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شذذ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being separate, individual, rare, or deviating from the norm or the majority. It extends to notions of scattering, dispersing, and being solitary.

Derived headwords

شَذَّ عَنْهُverb
  1. 1.
    to deviate fromboth

    To depart from the general consensus or the majority; to be rare or unusual.

شَذَذاًnoun
  1. 1.
    rarityclassical

    The state of being rare, unusual, or deviating from the norm.

شَاذٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    rareboth

    Uncommon, unusual, or deviating from the general rule or norm.

  2. 2.
    individualboth

    Standing alone or separate from a group.

أَشَذَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make rareclassical

    To cause something or someone to become rare, unusual, or to deviate.

شَذٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    rarityclassical

    The state of being rare or unusual.

شُذَّاذٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fewclassical

    A small number of people, implying they are scattered or not in their usual groups.

شُذَّاذٌnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered onesclassical

    People who are dispersed and not with their tribes or in their usual places.

شُذَّانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered thingsclassical

    Things that are dispersed, like scattered pebbles.

شُذَّانُ الحَصَىnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered pebblesclassical

    Pebbles that have been scattered or dispersed.

شُذَّانُ الإِبِلِnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered camelsclassical

    Camels that have separated from the main herd.

شَاذّاً وَنَادّاًadverbial phrase
  1. 1.
    individually and rarelyclassical

    Referring to individuals who are alone or encountered infrequently.

شَاذٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    standing asideclassical

    Someone who is withdrawn or standing apart from a group.

Parallel reading

شذ عنه يشذ ويشذ شذوذا: انفرد عن الجمهور وندر
He deviated from it, deviates and deviates, a deviation: he separated from the public and was rare.
فهو شاذ
and he is rare/deviant.
وأشذه غيره
and others made him rare/deviant.
شذ الشيء يشذ ويشذ شذا وشذوذا: ندر عن جمهوره
A thing deviated, it deviates and deviates, rarity and deviation: it was rare from its public.
فأشذني لمرورهم، فكأنني ... غصن لأول عاضد أو عاسف
And it made me deviate because of their passing, as if I were... a branch for the first one who breaks or forces it.
وسمى أهل النحو ما فارق ما عليه بقية بابه وانفرد عن ذلك إلى غيره شاذاً
And the grammarians named what departed from what the rest of its kind were upon and separated from that to something else as 'shadh' (deviant).
وجاؤوا شذاذا أي قلالا
And they came scattered, meaning few.
وقوم شذاذ إذا لم يكونوا في منازلهم ولا حيهم
And a people are 'shudhadh' if they are not in their homes nor their neighborhood.
وشذان الناس: ما تفرق منهم
And 'shudhan' of people: what is scattered from them.
وشذاذ الناس: الذين يكونون في القوم ليسوا في قبائلهم ولا منازلهم
And 'shudhadh' of people: those who are among the people but not with their tribes nor in their homes.
ثم أتبع شذان القوم صخرا منضودا أي من شذ منهم وخرج عن جماعته
Then he followed the scattered ones of the people with piled-up rocks, meaning whoever deviated from them and left their group.
وشذان الحصى ونحوه ما تطاير منه
And 'shudhan' of pebbles and the like are what scattered from it.
يتركن شذان الحصى جوافلا
They leave scattered pebbles running loose.
وشذان الإبل وشذانها: ما افترق منها
And 'shudhan' of camels and their 'shudhan': what separated from them.
شذ الرجل إذا انفرد عن أصحابه
A man deviated if he separated from his companions.
ويقال: أشذذت يا رجل إذا جاء بقول شاذ ناد
And it is said: 'You have deviated,' O man, if you come with a rare and unusual saying.
يقال ما يدع فلان شاذا ولا نادا إلا قتله إذا كان شجاعا لا يلقاه أحد إلا قتله
It is said: 'So-and-so leaves no one alone or rarely encountered without killing him,' if he is a brave man, no one meets him except he kills him.
ويقال: شاذ أي متنح
And it is said: 'shadh' meaning withdrawn.