر الشحم، كمنع

He melted the fat (from 'man'a').

واصطهره، إذا أذابه

And he melted it, if he liquefied it.

والصهارة، ككناسة: ما أذيب

And Al-Sahaarah, like 'kunaasah': what has been melted.

كل قطعة من الشحم

Every piece of fat.

ما بالبعير صهارة، أي نقي

There is no 'sahaarah' in the camel, meaning it is lean.

اصطهر فلان: أكلها

So-and-so 'istahra': he ate it.

شك السفافيد الشواء المصطهر

The skewers of the roasted meat that has been eaten (melted).

اصطهر الحرباء، واصهار: تلألأ ظهره من شدة حر الشمس

'Istahra' the chameleon, and 'asahara': its back shimmered from the intensity of the sun's heat.

وقد صهره الحر

And the heat melted him.

والصهري: لغة في الصهريج

And Al-Sihri: a dialectal variant for Al-Sihreej.

فيتراد الماء، فيشربون به زمانا

And the water collects, and they drink from it for a time.

ويقال: تصهرجوا صهريا

And it is said: they collected water in a cistern.

والصيهور: شبه منبر يعمل من طين أو خشب لمتاع البيت

And Al-Sayhoor: a type of pulpit made of clay or wood for household items.

والصاهور: غلاف القمر

And Al-Saahoor: the lunar halo.

أصهر الجيش للجيش، إذا دنا بعضهم من بعض

The armies 'asahara' to each other, when they drew near to one another.

صهر خبزه، إذا أدمه بالصهارة

He greased his bread, if he oiled it with melted fat.

فهو خبز صهير ومصهور

So it is bread that is 'saheer' and 'mashoor'.

صهر بدنه، إذا دهنه بالصهير

He greased his body, if he oiled it with melted fat.

لأصهرنك بيمين مرة

I will make you swear a strong oath.

صهرت فلانا بيمين كاذبة توجب له النار

I made someone swear a false oath that would lead him to hell.

صهره باليمين صهرا: استحلفه على يمين شديدة

He made him swear an oath ('sahrahu bil-yameen sahran'): he made him swear a strong oath.

وهو مصهور باليمين

And he is sworn by oath ('mashoor bil-yameen').

أن يسلت ما في جوفه حتى يمرق من قدميه

That what is in his belly will be drained until it passes through his feet.

وصهره وأصهره، إذا قربه وأدناه

And he drew him near ('sahrahu' and 'asahrahu'), if he brought him close.

أنه كان يؤسس مسجد قباء فيصهر الحجر العظيم إلى بطنه

That he was establishing the Quba Mosque and drawing the great stone close to his belly.