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شمهد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something as light, sharp, or keen. It is applied to speech, physical objects like blades, and even animals, emphasizing their swiftness and acuity.

Derived headwords

شَمَهْدadjective
  1. 1.
    light, agileboth

    Describing speech or an animal as being light, quick, and agile.

  2. 2.
    sharp, keenboth

    Describing something, particularly the tips of teeth or blades, as being sharp and keen.

  3. 3.
    fierce, intenseclassical

    Describing something as fierce or intense, particularly in the context of animal ferocity.

شَمَهْدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sharpness, keennessboth

    The quality of being sharp or keen, particularly referring to the edge of a blade or the acuity of something.

شَمْهَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to sharpen, to honeboth

    To make something sharp or keen, especially a blade, by thinning and sharpening its edge.

Parallel reading

الشمهد من الكلام: الخفيف
Al-shamhad of speech: the light.
وقيل: الحديد
And it was said: the sharp/keen.
شمهد أطراف أنيابها
Sharp were the tips of their fangs.
كلبة شمهد أي خفيفة حديدة أطراف الأنياب
A shamhad bitch, meaning light, sharp-tipped fangs.
والشمهدة: التحديد
And al-shamhada: the sharpness.
يقال شمهد حديدته إذا رققها وحددها
It is said, 'He sharpened his blade' if he thinned and sharpened it.