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شحك

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of preventing a young animal, particularly a camel calf, from nursing. It also refers to a physical device used for this purpose, a type of bit or gag.

Derived headwords

شَحَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to prevent from nursingboth

    To physically stop a young animal, such as a camel calf, from suckling its mother.

شَحْكًاnoun
  1. 1.
    prevention from nursingboth

    The act or instance of preventing a young animal from suckling.

الشِّحَاكُnoun
  1. 1.
    gagclassical

    A device, often a stick or rod, inserted into an animal's mouth to prevent it from nursing.

الشِّحَاكُnoun
  1. 1.
    bitclassical

    A type of bit or restraint placed in the mouth of an animal.

الشِّحْكُnoun
  1. 1.
    gagclassical

    A device, often a stick or rod, inserted into an animal's mouth to prevent it from nursing.

الشِّحْكُnoun
  1. 1.
    bitclassical

    A type of bit or restraint placed in the mouth of an animal.

الحِشَاكُnoun
  1. 1.
    gagclassical

    A device, often a stick or rod, inserted into an animal's mouth to prevent it from nursing.

الحِنَاكُnoun
  1. 1.
    gagclassical

    A device, often a stick or rod, inserted into an animal's mouth to prevent it from nursing.

شِبَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gagclassical

    A device, often a stick or rod, inserted into an animal's mouth to prevent it from nursing.

شِجَارٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gagclassical

    A device, often a stick or rod, inserted into an animal's mouth to prevent it from nursing.

Parallel reading

شحك الجدي شحكا
The camel calf was prevented from nursing, a prevention from nursing.
منعه من الرضاع
prevented him from nursing
الشحاك والشحك: عود يعرض في فمه ليمنعه ذلك كالحشاك
The shihak and shihk: a stick that is placed in its mouth to prevent that, like the hishak.
ويقال للعود الذي يدخل في فم الفصيل لئلا يرضع أمه: شحاك وحناك وشبام وشجار
And the stick that is inserted into the mouth of the young camel so that it does not nurse its mother is called: shihak, hinak, shibam, and shijar.