شرص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to specific anatomical features of the head, particularly the temples and the receding hairline. It also extends to describe a defect in a camel's bridle and a type of rough terrain.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْصَتَانnoun

1.
temples, sides of the foreheadclassical
The two sides of the forehead, specifically the areas with thinner hair from which the receding hairline begins near the temples.

شَرْصَةnoun

1.
receding hairlineclassical
The receding of hair from the sides of the front of the head, creating a V-shape.
2.
temple areaclassical
One of the two sides of the forehead, particularly the area near the temple.

شِرَاصnoun

1.
temples, sides of the foreheadclassical
Plural of شرصة, referring to the sides of the forehead.

شِرَاصnoun

1.
defect in a camel's bridleclassical
A defect or hole in the nose of a camel where the bridle is attached, causing the bridle to be adjusted to be faster and more obedient.

شَرْصnoun

1.
defect in a camel's bridleclassical
A defect or hole in the nose of a camel where the bridle is attached, causing the bridle to be adjusted to be faster and more obedient.
2.
roughness of the groundclassical
A roughness or unevenness of the ground, similar to the meaning of شرز.

الشَّرْصَانnoun

1.
receding hairlineclassical
The two receding areas of hair on the sides of the head near the temples.

شَرْصnoun

1.
roughness of the groundclassical
A roughness or unevenness of the ground, similar to the meaning of شرز.

Parallel reading

الشرصتان: ناحيتا الناصية، وهما أرقها شعرا، ومنهما تبدو النزعة عند الصدغ

The two شرصتان: the sides of the forehead, which are the areas with the thinnest hair, and from them appears the receding hairline at the temple.

والجمع شرصة وشراص

And the plural is شرصة and شراص.

صلت الجبين ظاهر الشراص

Broad of forehead, apparent in the شراص (temples).

وقيل: الشرصتان النزعتان اللتان في جانبي الرأس عند الصدغ

And it was said: The two شرصتان are the two receding areas which are on the sides of the head near the temple.

ما رأيت أحسن من شرصة علي

I have not seen anything more beautiful than a شرصة on Ali.

هي بفتح الراء الجلحة، وهي انحسار الشعر عن جانبي مقدم الرأس

It is with a fatha on the ra, the receding hairline, which is the receding of hair from the sides of the front of the head.

ابن دريد: الشرصة النزعة

Ibn Duraid said: The شرصة is the receding hairline.

والشرص شرص الزمام، وهو فقر يفقر على أنف الناقة، وهو حز، فيعطف عليه ثني الزمام ليكون أسرع وأطوع وأدوم لسيرها

And the شرص is the شرص of the bridle, which is a hole that is made in the nose of the camel, which is a cut, and the loop of the bridle is attached to it so that it may be faster, more obedient, and more enduring in its journey.

لولا أبو عمر حفص، لما انتجعت ... مروا قلوصي، ولا أزرى بها الشرص

Were it not for Abu Amr Hafs, my she-camel would not have traversed... and the شرص (defect in bridle) would not have weakened her.

الشرص والشرز عند الصرع واحد، وهما الغلظة من الأرض

The الشرص and the شرز in the context of epilepsy are the same, and they refer to roughness of the ground.