سقم

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Form 1سَقِمَ1 sense

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarسَقَمٌ

Core sense — he was, or became, diseased, sick, or illgenerated

1.1he was, or became, diseased, disordered, sick, or ill—سَقُمَ

Muḍāriʿ of the first verb سَقَمَ; muḍāriʿ of the second سَقُمَ. Maṣdar of the first سَقَمٌ; of the second سُقْمٌ, سَقَامَةٌ and سَقَامٌ [the last like جَمَالٌ of جَمُلَ and the like], or the last is a simple noun.

Synonym مَرِضَ. Or: he was long diseased.

Derived nouns 9

Nounسُقْمٌ1 sense

Core sense — a disease, a disorder, a sickness, an illnessgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferreda disease, disorder, malady, sickness, or illness—سَقَمٌ

Synonym مَرَضٌ.

Plural of the first: أَسْقَامٌ.

a disease, sickness, or illness—سَقَامٌ

These, with the headword, [are all maṣdars; or the last, according to the Msb, is a simple noun; and all are used as nouns].

سُقْمٌ and مَرَضٌ are both said to be in the body, and also in religion [and the like, as is implied by phrases mentioned below under سَقِيمٌ]. Aboo-Is-hák; TA in art. مرض.

languidness, and slowness in motion, of the eyelids—سَقَمُ الجُفُونِ

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and سَقَمٌ and سَقَامٌ [are all inf. ns.; or the last, accord. to the Msb, is a simple subst.; and all are used as substs., signifying] A disease, disorder, distemper, malady, sickness, or an illness; syn. مَرَضٌ : (S, K, TA:) سُقْمٌ and مَرَضٌ are both said to be in the body, and also in religion [&c., as is implied by phrases mentioned below, voce سَقِيمٌ ]: (Aboo-Is-hák, TA in art. مرض :) pl. [of the first] أَسْقَامٌ . (TA.) سَقَمُ الجُفُونِ means Languidness, and slowness in motion, of the eyelids. (Har p. 113.)

Nounسَقَمٌ1 sense

Core sense — a disease, a sickness, an illnessgenerated

See the preceding entry, in two places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

Nounسَقِمٌ1 sense

Core sense — diseased, sick, illgenerated

See سَقِيمٌ.

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: see سَقِيمٌ .

Nounسَقَامٌ1 sense

Core sense — a disease, a sickness, an illnessgenerated

See سُقْمٌ.

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: see سُقْمٌ .

Nounسَقِيمٌ1 sense

Core sense — diseased, sick, or ill; long diseasedgenerated

1figurative · مجازdiseased, disordered, sick, or ill—سَقِمٌ

Or: long diseased.

Plural of the first سِقَامٌ, like كِرَامٌ, plural of كَرِيمٌ.

See also مِسْقَامٌ and مُسْقِمٌ.

truly I am sick—إِنِي سَقِيمٌ

Or the meaning is: I shall be diseased at a future time, when the period has come; and it is said that he inferred, from looking at the stars, the time of a fever's coming to him.

Or it means: truly I am sick of your worshipping what is not God.

IAth says that, in truth, it is one of his three lies, all of which were for the sake of God and his religion.

This phrase occurs in the Qur'ān 37:87, as a saying of Abraham. Some explain it as meaning: smitten with the طَاعُون [or pestilence].

[A diseased, a sickly, or an unsound, heart]—قَلْبٌ سَقِيمٌ

[Diseased, unsound, faulty, or weak, understanding]—فَهْمٌ سَقِيمٌ

[Unsound, faulty, or weak, language]—كَلَامٌ سَقِيمٌ

he is affected with rancour, malice, or spite against him—هُوَ سَقِيمُ الصَّدْرِ عَلَيْهِ

Qur’ānic occurrences سَقِيم 1 shown of 2

37:89

فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ

And he said, "I am indeed sick (at heart)!"

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Diseased, disordered, distempered, sick, or ill; (S, K, TA;) as also سَقِمٌ : (TA:) or long diseased &c.: (Msb:) pl. of the former سِقَامٌ , (Msb, K,) like كِرَامٌ pl. of كَرِيمٌ . (Msb.) See also مِسْقَامٌ , and مُسْقِمٌ . The phrase إِنِي سَقِيمٌ , occurring in the Kur [xxxvii. 87], as a saying of Abraham, is expl. by some as meaning [Verily I am] smitten with the طَاعُون [or pestilence]: or the meaning is, I shall be diseased at a future time, when the period shall have come; and it is said that he inferred, from looking at the stars, the time of a fever's coming to him: or it means verily I am sick of your worshipping what is not God: IAth says that, in truth, it is one of his three lies; all of which were for the sake of God and his religion. (TA.) You say also قَلْبٌ سَقِيمٌ [A diseased, a sickly, or an unsound, heart]: and فَهْمٌ سَقِيمٌ [Diseased, unsound, faulty, or weak, understanding]: and كَلَامٌ سَقِيمٌ [Unsound, faulty, or weak, language]. (TA.) And هُوَ سَقِيمُ الصَّدْرِ عَلَيْهِ He is affected with rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, against him. (TA.)

Nounسَوْقَمٌ1 sense

Core sense — a kind of large tree like the sycamore fig, with sweet ripe fruitgenerated

A kind of tree resembling the خِلَاف [q. v.], but not the same as it.

Or a kind of large tree, exactly like the أَثْأَب, which is a tree of the fig kind, except that it is taller and less broad, and has a fruit like the fig, which when green is [like] stone in hardness, but when it ripens becomes somewhat yellow, soft, very sweet, and of a pleasant smell; people send it to one another as a present.

[Forskål, in his Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. 124, mentions سقم, which is evidently a mistranscription for سوقم, and which he writes in Italic letters “sokam,” as one of the names of the ficus sycomorus; and apparently of another species or variety of fig which he calls ficus sycomoroides.]

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A kind of tree resembling the خِلَاف [q. v.], but not the same as this latter: (TA:) or a kind of large tree, (AHn, K, TA,) exactly like the أَثْأَب , (AHn, TA,) which is a tree of the figkind, (TA in art. ثأب ,) except that it is taller than the latter, and less broad, having a fruit like the fig ( التِين ), which, when green, is [like] stone in hardness, but when it ripens it becomes somewhat yellow, and soft, and very sweet, and of a pleasant odour, and people send it, one to another, as a present. (AHn, TA.) [Forskål, in his Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. cxxiv., mentions سقم , which is evidently a mistranscription for سوقم , and which he writes in Italic letters “ sokam, ” as one of the names of the ficus sycomorus; and app. of another species or variety of fig which he terms ficus sycomoroides.]

Nounمُسْقِمٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who is diseased and whose family are diseasedgenerated

1a man who is diseased and whose family are diseased—رَجُلٌ سَقِيمٌ

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رَجُلٌ سَقِيمٌ A man who is diseased and whose family are diseased. (TA.)

Nounمَسْقَمَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cause of diseasegenerated

[A cause of disease: a word of the same class as مَجْبَنَةٌ, and many others of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ.]

See an example under كِظَّةٌ.

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[A cause of disease: a word of the same class as مَجْبَنَةٌ and many others of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ ]: see an ex. voce كِظَّةٌ .

Nounمِسْقَامٌ1 sense

Core sense — much, or often, diseasedgenerated

1the same as this: [diseased, disordered, and the like]—سَقِيمٌ

Or, more in keeping with analogy: much, or often, diseased.

According to Lh it is also applied as an adjective to a female.

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i. q. سَقِيمٌ [Diseased, disordered, &c.]: (TA:) or [rather, agreeably with analogy,] much, or often, diseased &c.: (S, TA:) and accord. to Lh it is also applied as an epithet to a female. (TA.)