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شسس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes hard, solid, and dry ground, often resembling a single stone. It can also refer to the stones themselves that make up such terrain. The root implies a sense of unyielding or barrenness.

Derived headwords

شِسّnoun
  1. 1.
    hard groundboth

    Hard, coarse, dry ground that resembles a single stone.

  2. 2.
    stonesclassical

    Stones that constitute such hard and barren ground.

شُسُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    hard groundboth

    Hard, coarse, dry ground that resembles a single stone. This is a plural form.

  2. 2.
    stonesclassical

    Stones that constitute such hard and barren ground. This is a plural form.

شَسَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be hard and dryclassical

    The ground or a place became hard, coarse, and dry, resembling a single stone.

شَسَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    hard groundboth

    Hard, coarse, dry ground that resembles a single stone. This is a plural form.

  2. 2.
    stonesclassical

    Stones that constitute such hard and barren ground. This is a plural form.

Parallel reading

الشس والشسوس: الأرض الصلبة الغليظة اليابسة التي كأنها حجر واحد
Al-shiss and al-shusūs: the hard, coarse, dry ground that is like a single stone.
وفي المحكم: حجارة واحدة
And in Al-Muḥkam: a single stone.
والجمع شساس وشسوس
And the plural is shasās and shusūs.
الأخيرة شاذة
The latter [shusūs] is irregular.
وقد شس المكان
And the place became hard and dry.
أعرفت الدار أم أنكرتها
Did you recognize the dwelling or did you not recognize it?
بين تبراك فشسي عبقر
between Tabrāk and the hard ground of 'Abqar?