Quranic root
صيص
ṣ · y · ṣ
The evidence centers on a protective or defensive structure or projection: the Quranic form denotes strongholds, while Classical Arabic applies related terms to defensive objects, horns, spurs, tools, and pegs.
The protective branch extends from fortresses to things used for defense and projecting implements; a separate lexical branch concerns poor, seedless, or hollow produce.
- Mufradāt · row 863
- Lane · entry 27037
- Lane · entry 27039
- Lane · entry 27040
- 1
- Quran-attested forms
- 1
- Quran senses
- 1
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
صِيصَةٌ
ṣīṣahun
- Part of speech
- Noun · singular citation (Quranic plural)
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A fortress or fortified stronghold.
In the Quran, the plural صَيَاصِي in صَيَاصِيهِمْ refers to their fortresses or strongholds.
- Mufradāt · row 863
- Lane · entry 27040
Selected Quran examples
Quran 33:26word 8
“their fortresses”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 33:26صَيَاصِيهِمْtheir fortresses
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 10 Classical meanings
صَاصَ
Of a palm tree: to bear dates that have become poor or defective dates called صِيصًا or شِيصًا.
An intransitive verb describing the palm and the resulting defective dates.
- Lane · entry 27034
صِيصٌ
Poor or defective dates, the kind called حَشَف; also a dialectal equivalent of شِيصٌ.
A dialectal noun and variant form in the terminology of dates.
- Lane · entry 27034
- Lane · entry 27037
صِيصَاءٌ
Dates without stones or pits.
A separately reported Classical sense of صِيصَاءٌ.
- Lane · entry 27039
صِيصَاءٌ
Pips of a colocynth lacking kernels and consisting only of husks; by extension, similarly empty pips of melon, cucumber, and comparable plants.
Applied to hollow or kernel-less seeds and pips.
- Lane · entry 27039
صِيصِيَةٌ
A weaver’s pointed implement used to make the warp and weft even.
The reported implement is also described as a شوكة.
- Lane · entry 27040
صِيصِيَةٌ
The spur of a cock.
A projecting anatomical feature of the cock.
- Lane · entry 27040
صِيصِيَةٌ
The horn of a bull, cow, or gazelle; also a horn fixed upon a spear in place of an iron point.
The plural form is used for the horns of cattle; the spear use is an associated implement sense.
- Lane · entry 27040
صِيصَةٌ
A wooden pin or peg used to pull dates from a tightly packed mass.
The implement is understood by analogy with an animal’s horn.
- Lane · entry 27040
صِيصَةٌ
Anything used to defend oneself or provide protection.
A broad sense for a protective object or means of defense, distinct from the specific sense ‘fortress’.
- Lane · entry 27040
صِيصَةٌ
A herdsman who manages and protects his herds or flocks well.
A specialized designation for a capable, protective pastor.
- Lane · entry 27040
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Maqayis entry was supplied for this root; the root-level orientation is therefore based on the supplied Lane and Mufradat evidence.
The Quranic occurrence is plural صَيَاصِي; the public headword صِيصَةٌ is a normalized singular citation form. Lane also reports uncertainty over the final radical in the related form صِيصِيَةٌ.