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شقص

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a portion, share, or piece of something, often land or property. It extends to ideas of division, distribution, and even a specific type of arrow or a fine horse. The meanings can range from a clearly defined part to a small amount of a larger whole.

Derived headwords

الشَّقْصnoun
  1. 1.
    portion, shareboth

    A portion or share of something, especially land or property. It can refer to a known but undivided part.

  2. 2.
    piece of landboth

    Specifically refers to a piece or parcel of land.

  3. 3.
    small amountclassical

    A small quantity of a larger whole, sometimes implying a small part of a large amount.

  4. 4.
    lot, portionboth

    One's lot or allotted portion.

الشَّقِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    portion, shareboth

    Similar to 'shaqs', it denotes a portion or share of something.

  2. 2.
    small amountclassical

    A small part of something, often a small amount of a larger quantity.

  3. 3.
    partnerclassical

    A partner or associate, especially in a share of land.

  4. 4.
    fine horseclassical

    A description of a horse, indicating excellence and swiftness.

أَشْقَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    portions, sharesboth

    The plural of 'shaqs', referring to multiple portions or shares of something.

شَقَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    portions, sharesclassical

    The plural of 'shaqs', referring to multiple portions or shares of something.

تَشْقِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    dividing, portioningclassical

    The act of dividing something into portions or pieces, like cutting up a carcass.

  2. 2.
    cutting upclassical

    The act of cutting something into parts, specifically mentioned in relation to cutting up a pig.

شَقَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to divide, portionclassical

    To divide something into portions or shares, or to cut it into pieces.

  2. 2.
    to cut upclassical

    To cut something into pieces, as a butcher does.

المُشَقِّصnoun
  1. 1.
    butcherclassical

    A butcher, named after the act of cutting up meat.

  2. 2.
    arrowheadclassical

    A long and narrow arrowhead, or sometimes a broad-headed arrow.

المِشْقَصnoun
  1. 1.
    arrowheadclassical

    A long and narrow arrowhead, distinct from the broader 'mu'abbilah'. It is considered a lesser type of arrow.

  2. 2.
    long arrowclassical

    An arrow characterized by its length, sometimes with a broad head.

أَشَاقِيصname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A name of a place, possibly a watering spot for the tribe of Sa'd.

شَقَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut into piecesclassical

    To cut something into pieces, as in 'tashqis al-khanaazir' (cutting up pigs).

Parallel reading

الطائفة من الشيء والقطعة من الأرض
A portion of a thing and a piece of land.
أعطاه شقصا من ماله
He gave him a portion of his wealth.
ولك شقص هذا وشقيصه كما تقول نصفه ونصيفه
And you have this portion and its share, just as you say half of it and its half.
فإن اشترى شقصا من ذلك؛ أراد بالشقص نصيبا معلوما غير مفروز
If he bought a portion of that; he meant by the portion a known, undivided share.
اجعل من هذا الجر شقيصا أي بما اشتريتها
Make a portion of this jar, meaning, with what you bought it for.
أن رجلا من هذيل أعتق شقصا من مملوك فأجاز رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وقال: ليس لله شريك
A man from Hudhayl freed a portion of a slave, and the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, approved it, saying: God has no partner.
النصيب والشرك والشقص واحد
The share, the partnership, and the portion are one.
وإذا فرز جاز أن يسمى شقصا
And if it is separated, it may be called a portion.
ومن تشقيص الجزرة وهو تعضيتها وتفصيل أعضائها وتعديل سهامها بين الشركاء
And from the division of the carcass is its dissection and detailing its parts and distributing its shares among the partners.
من باع الخمر فليشقص الخنازير أي فليستحل بيع الخنازير أيضا كما يستحل بيع الخمر
Whoever sells wine, let him cut up pigs, meaning, let him also deem the sale of pigs permissible, just as the sale of wine is deemed permissible.
وبه سمي القصاب مشقصا
And by this, the butcher is named 'mushaqqis'.
سهام مشاقصها كالحراب
Arrows whose shafts are like spears.
أنه كوى سعد بن معاذ في أكحله بمشقص ثم حسمه
That he cauterized Sa'd ibn Mu'adh in his jugular vein with a 'mishqas' and then stopped the bleeding.
فأخذ مشاقص فقطع براجمه
And he took 'mishqas' and cut his knuckles.
المشقص من النصال: الطويل وليس بالعريض
The 'mishqas' of arrowheads: the long one, not the broad one.
والشقيص: الشريك؛ يقال: هو شقيصي أي شريكي في شقص من الأرض
And 'al-shiqees': the partner; it is said: he is my 'shiqees', meaning my partner in a portion of land.
وأودت بقلبك إلا شقيصا
And it destroyed your heart except for a small amount.