شسب

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of extreme leanness and dryness, often due to emaciation or scarcity. It can refer to a thin, dried-out body, a lean animal, or even a dry, withered object.

Derived headwords

الشاسبadjective

1.
lean, emaciatedboth
Describing someone or something that is extremely thin and dried out, with skin stretched tightly over the bones, often due to severe hunger or emaciation.
2.
withered, dryclassical
Referring to something that has become dry and withered, lacking moisture or vitality.

أتيك أم سمحج تخيرها ... علج، تسرى نحائصا شسبا؟ — I come to you, O mother of a noble camel, chosen by a slave, driving lean she-camels?

تتقي الأرض بدف شاسب، ... وضلوع، تحت زور قد نحل — avoiding the ground with a lean flank, and ribs, beneath a shrunken belly.

شاسبadjective

1.
lean, emaciatedboth
Synonymous with الشاسب, referring to a state of extreme thinness and dryness.

فقلت له: حان الرواح، ورعته ... بأسمر ملوي، من القد، شاسب — And I said to him: It is time to depart, and I guided it with a dark, well-made, lean spear.

شسبnoun

1.
leanness, emaciationboth
The state or condition of being extremely lean, thin, and dried out.

شسبverb

1.
to be leanboth
To become extremely thin, dried out, and emaciated.

شسوباnoun

1.
leanness, emaciationboth
The state or condition of being extremely lean, thin, and dried out (masdar of شسب).

الشسيبnoun

1.
bowclassical
A bow, likely referring to its dry, resilient nature.

Parallel reading

الشاسب: لغة في الشازب، وهو النحيف اليابس من الضمر، الذي قد يبس جلده عليه

Al-Shasib: a variant pronunciation of Al-Shazib, which is the thin, dry one from emaciation, whose skin has dried onto him.

أتيك أم سمحج تخيرها ... علج، تسرى نحائصا شسبا؟

I come to you, O mother of a noble camel, chosen by a slave, driving lean she-camels?

تتقي الأرض بدف شاسب، ... وضلوع، تحت زور قد نحل

avoiding the ground with a lean flank, and ribs, beneath a shrunken belly.

وهو المهزول، مثل الشاسف، وليس مثل الشازب

And it is the emaciated one, like Al-Shasif, and not like Al-Shazib.

فقلت له: حان الرواح، ورعته ... بأسمر ملوي، من القد، شاسب

And I said to him: It is time to depart, and I guided it with a dark, well-made, lean spear.

والجمع شسب.

And the plural is shusb.

وشسب شسوبا وشسب.

And he became lean (shasaba) with leanness (shusuban) and he was lean (shasiba).

والشسيب: القوس.

And Al-Shasib: the bow.