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س ن ب ك

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the tip, extremity, or beginning of something. It extends to describe specific parts of animals (hooves), objects (swords), natural phenomena (rain), and even abstract concepts like the early stages of life or a period of time.

Derived headwords

السُّنْبُكnoun
  1. 1.
    tip of a hoofboth

    The extremity of an animal's hoof, including its sides.

  2. 2.
    beginning of rainboth

    The initial part or onset of rainfall.

  3. 3.
    tip of a sword's decorationclassical

    The end part of a sword's ornamentation or embellishment.

  4. 4.
    tip of a shoeclassical

    The extremity of the sole of a shoe.

  5. 5.
    tip of an eggboth

    The pointed end or apex of an egg.

  6. 6.
    part of a veilclassical

    The 'shabamah' or fastening part of a veil (burqa).

  7. 7.
    infertile landboth

    Rough, barren land with little fertility.

  8. 8.
    early stageboth

    The initial phase or beginning of something.

  9. 9.
    boil or abscessclassical

    A type of skin eruption or abscess.

سَنَبَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to move with a specific gaitclassical

    To move with a particular, swift gait, often described as a type of running or galloping.

  2. 2.
    to smooth and lengthenclassical

    To make a morsel smooth and elongated.

سُنْبُكnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of runningclassical

    A specific gait or manner of running, characterized by swiftness.

سَنَابِكnoun
  1. 1.
    tips of hooves (pl.)both

    The plural of 'sunbuk', referring to the tips and sides of animal hooves.

  2. 2.
    beginnings (pl.)both

    The plural of 'sunbuk', referring to the early stages or beginnings of things.

  3. 3.
    extremities of the earthboth

    The remote or peripheral regions of the land.

السُّنْبُوكnoun
  1. 1.
    small boatclassical

    A small vessel or boat, particularly used in Hijazi dialect.

كوم أبي سنابكname
  1. 1.
    village nameboth

    A village located south of Egypt.

Parallel reading

وهو ضرب من العدو
It is a type of running.
وظلت تعدى من سريع وسنبك
And she kept leaping, fast and with a swift gait.
وهو طرف الحافر وجانباه من قدم
It is the tip of the hoof and its sides from the foot.
والسنبك من السيف: طرف حليته
And the sunbuk of a sword is the tip of its ornamentation.
والسنبك من المطر: أوله
And the sunbuk of rain is its beginning.
قيل: هي أوائل أمره
It was said: it refers to the early stages of his affair.
والسنبك من البيض: قونسها
And the sunbuk of eggs is their apex.
والسنبك من الأرض: الغليظة القليلة الخير
And the sunbuk of land is the coarse, little-good land.
تخرجكم الروم منها كفرا كفرا إلى سنبك من الأرض
The Romans will bring you out of it, group after group, to a barren land.
أنه كره أن يطلب الرزق في سنابك الأرض
That he disliked seeking livelihood in the extremities of the earth.
أي: أطرافها، كأنه كره أن يسافر السفر الطويل في طلب المال
Meaning: its peripheries, as if he disliked undertaking long journeys in pursuit of wealth.
كان ذلك على سنبكه، أي: على عهده وأوله
That was in its time, meaning: in its era and its beginning.
سنبك من كذا، أي: متقدم منه
Sunbuk of something, meaning: preceding it.
السنبك: الخراج
The sunbuk: a boil.
سنبكت اللقمة وطولتها
I smoothed and lengthened the morsel.
وهي لغة الحجاز
And it is a Hijazi dialect.