شوع

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root شوع (sh-w-') primarily relates to spreading, scattering, and dispersion, often with connotations of disarray or untidiness. It can also refer to gathering or collecting, and metaphorically to a portion of time or a companion. The root also denotes a specific type of tree.

Derived headwords

الشُّوعnoun

1.
spreading, scatteringboth
The spreading and scattering of hair, resembling thorns. It can also refer to the general state of being spread out or dispersed.
2.
gathering, collectingclassical
The act of gathering or collecting people.
3.
treeclassical
The Ban tree (Vachellia tortilis), a type of mountain tree.

الشُّوع: انتشار الشعر وتفرقه كأنه شوك — Spreading and scattering of hair, as if it were thorns.

شاعَverb

1.
to spread, to scatterboth
To spread out and become dispersed, like scattered thorns.
2.
to become disheveledclassical
To have one's hair become disheveled or scattered.

شاع رأسه يشوع شوعا إذا اشعان — His head became disheveled, scattering his hair.

شُوعًاnoun

1.
spreading, scatteringboth
The act or state of spreading and scattering.
2.
dishevelmentclassical
The state of being disheveled, particularly referring to hair.

شوع رأسه يشوع شوعا إذا اشعان — His head became disheveled, scattering his hair.

أشْوَعadjective

1.
disheveledclassical
Having scattered or disheveled hair.
2.
ascetic, austereclassical
A man who practices austerity or lives a simple, austere life, often associated with long hair.

ورجل أشوع وامرأة شوعاء — And a man with disheveled hair and a woman with disheveled hair.

شَوْعَاءadjective

1.
disheveledclassical
A woman with scattered or disheveled hair.

ورجل أشوع وامرأة شوعاء — And a man with disheveled hair and a woman with disheveled hair.

شَعْ شَعْverb

1.
to be austere, to grow hair longclassical
An imperative verb commanding someone to be austere, to live simply, and to let their hair grow long.

يقال للرجل شع شع إذا أمرته بالتقشف وتطويل الشعر — It is said to a man 'sha' sha' if you command him to be austere and to grow his hair long.

شَاعٍadjective

1.
scattered, dispersedclassical
Referring to urine that is scattered and dispersed.

وبول شاع: منتشر متفرق — And scattered urine: spread out and dispersed.

شُيِّعَةnoun

1.
follower, partisanboth
A follower or partisan of a person, doctrine, or cause. The term is often associated with a group of people who gather around someone.

ومن شيعة الرجل، — And from a man's followers,

أشْيَاعnoun

1.
followers, partisansboth
Plural of شيعة (shī'ah), referring to followers or partisans.

والأكثر أن تكون عين الشيعة ياء لقولهم أشياع — And most commonly the 'ayn' of shī'ah is a 'yā' because they say 'ashyā'' (plural).

شَاعَةnoun

1.
wife, companionclassical
A man's wife, or a female companion who stays close to him.

وشاعة الرجل: امرأته — And the shā'ah of a man: his wife.

شَوْعnoun

1.
hour, periodclassical
A portion or period of time, especially of the night.

ومضى شوع من الليل وشواع أي ساعة — And a period of the night passed, and a shuwā' meaning an hour.

شُوَاعnoun

1.
hour, periodclassical
A portion or period of time, especially of the night.

ومضى شوع من الليل وشواع أي ساعة — And a period of the night passed, and a shuwā' meaning an hour.

شُوعَةnoun

1.
Ban treeclassical
A single unit of the Ban tree (Vachellia tortilis).

وواحدته شوعة وجمعها شياع — Its singular is shū'ah and its plural is shyā'.

شِيَاعnoun

1.
Ban treesclassical
The plural of شوعة (shū'ah), referring to Ban trees.

وواحدته شوعة وجمعها شياع — Its singular is shū'ah and its plural is shyā'.

شَيَعَnoun

1.
successorclassical
The one born after another, with no one in between them.

ويقال: هذا شيع هذا للذي ولد بعده ولم يولد بينهما — And it is said: 'This is the shī' of that' for the one born after him with no one in between them.

Parallel reading

انتشار الشعر وتفرقه كأنه شوك

The spreading and scattering of hair, as if it were thorns.

ولا شوع بخديها

And no scattering on her cheeks.

ورجل أشوع وامرأة شوعاء

And a man with disheveled hair and a woman with disheveled hair.

شوع رأسه يشوع شوعا إذا اشعان

His head became disheveled, scattering his hair.

يقال للرجل شع شع إذا أمرته بالتقشف وتطويل الشعر

It is said to a man 'sha' sha'' if you command him to be austere and to grow his hair long.

فلان ابن أشوع

So-and-so is the son of Ashwa' (the austere one).

وبول شاع: منتشر متفرق

And scattered urine: spread out and dispersed.

يقطعن للإبساس شاعا كأنه ... جدايا، على الأنساء منها بصائر

They cut through the plains, scattered like... chests, with insights from them on the saddles.

وشوع القوم: جمعهم

And the gathering of the people: their collection.

نشوع عونا ونجتابها

We gather help and traverse it.

ومن شيعة الرجل،

And from a man's followers,

والأكثر أن تكون عين الشيعة ياء لقولهم أشياع

And most commonly the 'ayn' of shī'ah is a 'yā' because they say 'ashyā'' (plural).

وشاعة الرجل: امرأته

And the shā'ah of a man: his wife.

ومضى شوع من الليل وشواع أي ساعة

And a period of the night passed, and a shuwā' meaning an hour.

الشوع، بالضم: شجر البان، وهو جبلي

The Shū', with dammah: the Ban tree, and it is mountainous.

بحافتيه، الشوع والغريف

On its sides, the Ban tree and the Ghurayf tree.

وواحدته شوعة وجمعها شياع

Its singular is shū'ah and its plural is shyā'.

ويقال: هذا شوع هذا، بالفتح، وشيع هذا للذي ولد بعده ولم يولد بينهما

And it is said: 'This is the shū' of that,' with fatha, and 'shī' of that' for the one born after him with no one in between them.