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شغش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to something of poor quality, specifically in the context of grain. It also touches upon the idea of something being unadulterated or pure.

Derived headwords

الشَّغُوشnoun
  1. 1.
    poor quality wheatclassical

    Refers to wheat that is of bad quality or inferior grade.

شَغُوشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    poor quality wheatclassical

    Refers to wheat that is of bad quality or inferior grade.

خَشْلnoun
  1. 1.
    lean meatclassical

    Refers to meat that is lean, lacking fat.

مَغْشُوشadjective
  1. 1.
    unadulteratedboth

    Not mixed with anything inferior or foreign; pure.

Parallel reading

الشَّغُوش: رديء الحنطة، فارسي معرب
Al-Shaghoosh: inferior wheat, a Persian loanword.
قد كان يغنيهم عن الشغوش
It was enough for them instead of the inferior wheat.
والخشْل من تساقط العروش
And the lean meat from the fallen trellises.
شحم ومحض ليس بالمغشوش
Fat and pure milk, not adulterated.