صمغ

Arabic

صَمْغ

Etymology

From the root ص م غ (ṣ-m-ḡ), a variant of س م ع (s-m-ʿ), both denoting sticky or thick fluids, flowing substances with lower viscosity than water, in a state between liquid and solid; compare شَمْع (šamʿ, wax).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁamɣ/

Noun

صَمْغ (ṣamḡ) m (plural صُمُوغ (ṣumūḡ) or أَصْمَاغ (ʾaṣmāḡ))

  1. resin
    • 1025, ابن سينا (Avicenna), القانون في الطب‎ [Canon Medicinae], Rome: Stamperia Orientale Medicea, published 1593, Liber 2, page 174:
      قال ديسقوريدوس في كتابه ان الحلتيث صمغ الانجدان و ذكر بان يشرط اصله وساقه ثم بعد الشرط يسيل منه الحلتيث […]
      Dioscurides said in his book that hing is the resin of the Ferula assa-foetida and he notified that its stem and its foot is slit and then, after the slitting, the hing flows from it. […]
  2. glue

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: صمغ (samğ)

Hijazi Arabic

صَمْغ

Etymology

From Arabic صَمْغ (ṣamḡ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁamɣ/

Noun

صَمْغ • (ṣamḡ) m

(plural صُمُوغ ‎(ṣumūḡ))
  1. glue
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