shaft

7 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

س- ه- م

(s-h-m) — arrows; arrow; arrow/dart

“shaft” accounts for 5 of 28 occurrences of this root (18%)

Forms seen

سهام ×2 سَهْمٌ ×1 السّهام ×1 سَهْمَ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

dart 68% shaft 18% arrow 14%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: سهام: the shafts fire-tabletFire §46: سَهْمٌ: the shafts gleaningsGWB §696: السّهام: the shafts prayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: سَهْمَ: shafts epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: سهام: shafts

ر- م- ح

(r-m-ḥ) — spears; spear, lance; spear

“shaft” accounts for 1 of 10 occurrences of this root (10%)

Forms seen

وَرِماحِ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

spear 50% shaft 10% menacing dart 10% dart 10% arrow 10% afflictive spear 10%

Examples

prayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: وَرِماحِ: from the shafts

ر- م- ي

(r-m-y) — threw; throw; throwing

“shaft” accounts for 1 of 6 occurrences of this root (17%)

Forms seen

رَمَيْتَ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

shafts were 17% shaft 17% hurl down 17% dart 17% assault 17% afflicted 17%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §105: رَمَيْتَ: shafts

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

dart (19) spear (5) arrow (4)