س م ق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes concepts of height, elevation, and length. It extends to describe physical tallness in plants and people, and also refers to specific objects like a yoke component and a type of fruit.

Derived headwords

سَمَقَverb

1.
to be tallboth
To be elevated, high, and long. This is the primary meaning of the root.

سُمُوقًاnoun

1.
tallnessboth
The state of being elevated, high, and long; tallness.

سامِقadjective

1.
tallboth
Elevated, high, and long; tall.

سَمِيقadjective

1.
tallboth
Elevated, high, and long; tall.

السَّمِيقnoun

1.
yoke componentclassical
A wooden piece that encircles the neck of an ox, part of the yoke, like a collar. Two such pieces are used, fastened together.

الأَسْمِقَةnoun

1.
yoke componentsclassical
The plural of 'samīq', referring to the wooden pieces of the yoke that encircle the ox's neck.
2.
wooden piecesclassical
Wooden pieces used in a device for transporting milk.

سِمَاقadjective

1.
pureclassical
Pure, unadulterated. Used to describe falsehood or something genuine.

السِّمَاقnoun

1.
sumac (fruit)both
The well-known fruit of the sumac tree, which grows on cliffs and mountains. It has sour clusters with small seeds that are cooked.

السَّمُوقnoun

1.
sumac (fruit)classical
The fruit of the sumac tree, similar to 'al-summāq'.

سَمَاقَةnoun

1.
sumac (fruit)classical
A single fruit of the sumac plant.

السَّمَقadjective

1.
tall (man)classical
A tall man.

سَمَاقِيname

1.
Samaqiboth
A nisba (attribution) indicating origin or association with something related to 'summaq' or a place/person named Samaq.

سَمَاكَةname

1.
Samakaboth
A nisba (attribution) indicating origin or association with something related to 'samak' (fish) or a place/person named Samaka.

Parallel reading

سمق سموقا من حد نصر: علا وطال

Samuqa sumuqan from the root nasara: it was elevated and long.

سمق النبات إذا طال

Sumuqa the plant if it grew long.

سمق النبت والشجر والنخل، يسمق سمقا، وسموقا، فهو سامق، وسميق: ارتفع وعلا وطال

The plant, tree, and palm tree grew tall, they grow tall (yasmaqu) with tallness (samqan) and tallness (sumuqan), so it is tall (sāmiq) and tall (samīq): it rose, became elevated, and grew long.

والسميق كأمير: خشبة تحيط بعنق الثور من النير كالطوق

And al-samīq, like amīr: a wooden piece that encircles the neck of the ox from the yoke, like a collar.

والجمع الأسمقة

And the plural is al-asmqah.

ويقال: الأسمقة: خشبات في الآلة التي ينقل عليها اللبن

And it is said: al-asmqah: wooden pieces in the device upon which milk is transported.

يقال: كذب سماق، أي: خالص بحت

It is said: a lie of sumāq, meaning: pure, unadulterated.

وكذلك حب سماق، أي: خالص

And likewise a sumāq seed, meaning: pure.

والسماق كرمان وعليه اقتصر الجوهري، زاد الصاغاني: والسموق، مثل صبور وفي التكملة بالتشديد: ثمر أي معروف

And al-summāq is like kirmān, and al-Jawharī limited himself to this. Al-Ṣāghānī added: and al-sumūq, like ṣabūr, and in al-Takmilah with emphasis: a fruit, meaning known.

وله ثمر حامض، عناقيد فيها حب صغار يطبخ

And it has a sour fruit, clusters containing small seeds that are cooked.

وهو شديد الحمرة

And it is intensely red.

وأما الحبة الحامضة التي يقال لها: العبرب، فهو السماق، الواحدة سماقة

As for the sour berry which is called: al-ʿarbarb, it is al-summāq, the singular is samāqah.

والاكتحال بنقاعته ينفع السلاق والرمد

And applying its decoction as an eye-collyrium benefits chronic diarrhea and eye inflammation.

السمق، كفلز: الطويل من الرجال

Al-samq, like fulz: the tall one among men.