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شيق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root شيق primarily relates to concepts of attachment, attraction, and longing. It also extends to describe specific physical features like the tail of an animal, parts of a mountain, and even certain types of birds and fish.

Derived headwords

الشَّيْقnoun
  1. 1.
    tail hairboth

    The hair of an animal's tail, particularly a horse's tail.

  2. 2.
    birdclassical

    A type of bird. The singular form is شيقة.

  3. 3.
    mountain cleftclassical

    A fissure or crack in a mountain.

  4. 4.
    attractionclassical

    That which attracts or draws something.

  5. 5.
    continuationclassical

    That which is continuous or unceasing.

  6. 6.
    mountain peakclassical

    The summit or highest point of a mountain.

  7. 7.
    level groundclassical

    A flat, narrow, and difficult-to-climb strip of ground on a mountain face.

  8. 8.
    sideclassical

    A flank or side. Used in the expression 'from side to side'.

  9. 9.
    fishclassical

    A type of fish.

شَاقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be difficultmodern

    To be arduous or challenging.

  2. 2.
    to pull apartclassical

    To tear or pull something into two parts.

شَوْقnoun
  1. 1.
    longingmodern

    A strong desire or yearning for someone or something.

شَيَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to make desirableclassical

    To make something attractive or desirable.

شَائِقadjective
  1. 1.
    attractivemodern

    Possessing qualities that attract or appeal to others.

شِيَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    ropeclassical

    A rope or cord, similar to a tent rope (niyat).

شَاقَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    birdclassical

    A single bird (singular of شيق).

  2. 2.
    difficultymodern

    A hardship or arduous task.

Parallel reading

الشَّيْق: شَعْرُ ذَنَبِ الدَّابَّةِ.
Al-shayq: the hair of an animal's tail.
والشَّيْقُ البُرَكُ، وَاحِدَتُهُ شَيْقَةٌ: طَائِرٌ.
And al-shayq is al-burak (a type of bird), its singular is shayqah: a bird.
والشَّيْقُ: الشَّقُّ فِي الْجَبَلِ.
And al-shayq is the cleft in the mountain.
والشَّيْقُ مَا جُذِبَ.
And al-shayq is that which is attracted.
والشَّيْقُ مَا لَمْ يَزَلْ.
And al-shayq is that which is continuous.
والشَّيْقُ رَأْسُ الأَدَافِ.
And al-shayq is the summit of the dunes/hills.
والشَّيْقُ شَعْرُ الْفَرَسِ.
And al-shayq is the hair of the horse.
يُقَالُ: امْتَلَأَ مِنَ الشَّيْقِ إِلَى الشَّيْقِ.
It is said: 'It is full from side to side.'
والشَّيْقُ سَقْعٌ مُسْتَوٍ دَقِيقٌ فِي لَهَبِ الْجَبَلِ لَا يُسْتَطَاعُ ارْتِقَاؤُهُ.
And al-shayq is a flat, narrow strip on the face of the mountain that cannot be climbed.
إِحْلِيلُهَا شَقٌّ كَشَقِّ الشَّيْقِ.
Her vulva is a cleft like the cleft of al-shayq.
وَقِيلَ: هُوَ أَعْلَى الْجَبَلِ، وَقِيلَ: هُوَ الْجَبَلُ.
And it is said: 'It is the highest part of the mountain,' and it is said: 'It is the mountain.'
فَأَصْبَحَ يَقْتَرِي مِسْدًا بِشَيْقٍ أَرَادَ يَقْتَرِي شَيْقًا بِمِسَدٍّ فَقَلَبَهُ.
So he began to seek a rope with a mountain cleft, meaning he sought a mountain cleft with a rope, and he reversed the order.
وَالْمِسَابُ: سِقَاءُ الْعَسَلِ.
And al-misab: a waterskin for honey.
والشَّيْقُ: ضَرْبٌ مِنْ سَمَكٍ.
And al-shayq: a type of fish.
والشِّيَاقُ: مِثْلُ النِّيَاطِ.
And al-shiyaq: like al-niyat (tent ropes).
شُقَّتِ الطُّنُبُ إِلَى الْوَتَدِ مِثْلَ نُطَتِهِ.
The tent pole was pulled towards the peg like its knot.
فَجِئْتُ إِلَيْهِ، وَالرِّمَاحُ تَشُقُّنَهُ.
So I came to him, and the spears were piercing him.
كَوَقْعِ الصَّيَاصِي فِي النَّسِيجِ الْمُمَدَّدِ.
Like the impact of fortresses on stretched fabric.