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س ح م

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of blackness and darkness. It extends to describe dark colors, dark objects like horns or clouds, and by extension, things associated with darkness such as night or black idols. It also encompasses related concepts like soot, dark plants, and even dark-colored animals.

Derived headwords

السَّحْمnoun
  1. 1.
    blacknessboth

    The state or quality of being black; darkness.

  2. 2.
    sootclassical

    A black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.

  3. 3.
    treeclassical

    A type of tree, often described as dark or tall.

  4. 4.
    ironclassical

    A piece or lump of iron.

السُّحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    blacknessboth

    A dark color, specifically blackness like that of a raven.

  2. 2.
    dark complexionboth

    A dark or black complexion.

  3. 3.
    lump of ironclassical

    A mass or lump of iron.

السُّحَامnoun
  1. 1.
    blacknessboth

    Blackness or darkness.

الأَسْحَمadjective
  1. 1.
    blackboth

    Black in color, often used to describe animals, horns, or the night.

  2. 2.
    darkboth

    Dark in color or appearance.

  3. 3.
    hornclassical

    A black horn, referring to an animal's horn.

  4. 4.
    idolclassical

    A black idol.

  5. 5.
    cloudclassical

    A dark or black cloud.

  6. 6.
    nippleclassical

    The dark part of a woman's breast.

  7. 7.
    wine skinclassical

    A skin or bag for wine, named for its black color.

السُّحْمnoun
  1. 1.
    treeclassical

    A type of tree.

  2. 2.
    ironclassical

    Iron, or a piece of iron.

المَطَارِقnoun
  1. 1.
    blacksmith's hammersclassical

    Hammers used by a blacksmith, possibly referring to their dark color.

ذو سُحَيْمname
  1. 1.
    city nameclassical

    A place name.

سُحَيْم بن تبعname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A personal name from the Himyarite tribe.

السَّحْمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    anusclassical

    The anus, named for its dark color.

  2. 2.
    treeclassical

    A type of tree.

  3. 3.
    woman's nameclassical

    A name given to women, meaning dark.

  4. 4.
    black cloudclassical

    A black cloud.

شَرِيك بن السَّحْمَاءname
  1. 1.
    companion nameclassical

    A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, whose mother was named Al-Sahma.

أبو سُحْمَةname
  1. 1.
    poet nameclassical

    A poet from the Bahila tribe.

سُحْمَة بنت كعبname
  1. 1.
    woman nameclassical

    A woman from the Quda'a tribe.

سُحْمَةname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    A male personal name.

سَحْمname
  1. 1.
    horse nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Juz' ibn Khalid.

سَحْمname
  1. 1.
    horse nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

سُحَيْمname
  1. 1.
    horse nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Al-Muthallam ibn Al-Mashkhara Al-Dhubbi.

سُحَيْمname
  1. 1.
    linguist nameclassical

    A prominent linguist.

سَحَامَةname
  1. 1.
    hadith narratorclassical

    A hadith narrator, a Tabi'i.

سَحَامَةname
  1. 1.
    water sourceclassical

    A water source in Al-Yamama.

  2. 2.
    regionclassical

    A region in Yemen.

  3. 3.
    valleyclassical

    A valley in Falaj.

سَحَامname
  1. 1.
    dog nameclassical

    The name of a dog.

أَسْحَمَت السماءverb
  1. 1.
    sky poured rainclassical

    The sky poured down its rain.

الأسْحَمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    treesclassical

    A type of tree.

  2. 2.
    dark-skinnedclassical

    Someone with a dark complexion.

الإسْحِمَانname
  1. 1.
    mountainclassical

    A specific mountain.

  2. 2.
    black thingsclassical

    Anything black.

سَحَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to blackenclassical

    To blacken something, like covering it with soot.

Parallel reading

السحمة: سواد كلون الغراب الأسحم.
Al-suhmah: blackness like the color of a dark raven.
ومن حديث الملاعنة: " إن جاءت به أسحم أحتم ".
And from the hadith of the mutual imprecation: 'If she gives birth to a dark, dark-skinned child'.
وفي حديث أبي ذر: " وعنده امرأة سحماء ".
And in the hadith of Abu Dharr: 'And he had a dark-skinned woman'.
أي: بقرن أسود.
Meaning: with a black horn.
تذب بسحماوين لم تتفللا
She strikes with two black horns that have not been polished.
رضيعي لبان ثدي أم تحالفا بأسحم داج عوض لا نتفرق
Two nurslings of milk from a mother's breast, they swore by a dark, dark night that we would not separate.
بأسحم دان مزنه متصوب
By a dark, approaching cloud whose rain is falling.
لعزة موحشا طلل قديم ... عفاها كل أسحم مستديم
To 'Izzah, a desolate ancient ruin... every lasting dark cloud has eroded it.
إن الأسحم سواد حلمة الثدي
Indeed, al-asḥam is the blackness of the nipple.
إن العريمة مانع أرماحنا ما كان من سحم بها وصفار
Indeed, Al-'Arimah prevents our spears, from what was of the saḥm tree and yellow plants there.
خير ما ترعون من شجر يابس الحلفاء أو سحمه
The best of trees you graze on are dry al-ḥilfā' or saḥam.
منعلات بالسحم
Shoed with iron.
والسحماء: الدبر للونها.
And Al-Sahma': the anus, due to its color.
وهي أمه، قال شيخنا: والمعروف في أمه أنها سحماء بغير أل.
And she is his mother. Our Sheikh said: And what is known about his mother is that she is Sahma' without the definite article.
احملني وسحيما
Carry me and the waterskin.
فتقصدت منها كساب فضرجت بدم وغودر في المكر سحامها
So I targeted it from her, and it bled with blood, and Suham was left behind in the place of slaughter.
ولا يزال الأسحمان الأسحم تلفى الدواهي حوله ويسلم
And the two dark trees, the dark one, remain, calamities surround it, and it remains safe.
إنما الأسحمان بالضم ضرب من الشجر.
Al-Isḥamān with dammah is merely a type of tree.
وسحموا وجهه، وسخموه أي: حمموه
And they blackened his face, and they sooted it, meaning: they covered it with soot.