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شسف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root شسف (sh-s-f) primarily denotes dryness, parching, and emaciation, often applied to animals, plants, or even meat. It conveys a sense of being withered, dried out, or severely lean due to hardship or lack of moisture.

Derived headwords

شَسَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to become dryboth

    To become dry, parched, or withered, often due to leanness or hardship.

شَسُفَverb
  1. 1.
    to become dryboth

    To become dry, parched, or withered, often due to leanness or hardship.

شُسُوفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessboth

    The state of being dry, parched, or withered.

شَسَافَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessboth

    The state of being dry, parched, or withered.

شَسِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    dryboth

    Dry, parched, withered, often referring to a waterskin or meat that has dried out.

  2. 2.
    leanboth

    Lean, emaciated, withered due to leanness or hardship.

شاسِفadjective
  1. 1.
    parchedboth

    Parched, dry, withered, often due to leanness and emaciation.

  2. 2.
    leanboth

    Lean, emaciated, withered due to leanness and hardship.

شَسَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to dry outclassical

    To cause something to become dry, parched, or withered.

شَسِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    dried datesclassical

    Dates that have been split and dried.

شَسْفnoun
  1. 1.
    dried datesclassical

    Dates that have been split and dried.

Parallel reading

شسف الشيء يشسف وشسف شسوفا وشسافة لغتان: يبس.
The thing became dry, (verb forms شسف and شسف), with شسوفا and شسافة as two variants: it became dry.
وسقاء شسيف: يابس؛
And a dry waterskin: it is dry;
وأشعث مشحوب شسيف، رمت به ... على الماء إحدى اليعملات العرامس
And disheveled, gaunt, dry, I threw it... onto the water, one of the strong female camels.
واللحم الشسيف الذي كاد ييبس وفيه ندوة بعد؛
And the dry meat which was almost dried out but still had some moisture afterwards;
وقد غدوت أمام الحي يحملني، ... والفضلتين وسيفي، محنق شسف
And I went out before the tribe, carrying me... and the two saddlebags and my sword, intensely dry.
والشاسف: القاحل الضامر.
And الشاسف: the parched, lean one.
وقد شسف البعير يشسف شسوفا؛
And the camel became dry, it becomes dry, with dryness;
إذا اضطغنت سلاحي عند مغرضها، ... ومرفق كرئاس السيف إذ شسفا
When I packed my weapons at its resting place, ... and an elbow like the hilt of a sword when it became dry.
والشسف: البسر الذي يشقق ويجفف؛
And الشسف: the unripe dates that are split and dried;
والشسيف: كالشسف؛
And الشسيف: is like الشسف;
وقد شسفه.
And he dried it out.
والشسيف البسر المشقق.
And الشسيف is the split unripe dates.