سون

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses place names in Egypt, specifically the city of Aswan and its surrounding region. It also touches upon a potential meaning related to abdominal relaxation and a place name in Baghdad.

Derived headwords

التسونother

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abdominal relaxationclassical
This term is mentioned as a potential meaning, possibly derived from the root 'سول' (to beg), with an alteration of the letters.

استرخاء البطنnoun

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abdominal relaxationclassical
This is the meaning attributed to the term 'التسون' by Ibn al-A'rabi.

سوانname

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Aswanmodern
A variant spelling of Aswan, mentioned as a city and district in Upper Egypt, located at the beginning of Nubia on the Nile.

أسوانname

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Aswanmodern
A large city and district in Upper Egypt, situated on the Nile at the beginning of Nubia. It is known for its quarries that provided columns for Alexandria.

أسوانيname

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from Aswanmodern
A nisba (adjective of relation) indicating origin from the city of Aswan. It is used to refer to scholars and individuals from that region.

سوناياname

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Sūnāyāclassical
A village or locality in Baghdad that was incorporated into the city.

ساوينname

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Sawinclassical
A place name mentioned in a verse by Ibn Muqbil. Its exact location or nature is debated, with a variant reading 'Sabūnā' also noted.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو استرخاء البطن.

Al-Jawhari ignored it. Ibn al-A'rabi said: it is abdominal relaxation.

كأنه ذهب به إلى التسول من سول يسول فأبدل.

It is as if he intended it to mean begging from 'sawala yasūlu' (to beg) with an altered letter.

والفضل بن محمد بن سون، كزفر

And Al-Fadl ibn Muhammad ibn Sūn, like Zufr.

وسوان، كغراب: ع

And Suwān, like Ghurāb: a city.

وقيل: هو أسوان الآتي ذكره.

And it was said: it is Aswan, which will be mentioned later.

وبخط أبي سعيد السكري سوان بغير همزة: (د) كبير وكورة (بالصعيد) الأعلى (بمصر)

And in the handwriting of Abu Sa'id al-Sukri, it is Suwān without hamza: a large (city) and district in Upper Egypt (in Egypt).

وهو أول بلاد النوبة على النيل في شرقيه

And it is the first of the lands of Nubia on the Nile, on its eastern side.

وفي جباله مقطع العمد التي بأسكندرية.

And in its mountains are the quarries for the columns that were in Alexandria.

قال الحسن بن إبراهيم المصري: بأسوان من التمور المختلفة وأنواع الأرطاب.

Al-Hasan ibn Ibrahim al-Misri said: In Aswan, there are various dates and types of ripe fruits.

وكشف عن أرطاب أسوان فما وجد شيئا بالعراق إلا بأسوان مثله، وبأسوان ما ليس بالعراق.

And he examined the ripe fruits of Aswan and found nothing in Iraq like it, and in Aswan there is what is not in Iraq.

أبو الحسن (فقير بن موسى) بن فقير الأسواني (المحدث)

Abu al-Hasan (Faqir ibn Musa) ibn Faqir al-Aswani (the traditionist).

ومننه أيضا القاضي أبو الحسن علي بن أحمد بن إبراهيم بن الزبير العناني الملقب بالرشيد صاحب الشعر والتصانيف، نسبه السلفي وكتب عنه، مات سنة 563، رحمه اللها تعالى

And from him also is the judge Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Zubayr al-'Anani, nicknamed al-Rashid, the author of poetry and compositions. Al-Salafi attributed him and wrote from him. He died in the year 563, may God Almighty have mercy on him.

وأخوه المهذب أبو الحسن محمد بن علي كان أشعر من أخيه، وهو مصنف كتاب النسبة، مات سنة 561، رحمه الله تعالى

And his brother, the refined Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Ali, was more poetic than his brother, and he is the author of the book 'Al-Nisba'. He died in the year 561, may God have mercy on him.

وسونايا، بالضم: ة ببغداد أدخلت في البلد

And Sūnāyā, with damma: a village in Baghdad that was incorporated into the city.

ساوين: موضع في قول ابن مقبل: ركب بلية أو ركب بساوينا

Sawin: a place in the saying of Ibn Muqbil: 'He rode into tribulation, or he rode by Sawīnā'.

هكذا هو في كتاب المعجم لياقوت، رحمه الله تعالى.

This is how it is in Yaqut's 'Kitab al-Mu'jam', may God have mercy on him.

وأنشده ابن السبد في الفرق: أو ركب بسابونا؛ وقد تقدم في سبن.

And Ibn al-Subd recited it in 'Al-Farq': 'or he rode by Sabūnā'; and it has been previously mentioned under the root 'sbun'.