شرح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root شرح (sh-r-ḥ) primarily relates to the physical act of cutting, slicing, or dissecting, particularly meat. It extends metaphorically to concepts of opening, clarifying, explaining, and expanding, especially in relation to the chest and understanding.

Derived headwords

شَرَحَverb

1.
to cut, sliceboth
To cut meat from a bone or organ, or to slice it thinly.
2.
to open, clarifyboth
To open, reveal, explain, or make clear something that is complex or hidden.
3.
to expand (chest)both
To widen or open up the chest, metaphorically for acceptance or understanding.
4.
to have intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with a woman, specifically by lying on her back.

شرحت اللحم — I sliced the meat.

شرح فلان أمره أي أوضحه — So-and-so clarified his situation.

شرح الله صدره لقبول الخير — Allah expanded his chest for acceptance of good.

الشَّرْحُnoun

1.
slicing, dissectionboth
The act of cutting meat into pieces or slicing it thinly.
2.
clarification, explanationboth
The act of making something clear, explaining a difficult matter, or revealing something.
3.
opening (chest)both
The expansion of the chest, signifying openness to understanding or acceptance.
4.
opening of jewelsclassical
The act of cutting or opening precious stones.
5.
understanding, comprehensionclassical
The faculty of understanding or grasping something.

الشرح والتشريح: قطع اللحم عن العضو قطعا — Slicing and dissection: cutting meat from an organ.

شرح مسألة مشكلة: بينها — Explaining a difficult problem: clarifying it.

شرح الله صدره لقبول الخير يشرحه شرحا فانشرح — Allah expanded his chest for acceptance of good, He expands it with an expansion, and it expanded.

التَّشْرِيحُnoun

1.
dissection, anatomyboth
The act of dissecting or cutting up a body, especially for anatomical study.
2.
thin slicingclassical
The process of slicing meat very thinly until it is almost transparent.

التشريح: قطع اللحم عن العظم قطعا — Dissection: cutting meat from the bone.

والتصفيف نحو من التشريح، وهو ترقيق البضعة من اللحم حتى يشف من رقته — And tasfīf is a form of tashrīḥ, which is thinning a piece of meat until it is translucent.

شُرْحَةnoun

1.
slice of meatboth
A piece of meat that has been cut, especially a thin slice.
2.
dried meat sliceclassical
A slice of dried meat, particularly from gazelle.

والقطعة منه شرحة وشريحة — And the piece from it is a sharḥah and sharīḥah.

الشرحة من الظباء الذي يجاء به يابسا كما هو، لم يقدد — The sharḥah is from gazelle brought dried as it is, not cured.

شَرِيحَةnoun

1.
slice of meatboth
A slice of meat, especially one that is thin or wide.
2.
fatty meatclassical
Any fatty, extended piece of meat.

وقيل: الشريحة القطعة من اللحم المرققة — And it was said: The sharīḥah is the thin slice of meat.

وكل سمين من اللحم ممتد، فهو شريحة وشريح — And every extended fatty piece of meat is a sharīḥah and sharīḥ.

مَشْرُوحadjective

1.
slicedboth
Meat that has been cut or sliced.
2.
mirageclassical
A mirage, referring to shimmering heat.

وهو لحم مشروح — And it is sliced meat.

والمشروح: السراب — And al-mashrūḥ: the mirage.

انْشَرَحَverb

1.
to be expanded, open upboth
To become wide or open, especially the chest, signifying acceptance or relief.

فانشرح: وسعه لقبول الحق فاتسع — And it expanded: He widened it for acceptance of truth, and it became wide.

مِشْرَحnoun

1.
woman's belongingsclassical
A woman's possessions or furnishings.
2.
penisclassical
A slang term for the penis.

والمشرح: متاع المرأة — And al-mishraḥ: a woman's belongings.

والمشرح: الراشق الاست — And al-mishraḥ: the penis.

شُرَيْحnoun

1.
fatty meatclassical
A fatty, extended piece of meat.

وكل سمين من اللحم ممتد، فهو شريحة وشريح — And every extended fatty piece of meat is a sharīḥah and sharīḥ.

شارِحnoun

1.
keeper, guardianclassical
One who guards or preserves something, like crops.
2.
opener, explainerclassical
One who opens, clarifies, or explains.

قال أبو عمرو: الشارح الحافظ — Abu Amr said: The shāriḥ is the preserver.

يقوم إليها شارح فيطيرها — A keeper comes to them and scares them away.

شُرَّاحnoun

1.
plural of شَارِحclassical
Multiple keepers or explainers.

شُرَاحِيلname

1.
a male given nameclassical
A proper male name, possibly derived from the root.

وشراحيل: اسم — And Shurayḥīl: a name.

شُرَيْحname

1.
a male given nameclassical
A proper male name, possibly a diminutive or variant.

وشريح ومشرح بن عاهان: اسمان — And Shurayḥ and Mashraḥ bin Aḥān: two names.

شُرَيْحَةname

1.
a male given nameclassical
A proper male name, possibly a diminutive or variant.

بَنُو شُرَيْحname

1.
a tribal nameclassical
The name of a tribe or lineage.

وبنو شريح: بطن — And Banu Shurayḥ: a clan.

Parallel reading

الشرح والتشريح: قطع اللحم عن العضو قطعا

Al-sharḥ and al-tashrīḥ: cutting meat from an organ.

وقيل: قطع اللحم على العظم قطعا

And it was said: cutting meat down to the bone.

والقطعة منه شرحة وشريحة

And the piece from it is a sharḥah and a sharīḥah.

وهو لحم مشروح

And it is sliced meat.

والتصفيف نحو من التشريح، وهو ترقيق البضعة من اللحم حتى يشف من رقته

And tasfīf is a form of tashrīḥ, which is thinning a piece of meat until it is translucent.

يقال: شرح فلان أمره أي أوضحه

It is said: So-and-so clarified his situation, meaning he made it clear.

وشرح مسألة مشكلة: بينها

And explaining a difficult problem: clarifying it.

وشرح الشيء يشرحه شرحا، وشرحه: فتحه وبينه وكشفه

And sharḥa a thing, he explains it with an explanation, and sharḥahu: he opened it, made it clear, and revealed it.

وكل ما فتح من الجواهر، فقد شرح أيضا

And anything opened from jewels has also been sharḥ.

تقول: شرحت الغامض إذا فسرته

You say: I explained the ambiguous when you interpreted it.

ومن تشريح اللحم

And from the dissection of meat.

وكل سمين من اللحم ممتد، فهو شريحة وشريح

And every extended fatty piece of meat is a sharīḥah and a sharīḥ.

وشرح الله صدره لقبول الخير يشرحه شرحا فانشرح: وسعه لقبول الحق فاتسع

And Allah expanded his chest for acceptance of good, He expands it with an expansion, and it expanded: He widened it for acceptance of truth, and it became wide.

فمن يرد الله أن يهديه يشرح صدره للإسلام

So whoever Allah intends to guide, He expands his chest for Islam.

أراد: كانوا ينبسطون إليها ويشرحون صدورهم ويرغبون

He meant: they would incline towards them and their chests would expand, and they would desire.

والمشرح: متاع المرأة

And al-mishraḥ: a woman's belongings.

وشرح جاريته إذا سلقها على قفاها ثم غشيها

And he sharḥa his slave girl if he laid her on her back and then had intercourse with her.

كان أهل الكتاب لا يأتون نساءهم إلا على حرف وكان هذا الحي من قريش يشرحون النساء شرحا

The People of the Book did not approach their women except in a certain way, and this clan of Quraysh used to sharḥ women.

والمشروح: السراب

And al-mashrūḥ: the mirage.

أبغني شارحا فإن أشاءنا مغوس وإني أخاف عليه الطمل

Bring me a shāriḥ, for our young palms are vulnerable and I fear blight upon them.

قال أبو عمرو: الشارح الحافظ

Abu Amr said: The shāriḥ is the preserver.

قال ابن الأعرابي: الشرح الحفظ، والشرح الفتح، والشرح البيان، والشرح الفهم، والشرح الاقتضاض للأبكار

Ibn al-A'rābī said: Al-sharḥ is preservation, al-sharḥ is opening, al-sharḥ is clarification, al-sharḥ is understanding, and al-sharḥ is the deflowering of virgins.