حرشف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root 'حرشف' primarily denotes smallness, immaturity, or a scaly/overlapping texture. It extends to refer to young locusts before their wings develop, small creatures in general, and by extension, weak or young people. It also describes scaly elements like fish scales, certain plants, and decorative elements on weapons.

Derived headwords

الحِرْشَفnoun

1.
smallnessclassical
The young or small of anything.
2.
young locustsclassical
Locusts that have not yet developed wings.
3.
numerous locustsclassical
A large swarm of locusts.
4.
infantryclassical
Foot soldiers, often likened to locusts for their numbers or voracity.
5.
weaklingsclassical
Weak or elderly men, compared to immature locusts.
6.
fish scalesboth
The scales of a fish.
7.
fishclassical
A type of fish.
8.
plantboth
A plant, specifically one with broad leaves, known in Persian as 'kangar'.
9.
decorative elementsclassical
Ornamentations or decorations, particularly on weapons.
10.
silver ornamentsclassical
Silver pieces used to adorn weapons.
11.
weave of armorclassical
The interlocking weave of a coat of mail, likened to fish scales.
12.
stonesclassical
Stones found on the seashore.

الحِرْشَفَةnoun

1.
rough groundclassical
Hard, coarse, or uneven ground.

Parallel reading

صغار كل شيء.

The young or small of anything.

والحرشف: الجراد ما لم تنبت أجنحته؛

And al-hirshaf: locusts before their wings have grown;

قال امرؤ القيس: كأنهم حرشف مبثوث ... بالجو، إذ تبرق النعال شبه الخيل بالجراد، وفي التهذيب: يريد الرجالة، وقيل: هم الرجالة في هذا البيت.

Imru' al-Qais said: 'As if they were scattered hirshaf... in the air, when the cavalry flashed, likening the horses to locusts.' In Al-Tahdhib: it means the infantry, and it was said: they are the infantry in this verse.

يا أيها الحرشف ذا الأكل الكدم

O swarm of locusts, voracious eaters!

أرى كتيبة حرشف ؛

I see a battalion of hirshaf;

الحرشف: الرجالة شبهوا بالحرشف من الجراد وهو أشده أكلا؛

Al-hirshaf: the infantry, likened to hirshaf of locusts, which are the most voracious eaters;

يقال: ما ثم غير حرشف رجال أي ضعفاء وشيوخ، وصغار كل شيء حرشفه.

It is said: 'There is nothing there but hirshaf of men,' meaning the weak and the elderly, and the young of everything are its hirshaf.

والحرشف: ضرب من السمك.

And al-hirshaf: a type of fish.

والحرشف: فلوس السمك.

And al-hirshaf: the scales of fish.

والحرشف: نبت، وقيل: نبت عريض الورق؛

And al-hirshaf: a plant, and it was said: a plant with broad leaves;

قال الأزهري: رأيته في البادية، وقيل: نبت يقال له بالفارسية كنكر؛

Al-Azhari said: 'I saw it in the desert,' and it was said: a plant called 'kangar' in Persian;

ابن شميل؛ الحرشف الكدس بلغة أهل اليمن. يقال: دسنا الحرشف.

Ibn Shumayl said: 'Al-hirshaf is al-kudus in the dialect of the people of Yemen.' It is said: 'We trod upon the hirshaf.'

وحرشف السلاح: ما زين به، وقيل: حرشف السلاح فلوس من فضة يزين بها.

And hirshaf of weapons: what they are adorned with, and it was said: hirshaf of weapons are silver pieces with which they are adorned.

وحرشف الدرع حبكه، شبه بحرشف السمك التي على ظهرها وهي فلوسها.

And the hirshaf of a coat of mail is its weave, likened to the scales of a fish on its back, which are its plates.

ويقال للحجارة التي تنبت على شط البحر: الحرشف.

And the stones that grow on the seashore are called: al-hirshaf.

أبو عمرو: الحرشفة الأرض الغليظة، منقول من كتاب الاعتقاب غير مسموع، ذكره الجوهري كذلك.

Abu Amr: Al-harshafah is rough ground, taken from the book Al-I'tiqab, not heard, and Al-Jawahiri mentioned it similarly.