Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and al-Mufradat — All in One Search

سَمْنَةٌ

Root: سمن

Full Definition

سَمْنَةٌ , or سُمْنَةٌ , with damm, A certain herb, having leaves, and slender twigs, and a white flower: said by AHn to be of the [kind called] جَنْبَة, which grows forth بِنُجُومِ الصَّيْفِ [which may mean either by the influence of the stars of the season called الصيف, i. e., of its rains, or with the herbs of that season, in either case in spring or summer,] and is evergreen.
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more