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شيد

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of plastering, building, and constructing with materials like gypsum or lime. It extends to the concept of making something solid, tall, or well-made, particularly in the context of architecture and structures.

Derived headwords

الشِّيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Plastering materialboth

    Anything used to coat a wall, such as gypsum or lime.

الشَّيْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Plastering; buildingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of plastering or building.

شَادَverb
  1. 1.
    To plasterboth

    To coat a wall with gypsum or lime.

  2. 2.
    To build solidlyboth

    To construct something well and make it solid.

  3. 3.
    To make tallclassical

    To lengthen or extend a building.

شَيَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    To build solidlyboth

    To construct a building in a solid and well-made manner.

  2. 2.
    To make tallboth

    To lengthen or extend a building.

تَشْيِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Solid constructionboth

    The act of making a building solid and well-constructed.

  2. 2.
    Elevation; lengtheningboth

    The act of raising or lengthening a building.

مُشَيَّدadjective
  1. 1.
    Plasteredboth

    Coated with gypsum or lime.

  2. 2.
    Solidly builtboth

    Constructed in a strong and durable manner.

  3. 3.
    Tall; elevatedboth

    Made tall or high.

مُشَيِّدadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall; elevatedclassical

    Made tall or high.

مَشِيدadjective
  1. 1.
    Plasteredboth

    Coated with gypsum or lime.

  2. 2.
    Solidly builtboth

    Constructed in a strong and durable manner.

Parallel reading

كل ما طلي به الحائط من جص أو بلاط
Everything with which a wall is coated, such as gypsum or lime.
شاده يشيده شيدا: جصصه
He plastered it, he plasters it, with plastering: he coated it with gypsum.
وبناء مشيد: معمول بالشيد
And a plastered building: made with plaster.
وكل ما أحكم من البناء، فقد شيد
And whatever is solidly constructed, it has been well-built.
وتشييد البناء: إحكامه ورفعه
And the solid construction of a building: its being made solid and its elevation.
وقد يسمي بعض العرب الحضر شيدا
And some Arabs call settled places 'shīd'.
والمشيد: المبني بالشيد
And 'mushāyad': built with plaster.
شاده مرمرا، وجلله كلسا، ... فللطير في ذراه وكور
He built it with marble, and covered it with lime... so that birds have nests on its heights.
البناء المشيد، بالتشديد، المطول
The solidly built structure, with the shadda, is the elongated one.
وقصر مشيد
And a lofty palace.
في بروج مشيدة
In elevated towers.
مررت بثياب مصبغة وكباش مذبحة
I passed by dyed clothes and slaughtered sheep.
مررت برجل مشجج وبثوب مخرق
I passed by a wounded man and a torn garment.
وقصر مشيد ؛ يجوز فيه التشديد لأن التشييد بناء والبناء يتطاول ويتردد
And a lofty palace; the doubling (shadda) is permissible because 'tashyīd' is construction, and construction is elongated and repeated.
وقصر مشيد للواحد، وبروج مشيدة للجمع
And 'mushāyad' for the singular, and 'mushāyyadah' for the plural.