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شءز

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of roughness, unevenness, or elevation, often applied to terrain. It also extends to describe a feeling of agitation, unease, or being disturbed, and in a specific context, sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

شَأْزadjective
  1. 1.
    Rough, unevenboth

    Describing terrain that is rough, uneven, or elevated, characterized by stones and hardness.

  2. 2.
    Agitated, uneasyboth

    Experiencing a feeling of agitation, restlessness, or unease, often due to illness or worry.

شَأَزَverb
  1. 1.
    To be rough, unevenboth

    The terrain itself is rough, uneven, or elevated.

  2. 2.
    To be agitated, uneasyboth

    To feel agitated, restless, or uneasy.

  3. 3.
    To have sexual intercourseclassical

    To engage in sexual intercourse with a woman.

شِئْزadjective
  1. 1.
    Rough, unevenboth

    Describing terrain that is rough, uneven, or elevated, characterized by stones and hardness.

  2. 2.
    Agitated, uneasyboth

    Experiencing a feeling of agitation, restlessness, or unease, often due to illness or worry.

شَأْزاًnoun
  1. 1.
    Roughness, unevennessboth

    The quality of being rough, uneven, or elevated, especially in terrain.

  2. 2.
    Agitation, uneaseboth

    The state of being agitated, restless, or uneasy.

أَشْأَزَverb
  1. 1.
    To make rough, unevenclassical

    To cause terrain to become rough, uneven, or elevated.

  2. 2.
    To agitate, disturbboth

    To cause someone to feel agitated, restless, or uneasy.

  3. 3.
    To rise above, move away fromclassical

    To rise above something or move away from it, often implying a departure or elevation.

شَأْزnoun
  1. 1.
    Roughness, unevennessboth

    The quality of being rough, uneven, or elevated, especially in terrain.

  2. 2.
    Agitation, uneaseboth

    The state of being agitated, restless, or uneasy.

شَأْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Roughness, hardness (of stones)classical

    Specifically refers to the hardness and roughness found in stones, distinguishing it from general rough land.

شَئِزadjective
  1. 1.
    Rough, unevenboth

    Describing terrain that is rough, uneven, or elevated, characterized by stones and hardness.

  2. 2.
    Agitated, uneasyboth

    Experiencing a feeling of agitation, restlessness, or unease, often due to illness or worry.

مَشْؤُوزadjective
  1. 1.
    Agitated, disturbedboth

    Someone who has been made agitated, restless, or uneasy by an external cause.

إشْآزnoun
  1. 1.
    Rising above, moving awayclassical

    The act of rising above something or moving away from it.

Parallel reading

مكان شَأْز وشِئْز: غليظ كشَأْس وشِئْس
A rough and uneven place: coarse like shas and shis.
شَأَزَ مَكانُنا شَأْزاً: غَلُظَ. ويُقال: قَلِقَ.
Our place became rough with roughness: it became coarse. And it is said: it became restless.
وأَشْأَزَهُ: أَقْلَقَهُ
And it agitated him: it made him restless.
وقَدْ شَئِزَ شَأْزاً: غَلُظَ وارتَفَعَ
And he became rough with roughness: he became coarse and elevated.
أَشْأَزَ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ كَذا وكَذا: ارْتَفَعَ عَنْهُ
The man rose above such and such: he elevated himself from it.
فَلَوْ شَهِدْتَ عُقْبِي وتَقْفاز ... أَشْأَزَتْ عَنْ قَوْلِكَ أَي إشْآز
So if you had witnessed my end and my leaping... it would have risen above your saying, meaning a rising above.
الشَّأْزُ المَوْضِعُ الغَلِيظُ الكَثِيرُ الحِجارَةِ
The shaz is the coarse place with many stones.
فَأَمَّا أَرْضٌ غَلِيظَةٌ وَهِيَ طِينٌ فَلا تُعَدُّ شَأْزاً.
But as for coarse land which is clay, it is not considered shaz.
وشَئِزَ الرَّجُلُ شَأْزاً، فَهُوَ شَئِزٌ: قَلِقٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ هَمٍّ، وأَشْأَزَهُ غَيْرُهُ.
And the man became restless with restlessness: he is restless from illness or worry, and another made him restless.
أَوْجَعٌ يُشْئِزُكَ أَمْ حِرْصٌ عَلَى الدُّنْيا؟
Does pain agitate you or greed for the world?
يُقالُ: شَئِزْتُ أَي قَلِقْتُ.
It is said: I became restless, meaning I became agitated.
وأَشْأَزَنِي غَيْرِي وشَئِزَ فَهُوَ مَشْؤُوزٌ
And another agitated me, and he became restless, so he is agitated.
فَباتَ يُشْئِزُهُ ثَأْدٌ وَيَسْهَرُهُ ... تَذْؤُبُ الرِّيحُ والوَسْواسُ والهَضْبُ
So he spent the night, agitated by exhaustion and kept awake by... the howling wind, whispers, and the mountain slope.
وشَأَزَ المَرْأَةَ شَأْزاً: نَكَحَها.
And he had sexual intercourse with the woman: he married her.