صحن

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root 'صحن' primarily relates to concepts of spaciousness, flatness, and openness, often applied to physical spaces like courtyards, plains, and valleys. It also extends to meanings of giving, striking, and specific types of vessels and containers.

Derived headwords

صَحَنَverb

1.
to strikeclassical
To strike someone, specifically with twenty lashes.
2.
to reconcileclassical
To bring about reconciliation or agreement between people.
3.
to giveclassical
To give something, particularly within a dish or container.

صحنه عشرين سوطا — He struck him twenty lashes.

صحن بينهم صحنا — He reconciled between them.

صَحْنnoun

1.
courtyardboth
The open space in the middle of a house or dwelling.
2.
plainboth
An open, flat area in the middle of a desert or other vast expanse.
3.
valley floorboth
The flat, lower part of a valley, often a slope leading down.
4.
large vesselclassical
A large drinking vessel or container, larger than a qab and smaller than a tub.
5.
hollow of a hoofclassical
The concave part of a horse's hoof, also called a 'sukrujja'.
6.
flat groundboth
A level or even stretch of land.

مهمة أغبر ذي صحون — A dusty, vast plain with open spaces.

تَصَحَّنَverb

1.
to begclassical
To ask for something, to beg from people, sometimes specifically in a bowl or similar container.

خرج فلان يتصحن الناس — So-and-so went out begging from people.

صَحْنَانnoun

1.
cymbalsclassical
Two small cymbals, one struck against the other, used as musical instruments.

صوت صحنا قينة مغنيه — The sound of the singer's cymbals accompanying her song.

صَحْنَاهnoun

1.
fish condimentclassical
A condiment or relish made from small fish, considered good for digestion.

صَحْنَاهَةnoun

1.
fish condimentclassical
A condiment or relish made from small fish, considered good for digestion; a more specific term than 'sahna'.

مِصْحَنَةnoun

1.
bowlclassical
A vessel similar to a 'sahfa' or 'qas'a', used for serving food.

صُحْنَةnoun

1.
hollow in lava rockclassical
A hollow or depression formed in volcanic rock.

نَاقَةٌ صَحُونadjective

1.
kickingclassical
A female camel that kicks with its legs, especially when being milked.
2.
spottedclassical
A female camel with patches of white and red.

وقد صحنت الحالب برجلها — And she kicked the milker with her leg.

صَحْنَاءُ الأُذُنَيْنnoun

1.
inner earclassical
The spacious interior or cavity of a horse's ears.

صَحْنَةnoun

1.
giftclassical
A gift or present.

صحنة دينارا — He gave him a dinar as a gift.

صَحْنُ الأُذُنnoun

1.
inner earclassical
The inner part or cavity of the ear.
2.
ear conchclassical
The conch or external part of the ear.

صَحْنnoun

1.
kickingclassical
The act of kicking, used to describe a horse or camel's action.

وأتان صحون: فيها بياض وحمرة — And a kicking female camel: having whiteness and redness.

صَحْنَةnoun

1.
charmclassical
A charm or amulet used by women to attract men.

صَحْنُ الجَبَلnoun

1.
mountain slopeclassical
The side or slope of a mountain.

Parallel reading

صحنه عشرين سوطا، (كمنعه) : أي (ضربه) ؛ عن أبي عمر و.

He struck him twenty lashes, (meaning he prevented him): meaning (he struck him); according to Abu Amr.

صحن بينهم صحنا: (أصلح.

He reconciled between them with a reconciliation: (he made peace).

صحنه صحنا: (أعطاه شيئا في صحن) ؛ عن الفراء.

He gave him something in a dish; according to Al-Farra.

والتصحن: السؤال.

And 'tasahhun' is begging.

يقال: خرج فلان يتصحن الناس، أي يسألهم؛ عن أبي زيد.

It is said: So-and-so went out begging from people, meaning asking them; according to Abu Zayd.

والصحن: جوف الحافر المسمى سكرجة.

And the 'sahn' is the hollow of the hoof, called 'sukrujja'.

يقال: فرس واسع الصحن؛ وهو مجاز.

It is said: A horse with a wide hoof hollow; and this is metaphorical.

والصحن: (العس العظيم) ، جمعه أصحن وصحان؛ وأنشد ابن الأعرابي:

And the 'sahn' is: (the large drinking vessel), its plural is 'ashan' and 'sihaan'; Ibn Al-A'rabi recited:

من العلاب ومن الصحان

From the large waterskins and from the large drinking vessels

والصحن: ساحة (وسط الدار) ، وساحة وسط الفلاة ونحوهما من متون الأرض وسعة بطونها، والجمع صحون، لا يكسر على غير ذلك؛ قال:

And the 'sahn' is: the courtyard (in the middle of the house), and an open space in the middle of a desert and similar places from the expanses of the earth and the wideness of their interiors, and the plural is 'suhoon', it is not broken otherwise; he said:

ومهمة أغبر ذي صحون

And a dusty, vast plain with open spaces

والصحن: المستوي من الأرض.

And the 'sahn' is: the level ground.

والصحن: صحن الوادي، وهو سنده وفيه شيء من إشراف عن الأرض الأول فالأول كأنه مسند إسنادا؛ وصحن الجبل، وصحن الأكمة مثله.

And the 'sahn' is: the floor of the valley, which is its slope and has some elevation from the ground, gradually as if it were supported; and the slope of the mountain, and the slope of a hill are similar.

وصحون الأرض: دفوفها، وهو منجرد يسيل، وإن لم يكن منجردا فليس بصحن، وإن كان فيه شجر فليس بصحن حتى يستوي.

And the 'suhoon' of the earth: its flat surfaces, which are smooth and flowing; if it is not smooth, it is not a 'sahn', and if it has trees, it is not a 'sahn' until it is level.

والصحنان: (طسيتان صغيران تضرب أحدهما على الآخر) ؛ قال الراجز:

And the 'sahnan': (two small cymbals struck one against the other); the poet said:

سامرني أصوات صنج ملهيه وصوت صحنا قينة مغنيه

The sounds of distracting cymbals entertained me, and the sound of the singer's 'sahna' (cymbals) accompanying her song.

والصحناة على فعلاة إذا ذهب عنها الهاء دخلها التنوين، ويجمع على الصحنا بطرح الهاء: (إدام يتخذ من السمك الصغار مشه مصلح للمعدة).

And 'sahnaah' on the pattern 'fa'alaah' when the 'haa' is dropped, it takes tanween, and it is pluralized as 'sahnaa' by dropping the 'haa': (a relish made from small fish, considered good for the stomach).

وحكي عن أبي زيد: الصحناة فارسية، وتسميها العرب الصير.

And it was narrated from Abu Zayd: 'Al-Sahnaah' is Persian, and the Arabs call it 'Al-Sayr'.

والمصحنة، (كمكنسة: إناء كالصحفة والقصعة.

And 'mishenah', (like 'miknasah'): a vessel like a 'sahfah' and a 'qas'ah'.

والصحنة، بالضم: جوبة تنجاب في الحرة.

And 'suhnah', with damma: a hollow scooped out in volcanic rock.

وناقة صحون، كصبور: رموح ؛ وقد صحنت الحالب برجلها.

And a 'sahoon' camel, like 'saboor': kicking; and she kicked the milker with her leg.

وصحناء الأذنين من الفرس: متسع (مستقر داخلهما) ، والجمع أصحان.

And 'sahnaa' al-udhunayn' of a horse: a spacious (interior within them), and the plural is 'ashaan'.

يقال: صحنة دينارا أي أعطاه.

It is said: 'Sahnah' of a dinar, meaning he gave him a dinar.

وجرى الدمع على صحني وجنتيه، وهو مجاز.

And tears flowed on the hollows of his cheeks, and this is metaphorical.

والصحنة، بالفتح: خرزة تؤخذ بها النساء الرجال؛ عن اللحياني.

And 'sahnah', with fatha: a charm by which women take men; according to Al-Lihyani.