شخص

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root 'شخص' primarily relates to the concept of a visible form, body, or entity. It extends to notions of elevation, prominence, and movement, particularly travel. It also encompasses the act of looking intently or raising one's gaze, and metaphorically, speaking loudly or being agitated.

Derived headwords

الشَّخْصnoun

1.
person, individualboth
A human being or any other entity, referring to its visible form or body. It can also refer to a group of individuals.
2.
figure, silhouetteboth
The dark shape or outline of a person or object seen from a distance.
3.
body, physical formboth
Anything whose body or physical substance is visible.
4.
self, essenceclassical
Used metaphorically to refer to the self or essence, particularly in the context of divine attributes.

جماعة شخص الإنسان وغيره — A group of a person and others

سواد الإنسان وغيره تراه من بعيد — The dark shape of a person or other thing that you see from afar

كل شيء رأيت جسمانه، فقد رأيت شخصه — Everything whose body you see, you have seen its person/form

لا شخص أغير من الله — No one is more jealous than God

أَشْخَاصnoun

1.
persons, individualsboth
The plural of 'شخص', referring to multiple people or entities.

ثلاثة أشخص — Three persons

شُخُوصnoun

1.
persons, figuresclassical
A plural form of 'شخص', sometimes used poetically.
2.
travel, journeyboth
The act of moving from one place or country to another.
3.
elevation, risingboth
The act of rising or moving upwards.

ثلاث شخوص: كاعبان ومعصر — Three figures: two young women with swelling breasts and a girl who has reached puberty

الشخوص: السير من بلد إلى بلد — Shukhus: traveling from one country to another

شَخَّصَverb

1.
to rise, to elevateboth
To move upwards or become elevated.
2.
to travel, to departboth
To set out on a journey or to move from one place to another.
3.
to raise (eyes, gaze)both
To lift one's eyes or gaze, often intently or at the point of death.
4.
to swell (wound)both
For a wound to become inflamed or swollen.

شخص الشيء يشخص شخوصا انتبر — A thing rose or became prominent

شخص الجرح ورم — The wound swelled

شخص الرجل بصره عند الموت — The man raised his gaze at the point of death

شَخِيصadjective

1.
tall, imposingboth
A person of great stature or imposing physical presence.
2.
prominent, distinguishedclassical
Someone who is a leader or has a great character and presence among people.

رجل شخيص إذا كان سيدا — A man is 'shakhis' if he is a chief

رجل شخيص أي جسيم — A man is 'shakhis' meaning large in body

شَخِيصَةnoun

1.
great stature, imposing presenceclassical
The quality of being tall, imposing, or having a significant physical presence.

والأنثى شخيصة، والاسم الشخاصة — And the female is 'shakhisa', and the noun is 'shakhassa'

شَخَّاصَةnoun

1.
great stature, imposing presenceclassical
The quality of being tall, imposing, or having a significant physical presence; a source noun for 'شخِيص'.

ولم أسمع له بفعل فأقول إن الشخاصة مصدر — And I have not heard a verb for it to say that 'al-shakhassa' is a masdar

شَاخِصadjective

1.
rising, elevatedboth
Something that is rising or elevated, such as an arrow hitting a target.
2.
traveling, departingboth
Someone who is traveling or has departed from their home.
3.
wide-eyed, staringboth
Having eyes open and fixed, often in death or intense focus.

سهم شاخص — A rising arrow (that has hit the target)

إذا شخص بصره؛ شخوص البصر ارتفاع الأجفان إلى فوق وتحديد النظر وانزعاجه — If his gaze is raised; the raising of the eyelids upwards, fixing the sight, and agitation.

إنما يقصر الصلاة من كان شاخصا — Prayer is shortened only by one who is traveling

أَشْخَصَverb

1.
to cause to rise, to elevateboth
To make something rise or become elevated, such as a projectile.
2.
to cause to travel, to send awayboth
To make someone travel or to send them away from a place.
3.
to raise (eyes)both
To cause someone's eyes to be raised or fixed.

أشخصه صاحبه: علاه الهدف — His companion made him (the arrow) hit the target

أشخص الرامي إشخاصا — The archer made his arrow fly high

نحن على سفر قد أشخصنا أي حان شخوصنا — We are on a journey, our departure time has come

تَشَخَّصَverb

1.
to rise, to become prominentboth
To rise up or become noticeable or prominent.
2.
to travel, to departboth
To set out on a journey or to leave one's home.
3.
to speak loudly, to be unable to lower voiceclassical
For a word or sound to be pronounced with a high or unlowered voice, or for a person to be unable to lower their voice.

شخصت الكلمة في الفم تشخص إذا لم يقدر على خفض صوته بها — The word was pronounced with a high voice in the mouth if one could not lower their voice with it.

شخص عن أهله يشخص شخوصا — He departed from his family

شَخْصَانname

1.
Shakhsanclassical
A place name mentioned in classical Arabic poetry.

أوقدتها بين العقيق فشخصين — I lit it between Al-Aqiq and Shakhsain

مُتَشَاخِصadjective

1.
varying, unevenclassical
Describing words or speech that are uneven or inconsistent.

كلام متشاخص ومتشاخس أي متفاوت — Speech that is uneven and varied, meaning different.

Parallel reading

الشخص: جماعة شخص الإنسان وغيره، مذكر، والجمع أشخاص وشخوص وشخاص

The 'shakhs': a group of a person and others, masculine, and the plural is 'ashkhās', 'shukhūs', and 'shikhās'.

فكان مجني، دون من كنت أتقي، ... ثلاث شخوص: كاعبان ومعصر فإنه أثبت الشخص أراد به المرأة.

And I was protected, from whom I used to guard myself... three figures: two young women with swelling breasts and a girl who has reached puberty, for he established 'shakhs' meaning woman.

والشخص: سواد الإنسان وغيره تراه من بعيد، تقول ثلاثة أشخص.

And 'al-shakhs': the dark shape of a person or other thing that you see from afar; you say three 'ashkhus'.

وكل شيء رأيت جسمانه، فقد رأيت شخصه.

And everything whose body you see, you have seen its 'shakhs' (form).

وفي الحديث: لا شخص أغير من الله ؛ الشخص: كل جسم له ارتفاع وظهور، والمراد به إثبات الذات فاستعير لها لفظ الشخص، وقد جاء في رواية أخرى: لا شيء أغير من الله

And in the Hadith: 'No 'shakhs' is more jealous than God'; 'al-shakhs' means every body that has height and prominence, and what is meant is the affirmation of the Self, so the word 'shakhs' was borrowed for it, and in another narration it came: 'Nothing is more jealous than God'.

والشخيص: العظيم الشخص، والأنثى شخيصة، والاسم الشخاصة

And 'al-shakhis': the one of great stature, and the female is 'shakhisa', and the noun is 'al-shakhassa'.

رجل شخيص إذا كان سيدا، وقيل: شخيص إذا كان ذا شخص وخلق عظيم بين الشخاصة.

A man is 'shakhis' if he is a chief, and it is said: 'shakhis' if he has great presence and noble character among people.

وشخص الرجل، بالضم، فهو شخيص أي جسيم.

And when the man is 'shakhkhara' (verb form with damma), he is 'shakhis', meaning large in body.

وشخص، بالفتح، شخوصا: ارتفع.

And 'shakhkhassa' (verb form with fatha), 'shukhūsan': he rose.

وشخص الشيء يشخص شخوصا انتبر

And a thing 'shakhkhassa', 'shukhūsan': it rose or became prominent.

وشخص الجرح ورم.

And the wound 'shakhkhassa', it swelled.

والشخوص: ضد الهبوط.

And 'al-shukhūs': the opposite of descent.

وشخص السهم يشخص شخوصا، فهو شاخص: علا الهدف؛ أنشد ثعلب: لها أسهم لا قاصرات عن الحشا، ... ولا شاخصات عن فؤادي طوالع

And the arrow 'shakhkhassa', 'shukhūsan', so it is 'shākhis': it hit the target; Tha'lab recited: It has arrows that do not fall short of the heart... nor rise high from my heart.

وأشخصه صاحبه: علاه الهدف.

And his companion made it ('ashkhassa') hit the target.

وأشخص الرامي إذا جاز سهمه الغرض من أعلاه، وهو سهم شاخص.

And the archer 'ashkhassa' when his arrow surpassed the target from above it, and it is a 'shākhis' arrow.

والشخوص: السير من بلد إلى بلد.

And 'al-shukhūs': traveling from one country to another.

وقولهم: نحن على سفر قد أشخصنا أي حان شخوصنا.

And their saying: 'We are on a journey, we have 'ashkhassnā' means our departure time has come.

وأشخص فلان بفلان وأشخس به إذا اغتابه.

And so-and-so 'ashkhassa' with so-and-so, and 'ashkhassa' with him, if he slandered him.

وشخص الرجل ببصره عند الموت يشخص شخوصا: رفعه فلم يطرف، مشتق من ذلك.

And the man raised his gaze at the point of death, 'shakhkhassa', 'shukhūsan': he raised it and did not blink, derived from that.

وشخص بصر فلان، فهو شاخص إذا فتح عينيه وجعل لا يطرف.

And so-and-so's gaze 'shakhkhassa', so he is 'shākhis' if he opened his eyes and kept them from blinking.

وفي حديث ذكر الميت: إذا شخص بصره ؛ شخوص البصر ارتفاع الأجفان إلى فوق وتحديد النظر وانزعاجه.

And in the Hadith mentioning the deceased: 'If his gaze is raised'; 'shukhūs al-basar' is the raising of the eyelids upwards, fixing the sight, and agitation.

وشخص به: أتى إليه أمر يقلقه.

And 'shakhkhassa' bihi: something came to him that agitated him.

يقال للرجل إذا أتاه ما يقلقه: قد شخص به كأنه رفع من الأرض لقلقه وانزعاجه، ومنه شخوص المسافر خروجه عن منزله.

It is said of a man when something comes to him that agitates him: 'He has been 'shakhkhassa' bihi' as if he were lifted from the ground by his agitation and distress, and from this is the 'shukhūs' of the traveler, his departure from his home.

وشخصت الكلمة في الفم تشخص إذا لم يقدر على خفض صوته بها.

And the word 'tashakhkhassa' in the mouth if one could not lower their voice with it.

وشخص عن أهله يشخص شخوصا: ذهب.

And he 'shakhkhassa' from his family, 'shukhūsan': he went.

وشخص إليهم: رجع، وأشخصه هو.

And he 'shakhkhassa' to them: he returned, and he ('ashkhassa') caused him to return.

وفي حديث عثمان: إنما يقصر الصلاة من كان شاخصا أو بحضرة عدو أي مسافرا.

And in the narration of Uthman: Prayer is shortened only by one who is 'shākhis' (traveling) or in the presence of an enemy, meaning a traveler.

والشاخص: الذي لا يغب الغزو؛ عن ابن الأعرابي؛ وأنشد: أما تريني اليوم ثلبا شاخصا

And 'al-shākhis': one who does not miss raiding; from Ibn al-A'rabi; and he recited: Do you not see me today as a 'shākhis' old man?

وبنو شخيص: بطين، قال ابن سيده: أحسبهم انقرضوا.

And Banu Shakhis: a tribe, Ibn Sayyidah said: I think they have become extinct.

وشخصان: موضع؛ قال الحرث بن حلزة: أوقدتها بين العقيق فشخصين ... بعود، كما يلوح الضياء

And Shakhsain: a place; Al-Harith ibn Hillizah said: I lit it between Al-Aqiq and Shakhsain... with wood, like the glimmer of light.

وكلام متشاخص ومتشاخس أي متفاوت.

And speech that is 'mutashākhis' and 'mutashākhis' meaning varied.