شرحف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of thickness, breadth, and robustness, particularly concerning the foot. It extends to describe a person or animal prepared for combat or a swift, powerful movement.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْحَافnoun

1.
Thick footboth
A thick, broad foot.
2.
Broad-footed personclassical
A man who has a broad foot, specifically the instep area.

شَرْحَافadjective

1.
Thick/broadboth
Describing a foot that is thick and broad.
2.
Broad-chested footclassical
Describing a man with a broad instep.

شُرَحَافname

1.
Male given nameclassical
A proper name for a man, derived from the root's meaning.

اشْرَحَفَverb

1.
Prepare for combatclassical
A man preparing himself for combat against another man, or an animal preparing to fight another animal.

مُشَرِّحَفnoun

1.
Prepared for combatclassical
One who is prepared for combat, described as being ready for a fight.

التَّشَرْحُفnoun

1.
Preparation for combatclassical
The act of preparing oneself for combat.

الشَّرْحَافadjective

1.
Swiftclassical
Describing someone or something as fast or swift.

المِشْرَحَفadjective

1.
Swiftclassical
Describing someone or something as fast or swift.

الشُّرْحُوفnoun

1.
One ready for attackclassical
One who is prepared and ready to launch an attack on the enemy.

Parallel reading

الشَّرْحَاف: القدم الغليظة.

Al-Sharḥāf: The thick foot.

وقدم شرحاف: عريضة.

And a sharḥāf foot: broad.

ورجل شرحاف: عريض صدر القدم.

And a sharḥāf man: broad in the instep of the foot.

وشرحاف: اسم رجل منه.

And Sharḥāf: a man's name derived from it.

واشرحف الرجل للرجل والدابة للدابة: تهيأ لقتاله محاربا؛

And a man prepared himself for another man, and an animal for another animal: he readied himself for combat, fighting;

لما رأيت العبد مشرحفا ... للشر لا يعطي الرجال النصفا،

When I saw the slave prepared for evil, not giving men half (of what is due),

أعدمته عضاضه والكفا العضاض: ما بين روثة الأنف إلى أصله؛

I deprived him of his biting and the biting part: what is between the rump of the nose and its root;

ولقد غدوت بمشرحف ... الشد في فيه اللجام

And indeed I went out with a prepared (mount)... with the bit tightened in its mouth.

وبه سمي الرجل شرحافا.

And by this, the man was named Sharḥāf.

وكذلك التشرحف؛

And likewise is al-tasharḥuf;

لما رأيت العبد قد تشرحفا

When I saw the slave had prepared himself

والشرحاف والمشرحف: السريع؛

And al-sharḥāf and al-mishraḥaf: the swift;

تردي بشرحاف المغاور، بعد ما ... نشر النهار سواد ليل مظلم

He charged with the swiftness of the brave, after ... the day spread the darkness of a dark night.

الشرحوف المستعد للحملة على العدو.

Al-shurḥūf: the one prepared for an attack on the enemy.