شحط

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root شحط (shaḥaṭa) primarily denotes distance and remoteness. It extends to concepts of exceeding limits, reaching extremes, and also encompasses meanings related to physical states like illness, injury, and violent movement, as well as specific botanical terms.

Derived headwords

شَحَطَverb

1.
to be distantboth
To be far away, to become remote.
2.
to exceedclassical
To go beyond limits, especially in pricing or demand.
3.
to be dilutedclassical
To have one's drink diluted or thinned.
4.
to be agitatedclassical
To be agitated or disturbed, particularly in blood or a fetus.
5.
to slaughterclassical
To slaughter or butcher an animal.
6.
to surpassclassical
To surpass or outstrip others, especially in speed or excellence.

وشحطت الدار تشحط شحطا وشحطا وشحوطا: بعدت — The dwelling became distant.

شحطت الخيل شحطا — He outstripped the horses.

الشَّحْطُnoun

1.
distanceboth
Remoteness, farness.
2.
agitationclassical
Agitation or commotion, especially in blood.

الشحط والشحط: البعد — Distance, farness.

الشحط الاضطراب في الدم — Agitation in blood.

شَحْطًاnoun

1.
distanceboth
The state of being distant.
2.
exceeding limitsclassical
Going beyond the proper limit, especially in price.
3.
slaughterclassical
The act of slaughtering.

وشحطت الدار تشحط شحطا وشحطا وشحوطا: بعدت — The dwelling became distant.

شُحُوطًاnoun

1.
distanceboth
The state of being distant.

وشحطت الدار تشحط شحطا وشحطا وشحوطا: بعدت — The dwelling became distant.

أَشْحَطَverb

1.
to move awayclassical
To cause something to be distant or remote.

شحط المزار وأشحطته أبعدته — The farm became distant, and he made it distant.

شَوَاحِطadjective

1.
distantclassical
Referring to places that are far away, such as valleys.

وشواحط الأودية: ما تباعد منها — And the distant places of the valleys: those that are far from them.

شَحَطَ في السَّوْمِverb phrase

1.
to overpriceclassical
To demand an excessive price for an item, going beyond fairness or reason.

وشحط فلان في السوم وأبعط إذا استام بسلعته وتباعد عن الحق وجاوز القدر — And so-and-so exceeded the limit in pricing when he asked for his commodity and moved away from the truth and exceeded the proper measure.

شَحْطَةnoun

1.
illnessclassical
A disease affecting camels in their chests, often fatal.
2.
abrasionclassical
A mark of abrasion or scraping on a flank or thigh.

والشحطة: داء يأخذ الإبل في صدورها فلا تكاد تنجو منه — And the shaḥṭah: a disease that affects camels in their chests, from which they can hardly escape.

أصابته شحطة — An abrasion struck him.

تَشَحَّطَverb

1.
to writheclassical
To writhe or struggle violently, especially in blood or a fetus.
2.
to be agitatedclassical
To be agitated or disturbed.

وتشحط الولد في السلى: اضطرب فيه — And the child writhed in the amniotic sac: he was agitated within it.

وهو يتشحط في دمه أي يتخبط فيه ويضطرب ويتمرغ — And he is writhing in his blood, meaning he is flailing in it, struggling, and rolling around.

سَحَطَverb

1.
to slaughterclassical
To slaughter or butcher.

وشحطه يشحطه شحطا وسحطه: ذبحه، قال ابن سيده: والسين أعلى — And he slaughtered it, slaughtering it and sḥaṭa-ing it: he slaughtered it, and Ibn Sīdah said: the 's' is preferred.

تَشْحِيطًاnoun

1.
slaughteringclassical
The act of causing someone to writhe in blood, or slaughtering.

وشحطه غيره به تشحيطا — And another caused him to writhe in it (blood) or slaughtered him.

شُوحَطnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A type of naba' tree, often found in low-lying mountain areas, used for making spears.

والشوحط: ضرب من النبع تتخذ منه القياس وهي من شجر الجبال جبال السراة — And the shūḥaṭ: a type of naba' tree from which spears are made, and it is from the trees of the mountains of Al-Sarāt.

شَوْحَطَةnoun

1.
a single shuhata treeclassical
A single tree of the shūḥaṭ variety.

واحدته شوحطة — Its singular is shūḥaṭah.

مِشْحَطnoun

1.
support stickclassical
A small stick placed near a vine shoot to protect it from the ground.

والمشحط: عويد يوضع عند القضيب من قضبان الكرم يقيه من الأرض — And the mishḥaṭ: a small stick placed near a shoot of the vine's branches, protecting it from the ground.

شِيحَاطname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, specifically a location in Al-Ta'if.

وشيحاط: موضع بالطائف — And Shīḥāṭ: a place in Al-Ta'if.

شَوَاحِطname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name.

وشواحط: موضع — And Shuwāḥiṭ: a place.

الشَّمْحُوطadjective

1.
tallclassical
Tall or long, with the 'm' considered an extra letter.

والشمحوط: الطويل، والميم زائدة — And al-shamḥūṭ: the tall one, and the 'm' is extra.

Parallel reading

وكل قرينة ومقر إلف ... مفارقه، إلى الشحط، القرين

And every companion and familiar dwelling... parting from it, to distance, the companion.

والشحط قطاع رجاء من رجا

And al-shaḥṭ is cutting off hope from one who hopes.

وشحطت الدار تشحط شحطا وشحطا وشحوطا: بعدت

And the dwelling became distant, becoming distant, becoming distant, and becoming distant.

شحط المزار وأشحطته أبعدته

The farm became distant, and he made it distant.

وشواحط الأودية: ما تباعد منها

And the distant places of the valleys: those that are far from them.

وشحط فلان في السوم وأبعط إذا استام بسلعته وتباعد عن الحق وجاوز القدر

And so-and-so exceeded the limit in pricing when he asked for his commodity and moved away from the truth and exceeded the proper measure.

يشحط الثمن ثم يعتق كله أي يبلغ به أقصى القيمة

He reaches the extreme price, then frees it all, meaning he reaches the utmost value with it.

شحط شرابه أرق مزاجه

His drink was diluted, meaning his mixture was thinned.

والشحطة: داء يأخذ الإبل في صدورها فلا تكاد تنجو منه

And the shaḥṭah: a disease that affects camels in their chests, from which they can hardly escape.

والشحطة: أثر سحج يصيب جنبا أو فخذا ونحوهما؛ يقال: أصابته شحطة

And the shaḥṭah: a mark of abrasion that strikes a flank or thigh and the like; it is said: an abrasion struck him.

والتشحط: الاضطراب في الدم

And al-tashḥḥuṭ: the agitation in blood.

وتشحط الولد في السلى: اضطرب فيه

And the child writhed in the amniotic sac: he was agitated within it.

ويقذفن بالأولاد في كل منزل، ... تشحط، في أسلائها، كالوصائل

And they cast forth their offspring in every dwelling, ... writhing, in their membranes, like colorful cloths.

وشحطه يشحطه شحطا وسحطه: ذبحه

And he slaughtered it, slaughtering it and sḥaṭa-ing it: he slaughtered it.

وتشحط المقتول بدمه أي اضطرب فيه

And the killed person writhed in his blood, meaning he struggled in it.

وهو يتشحط في دمه أي يتخبط فيه ويضطرب ويتمرغ

And he is writhing in his blood, meaning he is flailing in it, struggling, and rolling around.

شحطت بنو هاشم العرب أي فاتوهم فضلا وسبقوهم

The Banu Hāshim surpassed the Arabs, meaning they excelled them in merit and preceded them.

شحطتها أي وضعت إلى جنبها خشبة حتى ترتفع إليها

I supported it with a stick, meaning I placed a stick next to it until it rose up to it.

والمشحط: عويد يوضع عند القضيب من قضبان الكرم يقيه من الأرض

And the mishḥaṭ: a small stick placed near a shoot of the vine's branches, protecting it from the ground.

وجيادا، كأنها قضب الشوحط، ... يحملن شكة الأبطال

And fine horses, as if they were branches of the shūḥaṭ tree, ... carrying the armor of heroes.

فما كان منها في قلة الجبل فهو النبع، وما كان في سفحه فهو الشريان، وما كان في الحضيض فهو الشوحط

So what is from it on the peak of the mountain is the naba', and what is on its slope is the shiryān, and what is in the foothills is the shūḥaṭ.

غداة شواحط فنجوت شدا، ... وثوبك في عباقية هريد

On the morning of Shuwāḥiṭ, I escaped with a rush, ... and your garment was in a worn-out cloak.