شحج

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the braying or harsh vocalizations of animals, particularly donkeys and mules, and sometimes ravens. It extends to the act of raising one's voice loudly, often in a harsh manner, and can be metaphorically applied to humans. The root also encompasses terms for the animals themselves, specifically the wild ass.

Derived headwords

شَحَجَverb

1.
to brayboth
To make the characteristic loud, harsh sound of a donkey or mule.
2.
to make a harsh soundboth
To emit a loud, unpleasant vocalization, applicable to various animals like ravens, or metaphorically to humans.

الشَّحِيجُnoun

1.
braying soundboth
The sound made by a mule or donkey; it can also refer to the sound of a raven, especially an old one.
2.
harsh cryboth
A loud, harsh vocalization, sometimes used metaphorically for humans.

الشحيج والشحاج، بالضم: صوت البغل وبعض أصوات الحمار — The braying and the harsh sound, with damma: the sound of the mule and some sounds of the donkey.

الشَّحَاجُnoun

1.
braying soundboth
Similar to الشحيج, referring to the sound of a mule, donkey, or raven.
2.
loud voiceboth
Raising one's voice loudly, particularly associated with donkeys and mules, and considered an unpleasant sound.

الشحيج والشحاج، بالضم: صوت البغل وبعض أصوات الحمار — The braying and the harsh sound, with damma: the sound of the mule and some sounds of the donkey.

فقال: اخفض من صوتك، ألم تعلم أن الله يبغض كل شحاج؟ — He said: Lower your voice, do you not know that God detests every loud, harsh voice?

شَحَجَانًاnoun

1.
brayingboth
The act or sound of braying, as made by a mule or donkey.

شحج يشحج ويشحج شحيجا وشحاجا وشحجانا وتشحاجا — He brayed, he brayed, braying, harsh sound, braying, and loud braying.

تَشْحَاجًاnoun

1.
loud brayingboth
An intensified or prolonged form of braying or loud vocalization.

شحج يشحج ويشحج شحيجا وشحاجا وشحجانا وتشحاجا — He brayed, he brayed, braying, harsh sound, braying, and loud braying.

تَشَحَّجَverb

1.
to bray loudlyboth
To make a loud, harsh sound, often implying intensity or duration.

وتشحج — and he brayed loudly.

اسْتَشْحَجَverb

1.
to make a harsh soundboth
To emit a loud, harsh vocalization, often used in the context of mourning or distress.

ومستشحجات بالفراق، كأنها ... مثاكيل، من صيابة النوب، نوح — And those making harsh sounds at separation, as if they were ... bereaved women, crying out from the affliction of Nub.

مُسْتَشْحِجَاتnoun

1.
mourning ravensclassical
Ravens described as making harsh, mournful sounds, likened to bereaved women.
2.
loudly cryingclassical
Those making harsh, loud sounds, used metaphorically.

ويقال للغربان: مستشحجات ومستشحجات، بفتح الحاء وكسرها، وشبهها بالنوبة لسوادها — And ravens are called mustashhijāt and mustashhijāt, with fatha and kasra on the ha, and they are likened to the Nubians for their blackness.

شَحَّاجadjective

1.
loud-voicedboth
Having a loud, harsh voice, particularly applied to donkeys and mules.
2.
frequent brayerboth
Describing an animal, like a raven or donkey, that bray frequently.

وغراب شحاج: كثير الشحيج — And a shuhhaj raven: one that frequently makes the shahiij sound.

فهو شحاج مدل سنق، ... لاحق البطن، إذا يعدو زمل — He is a shuhhaj, proud and strong, ... with a deep belly, when he runs, he gallops.

المُشْحَجُnoun

1.
wild assclassical
A term for a wild ass, used as a descriptive adjective.

والمشحج والشحاج: الحمار الوحشي، صفة غالبة — And al-mashhaj and ash-shuhhaj: the wild ass, a dominant description.

شَحَجverb

1.
to bray (with kasra)classical
A less common variant of the verb 'to bray', with a kasra on the 'ha'. Its authenticity is questioned.

وأرى ثعلبا قد حكى شحج، بالكسر، قال: ولست منه على ثقة — And I think Tha'lab has narrated 'shaha', with kasra, he said: I am not confident about it.

بَنَاتُ شَاحِجٍnoun

1.
mulesclassical
A figurative term for mules, derived from the sound they make.

ويقال للبغال: بنات شاحج وبنات شحاج — And mules are called banāt shāhij and banāt shuhāj.

بَنَاتُ شَحَاجٍnoun

1.
mulesclassical
A figurative term for mules, derived from the sound they make.

ويقال للبغال: بنات شاحج وبنات شحاج — And mules are called banāt shāhij and banāt shuhāj.

Parallel reading

الشحيج والشحاج، بالضم: صوت البغل وبعض أصوات الحمار؛ وقال ابن سيده: هو صوت البغل والحمار والغراب إذا أسن.

The shahiij and the shahaaj, with damma: the sound of the mule and some sounds of the donkey; Ibn Sidah said: it is the sound of the mule, the donkey, and the raven when it grows old.

ويقال للبغال: بنات شاحج وبنات شحاج، وربما استعير للإنسان.

And mules are called banāt shāhij and banāt shuhāj, and it is sometimes metaphorically used for humans.

شحج يشحج ويشحج شحيجا وشحاجا وشحجانا وتشحاجا، وتشحج، واستشحج؛

He brayed, he brayed, braying, harsh sound, braying, and loud braying, and he brayed loudly, and he made a harsh sound;

قال ذو الرمة: ومستشحجات بالفراق، كأنها ... مثاكيل، من صيابة النوب، نوح

Dhu al-Rummah said: And those making harsh sounds at separation, as if they were ... bereaved women, crying out from the affliction of Nub.

ويقال للغربان: مستشحجات ومستشحجات، بفتح الحاء وكسرها، وشبهها بالنوبة لسوادها.

And ravens are called mustashhijāt and mustashhijāt, with fatha and kasra on the ha, and they are likened to the Nubians for their blackness.

وأرى ثعلبا قد حكى شحج، بالكسر، قال: ولست منه على ثقة.

And I think Tha'lab has narrated 'shaha', with kasra, he said: I am not confident about it.

فقال: اخفض من صوتك، ألم تعلم أن الله يبغض كل شحاج؟

He said: Lower your voice, do you not know that God detests every loud, harsh voice?

الشحاج: رفع الصوت، وهو بالبغل والحمار أخص، كأنه تعريض بقوله تعالى: إن أنكر الأصوات لصوت الحمير.

Ash-shahaaj: raising the voice, and it is more specific to the mule and the donkey, as if it is an allusion to God's saying: 'Indeed, the most detestable of sounds is the voice of the donkeys.'

وهو الشحاج والشحيج، والنهاق والنهيق؛

And it is ash-shahaaj and ash-shahiij, and an-nahāq and an-nahiiq;

شحج البغل يشحج شحيجا، والغراب يشحج شحجانا؛

The mule brayed, it brayed a shahiij, and the raven brayed a shahaajān;

وقيل: شحيج الغراب ترجيع صوته، فإذا مد رأسه، قيل: نعب.

And it was said: The shahiij of the raven is the repetition of its sound, and when it stretches its head, it is said: it cawed.

وغراب شحاج: كثير الشحيج، وكذلك سائر الأنواع التي ذكرنا؛

And a shuhhaj raven: one that frequently makes the shahiij sound, and likewise the rest of the types we mentioned;

يا طيبها ليلة حتى تخونها ... داع دعا، في فروع الصبح، شحاج

Oh, how pleasant was the night until it was betrayed... by a caller calling, in the early morning, with a shahaaj (sound).

والمشحج والشحاج: الحمار الوحشي، صفة غالبة؛

And al-mashhaj and ash-shuhhaj: the wild ass, a dominant description;

الجوهري: الحمار الوحشي مشحج وشحاج؛

Al-Jawhari: The wild ass is mashhaj and shuhhaj;

قال لبيد: فهو شحاج مدل سنق، ... لاحق البطن، إذا يعدو زمل

Labbīd said: He is a shuhhaj, proud and strong, ... with a deep belly, when he runs, he gallops.

وفي العرب بطنان ينسبان إلى شحاج، كلاهما من الأزد لهم بقية فيهما.

And among the Arabs are two clans attributed to Shuhhaj, both from the Azd, they have a remnant among them.