س ن م

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the hump of a camel, signifying height, prominence, and elevation. It extends to elevated parts of the land, high-yielding plants, and the act of rising or becoming prominent. It also encompasses concepts of fullness and abundance.

Derived headwords

السَّنَامُnoun

1.
Camel's humpboth
The prominent hump on the back of a camel, male or female.
2.
Middle/peak of landclassical
The highest or central part of the land.

السنام كسحاب من البعير والناقة: معروف، وهو أعلى ظهرهما — The hump, like 'sahab', of a camel and she-camel: known, and it is the highest part of their backs.

أَسْنِمَةnoun

1.
Humps (plural)both
Plural of 'sanam', referring to camel humps.
2.
Hills/dunesboth
Elevated sand dunes or hills, likened to camel humps.

نساء على رؤوسهن كأسنمة البخت — Women with humps on their heads like those of the Bakhthi camels.

سَنَّمَverb

1.
To have a large humpboth
Describing a camel that has a large or prominent hump.
2.
To make fat/plumpboth
To cause an animal to become fat or well-fed.

والسنم: البعير العظيم السنام وقد سنم كفرح — And 'sanam': a camel with a great hump, and it has become 'sanam' (fat).

الإِسْنَامnoun

1.
A mountainclassical
A specific mountain name, associated with the Banu Asad tribe.
2.
Fruit of the 'Hulay'classical
The fruit of a type of tree called 'Hulay', or a type of tree itself.

والإسنام، بالكسر: جبل لبني أسد — And 'al-isnam', with kasra: a mountain of Banu Asad.

أَسْنَمَverb

1.
To make fatboth
To cause an animal to become fat and well-fed.
2.
To rise/ascendboth
Used for smoke rising or fire increasing in flame.

وأسنمه: إذا سمنه — And 'asnamahu': if it made it fat.

مُسَنَّمَةadjective

1.
Fertile/growingclassical
Describing land that produces 'al-isnamah' (a type of plant).

وأرض مسنمة كمحسنة: إذا كانت تنبتها أي: الإسنامة — And a 'musannamah' land, like 'muhsinah': if it grows the 'isnamah'.

السَّنَمُnoun

1.
Cow/wild cowclassical
A cow, specifically a wild cow.
2.
Elevated part of a plantboth
The elevated part of a plant, like its bloom or head, resembling a hump.

والسنم كسكر: البقرة — And 'as-sanam', like 'sukkar': the cow.

يَسْنُومname

1.
A place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a valley or region.

ويسنوم: ع — And 'Yasnum': a valley.

السَّنَمُnoun

1.
Camel with a large humpboth
A camel that is large-humped.

والسنم: البعير العظيم السنام — And 'as-sanam': a camel with a great hump.

تَسْنِيمverb

1.
To fill upboth
To fill a container to the brim, causing it to overflow or form a hump-like shape.
2.
To ascend/climb overboth
To climb over something, like a wall, or to rise above.
3.
To mount (animal)both
For a male animal to mount a female.

وسنم الإناء تسنيما: ملأه — And 'sanama' the vessel 'tasniman': he filled it.

تَسَنَّمَverb

1.
To climb overboth
To ascend or climb over something, such as a wall.
2.
To mountboth
For a male animal to mount a female.
3.
To rise aboveboth
To rise or spread over something, like clouds over land.

وتسنم الحائط: علاه من عرضه — And 'tasannama' the wall: he climbed over its width.

أَسْنَمَverb

1.
Smoke roseboth
Used to describe smoke rising high.
2.
Flame grewboth
Used to describe the flame of a fire becoming large.

وأسنم الدخان: ارتفع — And 'asnama' the smoke: it rose.

التَّسْنِيمُnoun

1.
Elevation/risingboth
The act of rising or being elevated.
2.
A spring in Paradiseboth
A high-ranking spring or stream in Paradise, from which the righteous drink.
3.
Opposite of flatteningclassical
The act of making something convex or raised, as opposed to flat.

والتسنيم في القبور: ضد التسطيح — And 'at-tasnim' in graves: the opposite of flattening.

المُسَنَّمُnoun

1.
A camel left to roamclassical
A camel that is allowed to roam freely and is not ridden.

والمسنم كمُعظم: الجمل المُعفى — And 'al-musannam', like 'mu'azzam': the camel left to roam.

السَّنَمَاتُnoun

1.
High hills/moundsclassical
Tall, elevated hills or mounds, specifically in the land of Banu Numayr.

والسنمات بكسر النون: هضبات مرتفعة طوال في أرض بني نمير — And 'as-sanamaat', with kasra of the noon: tall, elevated hills in the land of Banu Numayr.

سَنَامُnoun

1.
The highest partboth
The peak, summit, or highest part of anything.
2.
Exalted gloryclassical
The pinnacle or highest level of glory or honor.

وسنام كل شيء: أعلاه — And 'sanam' of everything: its highest part.

مُسَنَّمٌadjective

1.
Great/exaltedclassical
Describing great or exalted glory.

ومجد مسنم: عظيم — And 'majd musannam': great glory.

أَسْنِمَةُ الرَّمْلِnoun

1.
High parts of dunesboth
The elevated crests or peaks of sand dunes.

وأسنمة الرمل: ظهورها المرتفعة من أثباجها — And 'asnimat ar-raml': their elevated backs from their hollows.

شَبِمٌadjective

1.
Cold (water)both
Referring to cold water, often used in contrast to warm.

وفي حديث ابن عمير: " هاتوا بجزور سنمة في غداة شبمة " — And in the hadith of Ibn 'Umayr: " Bring a camel with a large hump on a cold morning."

سَنِيمٌnoun

1.
Noble personclassical
A person of high status or nobility, derived from the camel's hump.

ويقال للشريف: سنيم، مأخوذ من سنام البعير — And the noble person is called 'sanīm', taken from the camel's hump.

تَسَنَّمَهُverb

1.
To spread overclassical
For something to spread or become abundant in something.
2.
To be streaked with greyclassical
Used for grey hair appearing on the head.

وتسنمه الشيء: كثر فيه وانتشر — And 'tasannamah' the thing: it became abundant and spread in it.

السُّنْمَةُnoun

1.
A type of tree/plant partclassical
A part of a tree, especially the top of a slender tree, or a non-fruiting tree.

والسنة محركة: كل شجرة لا تحمل، وذلك إذا جفت أطرافا وتغيرت — And 'as-sunmah', with haraka: every tree that does not bear fruit, and that is when its ends dry out and change.

الإِسْنَامَةُnoun

1.
A type of herbclassical
A specific type of herb that camels eat.

وقال أبو حنيفة: أفضل السنم سنم عشبة تسمى الإسنامة، والإبل تأكلها خضما للينها — And Abu Hanifa said: The best 'sanam' is the 'sanam' of a herb called 'al-isnamah', and camels eat it greedily due to its tenderness.

سَنَمٌname

1.
A mountain nameclassical
A name of a mountain.

وسنم كسكر: اسم جبل — And 'Sanam', like 'sukkar': the name of a mountain.

يَسْنُمُname

1.
A place in Yemenclassical
A location in Yemen, named after a clan.

ويسنم كينصر: موضع باليمن — And 'Yasnum', like 'yansur': a place in Yemen.

سُنُومَةٌname

1.
A land in Yemenclassical
A region or land in Yemen.

وسنومة كتنورة: أرض يمانية — And 'Sunumah', like 'tunurah': a land in Yemen.

Parallel reading

السنام كسحاب من البعير والناقة: معروف، وهو أعلى ظهرهما

The hump, like 'sahab', of a camel and she-camel: known, and it is the highest part of their backs.

ومننه الحديث: " نساء على رؤوسهن كأسنمة البخت "

And from it is the hadith: "Women with humps on their heads like those of the Bakhthi camels."

والسنام (من الأرض): نحرها و (وسطها)

And the hump (of land): its chest and (its middle).

وما سنم على وجه الأرض، كما في الصحاح

And what is elevated on the face of the earth, as in Al-Sihah.

والإسنام، بالكسر: جبل لبني أسد

And 'al-isnam', with kasra: a mountain of Banu Asad.

وأرض مسنمة كمحسنة: إذا كانت تنبتها أي: الإسنامة

And a 'musannamah' land, like 'muhsinah': if it grows the 'isnamah'.

والسنم ككسر: البقرة

And 'as-sanam', like 'sukkar': the cow.

والسنم ككتف من النبت: المرتفع الذي خرجت سنمته أي: نوره

And 'as-sanam', like 'katif', from plants: the elevated part from which its bloom has emerged.

وهو ما يعلو رأسه كالسنبل، قال الراجز: رعيتها أكرم عود عودا الصل والصفصل واليعضيدا والخازباز السنم المجودا

And it is what rises above its head like an ear of grain, the poet said: I grazed it with the most noble of trees, the الصل and the الصفصل and the اليعضيد and the excellent, elevated الخازباز.

والسنم: البعير العظيم السنام وقد سنم كفرح

And 'as-sanam': a camel with a great hump, and it has become 'sanam' (fat).

وقال الليث: جمل سنم وناقة سنمة: ضخمة السنام

And Al-Layth said: A 'sanam' camel and a 'sanmah' she-camel: large-humped.

وفي حديث لقمان: " يهب المائة البكرة السنمة "

And in the hadith of Luqman: "He gives a hundred young she-camels, large-humped."

وقد سنمه الكلأ تسنيما وأسنمه: إذا سمنه

And the fodder made it grow 'tasniman' and 'asnamahu': if it made it fat.

وأسنمة بكسر النون وقيل أسنمة بضم النون، وعليه اقتصر الجوهري أو ذات أسنمة كل ذلك: أكمة معروفة قرب طخفة

And 'asnimah' with kasra of the noon, and it is said 'asnamah' with damma of the noon, and Al-Jawhari limited himself to it, or 'dhat asnimah', all of that: a known hillock near Tukhfah.

ومنهم بالقسوميات معترك

And among them in Al-Qasumiyat is a battlefield.

وسنم الإناء تسنيما: ملأه حتى صار فوقه كالسنام

And 'sanama' the vessel 'tasniman': he filled it until it became above it like a hump.

وقال أبو زيد: سنمت الإناء تسنيما: إذا ملأته ثم حملت فوقه مثل السنام من الطعام أو غيره

And Abu Zayd said: I 'sanama' the vessel 'tasniman': if you filled it then carried on top of it like a hump of food or something else.

وسنم الشيء تسنيما: علاه كتسنمه

And 'sanama' the thing 'tasniman': it rose above it like its 'tasannum'.

وتسنم الحائط: علاه من عرضه

And 'tasannama' the wall: he climbed over its width.

ومننه: تسنم الفحل الناقة: إذا ركبها وقاعها

And from it: the stallion 'tasannama' the she-camel: if he mounted her and covered her.

متسنما سنماتها متفجسا بالهدر يملأ أنفسا وعيونا

Mounting its humps, gushing with thunder, filling souls and eyes.

ويقال: تسنم السحاب الأرض: إذا جادها

And it is said: The clouds 'tasannamat' the land: if they rained upon it.

وأسنم الدخان: ارتفع

And 'asnama' the smoke: it rose.

وأسنمت النار: عظم لهبها

And 'asnamat' the fire: its flame became great.

كدخان نار ساطع إسنامها

Like smoke of a blazing fire, its rising flames.

والتسنيم في القبور: ضد التسطيح

And 'at-tasnim' in graves: the opposite of flattening.

والتسنيم: ماء بالجنة مسمى به؛ لأنه يجري فوق الغرف والقصور

And 'at-tasnim': water in Paradise named as such; because it flows above the chambers and palaces.

ومزاجه من تسنيم

And its mixture is from Tasnim.

عينا يشرب بها المقربون

A spring from which the nearest (to God) will drink.

أي: ماء متسنم عينا تأتيهم من علو

Meaning: water rising as a spring coming to them from above.

أي: ماء يتنزل عليهم من معال، وينصب عينا على جهتين

Meaning: water descending upon them from high places, and flowing as a spring in two ways.

والتسنم: الأخذ مغافصة

And 'at-tasannum': taking swiftly.

والمسنم كمُعظم: الجمل المُعفى، وهو المُخلى الذي لا يركب

And 'al-musannam', like 'mu'azzam': the camel left to roam, and it is the released one that is not ridden.

والسنمات بكسر النون: هضبات مرتفعة طوال في أرض بني نمير

And 'as-sanamaat', with kasra of the noon: tall, elevated hills in the land of Banu Numayr.