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شءشء

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sounds and actions related to driving or calling animals, particularly donkeys. It also extends to meanings of scattering or dispersing, and includes specific terms for certain types of dates and tall palm trees.

Derived headwords

الشَّأْشَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    driving sound for donkeysclassical

    A sound used to drive or urge on a donkey.

  2. 2.
    chaff of datesclassical

    The dry outer husk or skin of dates, often separated during processing.

  3. 3.
    tall palm treesclassical

    Palm trees that are notably tall.

شَأْشَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to drive/urge onclassical

    To urge on or drive animals, such as donkeys or sheep, with a specific sound or command.

  2. 2.
    to call to waterclassical

    To call or entice a donkey towards water.

شَأْشَأْparticle
  1. 1.
    drive/urge soundclassical

    An interjection used as a command to drive or urge on an animal, particularly a donkey.

شُؤْشُؤٌnoun
  1. 1.
    calling to waterclassical

    The act of calling or enticing a donkey to water.

تَشَأْشَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to call/urge (donkey)classical

    To call or urge a donkey, often towards water, with a specific sound.

  2. 2.
    to disperse/scatterclassical

    To become dispersed or scattered.

تَشَؤْتُشُؤٌnoun
  1. 1.
    calling to waterclassical

    The act of calling or enticing a donkey to water.

  2. 2.
    dispersalclassical

    The act of becoming dispersed or scattered.

تَشَأْتَشَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to call/urge (donkey)classical

    To call or urge a donkey, often towards water, with a specific sound.

  2. 2.
    to disperse/scatterclassical

    To become dispersed or scattered.

Parallel reading

الشَّأْشَاء: زجر الحمار، وكذلك السأساء.
The sha'sha' is a driving sound for a donkey, and likewise the sa'sa'.
شؤشؤ وشأشأ: دعاء الحمار إلى الماء، عن ابن الأعرابي.
Shu'shu' and sha'sha' mean calling a donkey to water, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.
وشأشأ بالحمر والغنم: زجرها للمضي، فقال: شأشأ وتشؤتشؤ.
He said sha'sha' to the donkeys and sheep: he drove them to move forward, and he said: sha'sha' and tashu'tushu'.
وقال رجل من بني الحرماز: تشأتشأ، وفتح الشين.
A man from Banu al-Harmaz said: tashatasha', with a fatha on the sheen.
شأشأت الحمار إذا دعوته تشأتشأ وتشؤتشؤ.
You say sha'sha'ta the donkey if you call it to water, and it says tashatasha' and tashu'tushu'.
أن رجلا قال لبعيره شأ لعنك الله، فنهاه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن لعنه.
A man said to his camel, 'Sha', may God curse you,' and the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade him from cursing it.
قال أبو منصور: شأ زجر، وبعض العرب يقول: جأ، بالجيم، وهما لغتان.
Abu Mansur said: 'Sha' is a driving sound, and some Arabs say 'Ja', with a jim; they are two variants.
والشأشاء: الشيص.
And the sha'sha' is the unripe date (chaff).
والشأشاء: النخل الطوال.
And the sha'sha' are the tall palm trees.
وتشأشأ القوم: تفرقوا، والله أعلم.
And the people became dispersed, and God knows best.