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شفتر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of scattering, dispersing, or separating. It extends to meanings of breaking apart, becoming sparse, and in some contexts, standing erect or bristling.

Derived headwords

الشَّفْتَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    scatteringboth

    The act or state of scattering or dispersing.

اِشْفَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterboth

    To become scattered or dispersed.

  2. 2.
    to break apartclassical

    To break into pieces, especially referring to wood.

  3. 3.
    to trim a wickclassical

    To cut from the head of a lamp wick when the flame becomes too wide.

مُشْفَتِرadjective
  1. 1.
    scatteredboth

    Dispersed or spread out, often used to describe locusts or crops.

  2. 2.
    erectclassical

    Standing upright or erect.

  3. 3.
    bristlingclassical

    Standing on end, as in bristling hair or feathers.

شَفَنْتَرadjective
  1. 1.
    sparse-hairedclassical

    A man with little hair on his head.

الشَّفَنْتَرِيname
  1. 1.
    al-Shafantarīclassical

    A proper name.

اِشْفِتَارًاnoun
  1. 1.
    scatteringclassical

    The act of scattering or dispersing.

Parallel reading

الشفترة: التفرق.
Al-shafterah: scattering.
واشفتر الشيء: تفرق.
And the thing scattered: it dispersed.
واشفتر العود: تكسر
And the stick scattered: it broke apart.
تبادر الضيف بعود مشفتر أي منكسر من كثرة ما تضرب به.
The guest hurried with a scattered stick, meaning broken from how much it was struck.
رجل شفنتر: ذاهب الشعر.
A shafantar man: one whose hair is gone.
الشفنتر القليل شعر الرأس
Al-shafantar: little hair of the head.
اشفتر السراج إذا اتسعت النار فاحتجت أن تقطع من رأس الذبال
The lamp scattered (i.e., needed trimming) if the flame became wide and one needed to cut from the head of the wick.
فترى المرو، إذا ما هجرت ... عن يديها، كالجراد المشفتر
So you see the pebbles, when they are left... from its sides, like scattered locusts.
المشفتر المتفرق.
Al-mushfater: the scattered.
المشفتر المنتصب
Al-mushfater: the erect.
تغدو على الشر بوجه مشفتر
She goes forth to evil with an erect face.
المشفتر المقشعر.
Al-mushfater: the bristling.
اشفتر الشيء اشفترارا، والاسم الشفترة، وهو تفرق كتفرق الجراد.
The thing scattered, scattering; and the noun is al-shafterah, which is a scattering like the scattering of locusts.
الاِشفترار التفرق
Al-ishfitarar: the scattering.
فأزغلت في حلقه زغلة، ... لم تخطئ الجيد ولم تشفتر
So she made a gulp in its throat, ... it did not miss the neck and did not scatter.