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شغغ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root شغغ primarily relates to sounds and actions associated with disturbance, agitation, or intermittent movement. It encompasses concepts like sputtering while drinking, manipulating reins, the sound of stabbing, and agitating water or a well.

Derived headwords

الشَّغْشَغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sputtering while drinkingclassical

    The act of drinking with a sputtering sound, indicating a small or intermittent intake of liquid.

  2. 2.
    Agitation of reinsclassical

    The sound or action of moving the bit and reins in a horse's mouth, often as a form of discipline.

  3. 3.
    Sound of stabbingclassical

    The characteristic sound made when a weapon is thrust and moved within a wound.

  4. 4.
    Stirring waterclassical

    The act of pouring water or another liquid into a container to fill it, or disturbing a well.

  5. 5.
    A type of cooingclassical

    A specific kind of cooing sound, possibly related to birds or other vocalizations.

شَغْشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    To sputter while drinkingclassical

    To drink with a sputtering sound, taking small or intermittent sips.

  2. 2.
    To agitate reinsclassical

    To move the bit and reins in a horse's mouth, often for discipline.

  3. 3.
    To insert and withdrawclassical

    To move something in and out, such as a weapon in a wound or reins in a mouth.

  4. 4.
    To make a stabbing soundclassical

    To produce the sound associated with stabbing or moving a blade within a wound.

  5. 5.
    To stir or agitateclassical

    To pour liquid into something to fill it, or to disturb or muddy a well.

Parallel reading

الشَّغْشَغَة: التصريد في الشرب.
The shaghshagha: sputtering while drinking.
وشغشغ الشيء: أدخله وأخرجه.
And shaghshagha a thing: to insert it and withdraw it.
والشَّغْشَغَة: تحريك اللجام في الفم.
And the shaghshagha: moving the bit in the mouth.
شغشغ الملجم اللجام في فم الدابة إذا امتنع عليه فردده في فيه تأديبا
The trainer agitated the bit in the horse's mouth if it resisted, repeating it in its mouth as discipline.
ذو غيث بسر يبذ قذاله، ... إن كان شغشغه سوار الملجم
Possessing rain, its mane is tossed, ... if the bit's strap agitated it.
وشغشغ السنان في الطعنة: حركه ليتمكن في المطعون وهو الشغشغة
And he agitated the teeth (of the spear) in the wound: he moved it to gain purchase in the wounded part, and that is the shaghshagha.
وهو أن يدخله ويخرجه.
And it is to insert it and withdraw it.
والطعن شغشغة، والضرب هيقعة
And stabbing is shaghshagha, and striking is hayqa'a.
والشَّغْشَغَة: ضرب من الهدير.
And the shaghshagha: a type of cooing/rumbling.
وشغشغ الإناء: صب فيه الماء أو غيره ليملأه.
And he shaghshagha the vessel: he poured water or something else into it to fill it.
وشغشغ البئر إذا كدرها.
And he shaghshagha the well if he muddied it.
والشَّغْشَغَة التصريد في الشرب وهو التقليل
And the shaghshagha is sputtering while drinking, which is taking little.
لو كنت أسطيعك لم تشغشغ شربي
If I could manage you, you would not sputter my drinking.
معنى قوله لم تشغشغ شربي أي لم تكدره.
The meaning of his saying 'you would not sputter my drinking' is 'you would not muddy it'.