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شكز

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of piercing, pricking, or wounding, both physically and metaphorically through speech. It also extends to describe specific types of leather and a peculiar sexual condition.

Derived headwords

شَكَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to prick, to pierceboth

    To pierce or prod someone with a finger or a pointed object.

شكزه بإصبعه يشكزه شكزا — He pricked him with his finger, he pricks him, a pricking.
شَكْزًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pricking, piercingboth

    The act of pricking or piercing, as a verbal noun.

شكزه بإصبعه يشكزه شكزا — He pricked him with his finger, he pricks him, a pricking.
شَكَّزَverb
  1. 1.
    to wound with wordsclassical

    To wound someone with one's tongue or speech, to slander or insult.

شكز فلان فلانا وبسره وخلبه وخدبه وبدحه وذربه إذا جرحه بلسانه — So-and-so wounded so-and-so with his tongue, meaning he injured him with his speech.
الشَّكَّازnoun
  1. 1.
    thick parts of leatherclassical

    The thick, gathered parts of leather, especially when seen through a garment.

والشكاز: المجامع من وراء الثوب — And the 'shakkaz' are the gathered parts from behind the garment.
شَكَّازadjective
  1. 1.
    sexually impotent (pre-intercourse)classical

    Describing a man who experiences ejaculation before sexual intercourse when told about a woman, and then cannot achieve erection afterwards for intercourse.

يقال رجل شكاز إذا حدث المرأة أنزل قبل أن يخالطها ثم لا ينتشر بعد ذلك لجماعها — A man is called 'shakkaz' if, when spoken to about a woman, he ejaculates before having intercourse with her, and then does not become erect afterwards for intercourse.
الأَشْكَزadjective
  1. 1.
    white leatherclassical

    A type of white leather, used to reinforce saddles.

الأشكز: ضرب من الأدم أبيض — Al-ashkaz: a type of white leather.
الأَدِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    leatherboth

    A general term for leather, often referring to tanned hides.

الأشكز كالأديم إلا أنه أبيض يؤكد به السروج — Al-ashkaz is like leather, except it is white and used to reinforce saddles.

Parallel reading

شكزه بإصبعه يشكزه شكزا
He pricked him with his finger, he pricks him, a pricking.
نخسه
He prodded him.
شكز فلان فلانا وبسره وخلبه وخدبه وبدحه وذربه إذا جرحه بلسانه
So-and-so wounded so-and-so with his tongue, meaning he injured him with his speech.
والشكاز: المجامع من وراء الثوب
And the 'shakkaz' are the gathered parts from behind the garment.
يقال رجل شكاز إذا حدث المرأة أنزل قبل أن يخالطها ثم لا ينتشر بعد ذلك لجماعها
A man is called 'shakkaz' if, when spoken to about a woman, he ejaculates before having intercourse with her, and then does not become erect afterwards for intercourse.
قال الأزهري: هو عند العرب الزملق والذوذح والثموت
Al-Azhari said: Among the Arabs, it is 'zamlaq', 'dhuwdhah', and 'thumoot'.
الأشكز: ضرب من الأدم أبيض
Al-ashkaz: a type of white leather.
الأشكز كالأديم إلا أنه أبيض يؤكد به السروج
Al-ashkaz is like leather, except it is white and used to reinforce saddles.
قال الأزهري: هو معرب وأصله بالفارسية أدرنج
Al-Azhari said: It is a loanword, and its origin is Persian 'adranj'.